Honorific-Prefix: | Yang Berhormat Dato' |
Amizar Abu Adam | |
Native Name: | أميزر أبو آدم |
Office: | Member of the Pahang State Executive Council |
1Blankname: | Menteri Besar |
1Namedata: | Wan Rosdy Wan Ismail |
Term Start: | 13 February 2024 |
Predecessor: | Razali Kassim |
Constituency: | Pelangai |
Constituency Am1: | Pelangai |
Assembly1: | Pahang State Legislative |
Term Start1: | 7 October 2023 |
Predecessor1: | Johari Harun (BN–UMNO) |
Majority1: | 2,949 (2023) |
Birth Name: | Amizar bin Abu Adam |
Citizenship: | Malaysian |
Party: | United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) |
Otherparty: | Barisan Nasional (BN) |
Occupation: | Politician |
Alma Mater: | Universiti Sains Malaysia |
Amizar bin Abu Adam (born 1973) is a Malaysian politician who has served as Member of the Pahang State Executive Council (EXCO) in the Barisan Nasional (BN) state administration under Menteri Besar Wan Rosdy Wan Ismail since February 2024 and Member of the Pahang State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Pelangai since October 2023. He is a member and Division Committee Member of Bentong of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), a component party of the BN coalition.
In the 2022 Pahang state election, Amizar made his electoral debut after being nominated by BN to contest for the Ketari state seat. He was not elected as the Ketari MLA after losing narrowly to Thomas Su Keong Siong of Pakatan Harapan (PH) by a minority of only 120 votes.
In the 2023 Pelangai by-election held on 7 October 2023 due to the vacancy of the state seat as a result of its MLA Johari Harun in the Elmina plane crash on 17 August 2023, Amizar was renominated by BN to contest for the state seat.[1] He won the seat and was elected to the Pahang State Legislative Assembly as the Pelangai MLA for the first term after defeating Kasim Samat of Perikatan Nasional (PN) and independent candidate Haslihelmy DM Zulhasli by a majority of 2,949 votes.[2]
On 13 February 2024, Amizar was appointed as Pahang EXCO Member to fill the vacancy left by Johari.[3] The following day on 14 February 2024, Amizar was given the portfolios of FELDA Affairs, Cooperative and Entrepreneur Development which were previously assumed by Muadzam Shah MLA Razali Kassim.[4]
Constituency | Candidate | Votes | Pct | Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
2022 | N34 Ketari | Amizar Abu Adam (UMNO) | 9,602 | 40.66% | (DAP) | 9,722 | 41.17% | 23,614 | 120 | 77.71% | |||
William Tan Wei Leong (GERAKAN) | 4,290 | 18.17% | |||||||||||
2023 | N36 Pelangai | (UMNO) | 7,324 | 62.35% | Kasim Samat (PAS) | 4,375 | 37.25% | 11,746 | 2,949 | 72.12% | |||
Haslihelmy DM Zulhasli (IND) | 47 | 0.40% |