Ahmad Husni Hanadzlah Explained

Honorific-Prefix:Yang Berbahagia Dato' Seri Haji
Ahmad Husni Hanadzlah
Birth Name:Ahmad Husni bin Mohamad Hanadzlah
Birth Date:21 July 1951
Birth Place:Perak, Federation of Malaya (now Malaysia)
Office1:Minister of Finance II
Term Start1:10 April 2009
Term End1:27 June 2016
Monarch1:Abdul Halim
Predecessor1:Nor Mohamed Yakcop
Successor1:Johari Abdul Ghani
Constituency1:Tambun
Office2:Deputy Minister of Finance I
Term Start2:19 March 2008
Term End2:9 April 2009
Monarch2:Mizan Zainal Abidin
Primeminister2:Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
Predecessor2:Awang Adek Hussin
Successor2:Awang Adek Hussin
Constituency2:Tambun
Office3:Deputy Minister of International Trade and Industry I
Term Start3:27 March 2004
Term End3:18 March 2008
Monarch3:Sirajuddin
Mizan Zainal Abidin
Primeminister3:Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
Minister3:Rafidah Aziz
Predecessor3:Kerk Choo Ting
Successor3:Liew Vui Keong
Constituency3:Tambun
Constituency Mp4:Tambun
Parliament4:Malaysian
Term Start4:25 April 1995
Term End4:9 May 2018
Majority4:26,639 (1995)
7,084 (1999)
17,360 (2004)
5,386 (2008)
9,325 (2013)
Office5:Faction represented in Dewan Rakyat
Subterm5:1995–2018
Suboffice5:Barisan Nasional
Citizenship:Malaysian
Party:United Malays National Organisation (UMNO)
Otherparty:Barisan Nasional (BN)
Occupation:Politician, economist
Spouse:Fauziah Kamarudin
Alma Mater:University of Malaya

Ahmad Husni bin Mohamad Hanadzlah (Jawi: Malay: {{Script|Arab|أحمد حسني بن محمد حنظلة; born 21 July 1951) is a former Second Minister of Finance of Malaysia.[1] He was appointed on 10 April 2009 when Najib Razak became Prime Minister. He was also the Member of Parliament for Tambun for five terms from April 1995 to May 2018.[2] He is a member of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), a major component party in the Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition.

Husni was educated at the University of Malaya. He entered the government sector in 1984 as general manager of the Perak State Islamic Economic Corporation.[3] Ahmad Husni was a Deputy Minister of International Trade and Industry and Deputy Finance Minister before becoming a minister.[3]

Career

Politics

Elections

In the 1999 Malaysian general election, Election Commission (EC) declared Ahmad Husni has won the Tambun parliamentary seat with a majority of 7,084. In the 2004 Malaysian general election, Ahmad Husni defeated Dr Khairuddin Abd Malek from PAS with a majority of 17,360. In the 2008 Malaysian general election, Ahmad Husni once again defended the Tambun parliamentary seat with 27,942 votes. His PKR opponent was the former Dermawan assemblyman Mohamad Asri Othman, who received 22,556 votes. The turnout percentage is 75%. The total of rejected ballots are 927.

1MDB scandal

In October 2016, Husni being the only MP from the incumbent government to submit a question on 1Malaysia Development Berhad scandal (1MDB).[4]

On 3 November 2016, Husni with 2 former cabinet ministers, Muhyiddin Yassin and Shafie Apdal were convicted of the Sedition Act 1948 for breaching and debating debt-laden companies, 1MDB.

Election results

Year!
ConstituencyCandidateVotesPctOpponent(s)VotesPctBallots castMajorityTurnout
1995P060 Tambun, Perak (UMNO)33,22483.46%Abd Rahman Md Nur (S46)6,58516.54%42,73226,63972.96%
1999 (UMNO)24,59558.41%Khairuddin Abd Malik (PAS)17,51141.59%44,8327,08470.74%
2004P063 Tambun, Perak (UMNO)31,82468.75%Khairuddin Abd Malik (PAS)9,95031.25%47,57117,36072.94%
2008 (UMNO)27,94255.33%Mohd Asri Othman (PKR)22,55644.67%51,8445,38675.17%
2013 (UMNO)42,09356.23%Siti Aishah Shaik Ahmad (PKR)32,76843.77%76,2759,32585.29%
2018Ahmad Husni Hanadzlah (UMNO)33,34138.35% (BERSATU)38,66144.46%88,9205,32082.51%
Muhd Zulkifli Mohd Zakaria (PAS)14,94817.19%

Honours

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Speech By YB Dato' Seri Ahmad Husni Hanadzlah at the Launch of SC Capital Market Graduate Training Programme . Perbendaharaan Malaysia . 7 November 2009 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20090608113947/http://www2.treasury.gov.my/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1208%3Aspeech-by-yb-dato-seri-ahmad-husni-hanadzlah-at-the-launch-of-sc-capital-market-graduate-training-programme&catid=53%3Aucapan&Itemid=251&lang=my . 8 June 2009 .
  2. Web site: Ahmad Husni bin Mohamad Hanadzlah, Y.B. Dato' Seri. Parliament of Malaysia. ms. 14 June 2010.
  3. Web site: Najib Keeps Finance Portfolio, Names Ahmad Husni Hanadzlah As 2nd Finance Minister. Bernama . 9 April 2009. 14 November 2009.
  4. Web site: 2016-10-14 . Single 1MDB question from BN leaves Kit Siang shocked again . Malaysiakini.
  5. Web site: CARIAN REKOD PENERIMA DARJAH KEBESARAN/PINGAT NEGERI PERAK DARUL RIDZUAN. pingat.perak.gov.my.
  6. Web site: DPMP 2000. pingat.perak.gov.my. 18 May 2022.
  7. Web site: 24 April 2009. The Star. 17 November 2018. Perak Sultan's 81st Birthday Honours List.