Anuar Abdul Manap Explained

Honorific-Prefix:Yang Berhormat Tuan Haji
Anuar Abdul Manap
Honorific-Suffix:MLA
Native Name:أنور عبدالمناف
Birth Name:Anuar bin Abdul Manap
Birth Date:30 December 1976
Birth Place:Kg Layang-Layang, Kluang, Johor
Residence:Felda Pemanis 2, Segamat, Johor
Constituency Am3:Pemanis
Assembly3:Johor State Legislative
Term Start3:12 March 2022
Predecessor3:Chong Fat Full
(PNBERSATU)
Majority3:4,187 (2022)
Constituency Mp4:Sekijang
Parliament4:Malaysian
Term Start4:5 May 2013
Term End4:9 May 2018
Predecessor4:Baharum Mohamed
(BNUMNO)
Successor4:Natrah Ismail
(PHPKR)
Majority4:3,007 (2013)
Party:United Malay National Organisation (UMNO)
Otherparty:Barisan Nasional (BN)
Muafakat Nasional (MN)
Occupation:Politician
Spouse:Zaleha Yahya
Children:4

Yang Berhormat Haji Anuar bin Abdul Manap is a Malaysian politician. He is a member of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) in Malaysia's Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition. Anuar was also the Member of Parliament (MP) for Sekijang in Johor from 2013 to 2018.[1]

Early days

He was born in Kampung Layang-layang, Kluang, Johor on 30 December 1976. His family later moved to Felda Pemanis, Segamat, Johor and he was raised there.

Education

Anuar started studying at Felda Pemanis LKTP Primary School in 1982. He then went to secondary school at Sekolah Menengah Arab Khairiah Gubah Segamat in 1988. In 1991, he continued to study form 4 at Sekolah Menengah Buloh Kasap Segamat.

In 1993, he entered the Sal Group Of Colleague for a Diploma in Information Technology course and subsequently to Charles Sturt University Australia in 1995 for Bachelor of Information Technology.

Politics

In the 2013 general election (GE13), he defeated People's Justice Party (PKR) candidate Julailey Jemadi with a majority of 3,007 votes to win the Sekijang parliamentary seat.

In the 2018 general election (GE14), he was chosen by UMNO as BN candidate to contest the Johor State Legislative Assembly seat of Kemelah which he had lost.

In the 2022 Johor state election, he won the Pemanis seat with a majority of 4,187.

Private life

He is married to Zaleha bt Yahya and Siti Nurasmah bt Osman, and raised 4 children.

Election results

Candidate! Votes! Pct! colspan=2
Opponent(s)VotesPctBallots castMajorityTurnout
2013P141 Sekijang (UMNO)19,93454.08%Julailey Jemadi (PKR)16,92745.92%37,5193,00787.12%
Year!Constituency!colspan=2
Candidate VotesPctOpponent(s)VotesPctBallots castMajorityTurnout
2018N04 KemelahAnuar Abdul Manap (UMNO)8,481 42.83%Sulaiman Mohd Nor (AMANAH)10,83655.04%19,687 2,35584.60%
2022N03 PemanisAnuar Abdul Manap (UMNO)8,67853.43%Yoong Thau (PKR)4,49127.65%16,2414,18754.28%
Uzzair Ismail (BERSATU)3,82523.55%
Azita Amrin (PEJUANG)2471.52%

Notes and References

  1. http://www.parlimen.gov.my/profile-ahli.html?&uweb=dr&id=3117&lang=en MP profile