Aminuddin Harun Explained

Honorific Prefix:Yang Amat Berhormat Dato' Seri Utama
Aminuddin Harun
Native Name:Malay: {{Script|Arab|أمين الدين هارون
Birth Name:Aminuddin bin Harun
Birth Date:2 January 1967
Birth Place:Kampung Pachitan, Port Dickson, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia
Order:11th
Office:Menteri Besar of Negeri Sembilan
Term Start:12 May 2018
Predecessor:Mohamad Hasan
Term Start1:17 July 2022
Constituency Mp2:Port Dickson
Parliament2:Malaysian
Term Start2:19 November 2022
Majority2:23,601 (2022)
Predecessor2:Anwar Ibrahim
(PHPKR)
Assembly3:Negeri Sembilan State Legislative
Constituency Am3:Sikamat
Term Start3:8 March 2008
Predecessor3:Md Yusop Harmain Shah
(BNUMNO)
Majority3:499 (2008)
510 (2013)
3,413 (2018)
2,662 (2023)
Office4:State Chairman of the
Pakatan Harapan of Negeri Sembilan
Term Start4:30 August 2017
Predecessor4:Position established
1Blankname4:National Chairman
1Namedata4:Mahathir Mohamad

Anwar Ibrahim
Subterm8:2022–
Office9:Faction represented in Negeri Sembilan State Legislative Assembly
Subterm9:2008–2018
Suboffice9:People's Justice Party
Subterm10:2018–
Suboffice10:Pakatan Harapan
Party:United Malays National Organisation (UMNO)

People's Justice Party (PKR)
Citizenship:Malaysian
Otherparty:Barisan Nasional (BN)

Barisan Alternatif (BA)

Pakatan Rakyat (PR)

Pakatan Harapan (PH)
Spouse:Wan Hasni Wan Yusof
Children:5
Nickname:Tok Min[1]
Alma Mater:Institut Teknologi Mara

Dato' Seri Utama Aminuddin bin Harun (Jawi: أمين الدين بن هارون; born 2 January 1967) is a Malaysian politician who has served as the 11th Menteri Besar of Negeri Sembilan since May 2018, Member of the Negeri Sembilan State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Sikamat since March 2008 and Member of Parliament (MP) for Port Dickson since November 2022. He is a member of the People's Justice Party (PKR), a component party of the Pakatan Harapan (PH) and formerly Pakatan Rakyat (PR) coalitions. He has also served as Vice President of PKR since July 2022 and State Chairman of PH and PKR of Negeri Sembilan since August 2017. He was also a member of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), a component party of the Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition.[2]

Early life

Aminuddin bin Harun was born on 2 January 1967 in Kampung Pachitan, near Chuah in Port Dickson District. He received his secondary education at Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Tanah Merah, Port Dickson before furthering his studies at the MARA Institute of Technology (now UiTM) in the field of business.

Early career

From 1991, Aminuddin served a five-year tenure as an investigative officer in the Anti-Corruption Agency (ACA, now MACC). In 1995, he joined Golden Hope Furniture Sdn. Bhd. as head of production management and later MCIS Safety Glass (M) Sdn Bhd as Senior Executive from 1996 to 2008 as head of the sales department, management committee, internal investigation panel and ISO/TS 16949:2002 auditor.

Political career

Prior to joining PKR in 1999, he was a member of United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) and has been its secretary for Kampung Pachitan division from 1995 to 1998. He was also the secretary for Umno Youth, Jimah division for two years, 1997 until 1998.[3]

Aminuddin has submitted a letter endorsed by PKR chief Wan Azizah Wan Ismail to DYMM the Yamtuan Besar as the next Menteri Besar of Negeri Sembilan after PH gained the majority of State Legislative Assembly in the 2018 general election to form the new state government. He was sworn in as YAB Menteri Besar of Negeri Sembilan on 12 May 2018 at the Istana Besar in Seri Menanti, Kuala Pilah.[4]

Election results

Year!
ConstituencyCandidateVotesPctOpponent(s)VotesPctBallots castMajorityTurnout
2008N13 Sikamat (PKR)6,03651.02%Md Yusop Harmain Shah (UMNO)5,53746.80%11,830 49976.37%
2013 (PKR)8,58450.63%Wan Salwati Abdullah (UMNO)8,07447.62%16,954 510 86.30%
2018 (PKR)9,83255.87%Syamsul Amri Ismail (UMNO)6,41936.48%17,858 3,41385.90%
Rahim Yusof (PAS)1,331 7.56%
Bujang Abu (IND)150.10%
2023 (PKR)12,73054.82%bgcolor= (BERSATU)10,06843.36%23,2202,66271.79%
Mohammed Hafiz Baharudin (IND) 3391.46%
Bujang Abu (IND)830.36%
Year!
ConstituencyCandidateVotesPctOpponent(s)VotesPctBallots castMajorityTurnout
2022P132 Port Dickson (PKR)42,01352.40% (MIC) 18,41222.96%80,18523,60176.7%
bgcolor= Rafei Mustapha (PAS)18,23522.74%
bgcolor= (PEJUANG) 1,0841.35%
(IND)4410.55%

Honours

See also

Notes and References

  1. News: Utusan Malaysia. Tok Mat dan Tok Min, siapa bakal cipta sejarah?. Badrul Hafizan Mat Isa. 10 November 2022.
  2. Web site: Pakatan Harapan announces state chiefs. Freemalaysiatoday.com. 30 August 2017. 31 August 2017. 4 January 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180104185952/http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2017/08/30/pakatan-harapan-announces-state-chiefs/. dead.
  3. News: Aminuddin appointed as Negri eighth MB. 12 May 2018. Malaysiakini. 17 May 2018. https://web.archive.org/web/20180517145558/https://www.malaysiakini.com/news/424424. 17 May 2018.
  4. Web site: Aminuddin Harun proposed as next Negri MB – Nation The Star Online. thestar.com.my. 10 May 2018.
  5. Web site: NS menteri besar heads list of state honours recipients. 14 January 2019. 14 January 2019. Bernama. Malaysiakini.
  6. Web site: MB heads Negri honours list. www.thestar.com.my. 14 January 2024.