| Honorific Prefix: | Yang Berbahagia Datuk Wira |
| Mohd Anuar Mohd Tahir | |
| Native Name: | محمد انوار بن محمد طاهر |
| Term Start1: | 2 July 2018 |
| Term End1: | 24 February 2020 |
| Monarch1: | Muhammad V Abdullah |
| Term Start2: | 16 September 2015 |
| Term End2: | 11 December 2019 |
| Predecessor2: | Position established |
| Parliament3: | Malaysian |
| Term Start3: | 9 May 2018 |
| Term End3: | 19 November 2022 |
| Predecessor3: | Nasrudin Hassan (PR–PAS) |
| Successor3: | Salamiah Mohd Nor (PN–PAS) |
| Majority3: | 1,904 (2018) |
| Office5: | Faction represented in Dewan Rakyat |
| Subterm5: | 2018–2022 |
| Suboffice5: | Pakatan Harapan |
| Birth Name: | Mohd Anuar bin Mohd Tahir |
| Birth Place: | Beseri, Perlis, Federation of Malaya . |
| Party: | United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) People's Justice Party (PKR) Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS) National Trust Party (AMANAH) |
| Otherparty: | Barisan Nasional (BN) Barisan Alternatif (BA) Pakatan Rakyat (PR) Pakatan Harapan (PH) |
| Alma Mater: | MARA Institute of Technology Morehead State University |
| Occupation: | Politician |
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Datuk Wira Mohd Anuar bin Mohd Tahir (Jawi: محمد انوار بن محمد طاهر) is a Malaysian politician who served as Deputy Minister of Works in the Pakatan Harapan (PH) administration under former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad and former Minister Baru Bian from July 2018 to the collapse of the PH administration in February 2020 and Member of Parliament (MP) for Temerloh from May 2018 to November 2022. He is a member of the National Trust Party (AMANAH), a component party of the PH coalition and was a member of the Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS), then component party of the Pakatan Rakyat (PR) coalition, the People's Justice Party (PKR), then component party of the Barisan Alternatif (BA) coalition as well as the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), a component party of the Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition. He also served as the 1st and founding Secretary-General of AMANAH from September 2015 to December 2019.[1]
Mohd Anuar was born in 1952 at Beseri, Perlis, and received his early education at Sekolah Kebangsaan (SK) Beseri. He studied and graduated his bachelor's degree in Business Administration at MARA Institute of Technology (ITM). He later obtained his master's degree in Sociology at Morehead State University, United States (1985–1986).[2]
During his time as a student at ITM, Mohd Anuar started involving in youth Non-governmental organizations (NGO) like Muslim Youth Movement of Malaysia (ABIM) and others.[2]
Mohd Anuar was a United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) before quits following dismissal of Anwar Ibrahim from the party in 1998. He was then appointed as the first secretary general of People's Justice Party (KeADILan) in 1999, but somehow he shifted by joining Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS) in 2003 and was selected as a Central Working Committee member of PAS.[2]
However Mohd Anuar was one of the moderate and progressive PAS leaders referred to as G18 who were ousted at the 2015 PAS leadership election[3] [4] [5] that led them to launch the new splinter party, AMANAH with Mohd Anuar as its first secretary general.[6] [7] [8] [9]
Mohd Anuar made his debut contesting in the 1999 general election as a KeADILan candidate the parliamentary seat of Padang Besar, Perlis. He also contested before the Perlis State Legislative Assembly seats of Beseri in the 2004 general election, Bintong in the 2008 general election and Santan in the 2013 general election representing PAS. But he lost in all his attempts until he contested and won in the 2018 general election the parliamentary seat of Temerloh in Pahang as an AMANAH candidate.[2]
| Candidate | Votes | Pct | Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | N02 Beseri | (PAS) | 1,621 | 31.04% | (UMNO) | 3,492 | 66.87% | 5,222 | 1,871 | 78.59% | |||||
| 2008 | N06 Bintong | Mohd Anuar Mohd Tahir (PAS) | 2,772 | 36.22% | Md Isa Sabu (UMNO) | 4,882 | 63.78% | 7,864 | 2,110 | 83.78% | |||||
| 2013 | N05 Santan | Mohd Anuar Mohd Tahir (PAS) | 3,125 | 42.61% | Sabry Ahmad (UMNO) | 4,209 | 57.39% | 7,449 | 1,084 | 88.63% | |||||
| Constituency | Candidate | Votes | Pct | Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | P001 Padang Besar, Perlis | Mohd Anuar Mohd Tahir (KeADILan) | 9,867 | 40.68% | (UMNO) | 14,386 | 59.32% | 25,347 | 4,519 | 78.04% | ||||
| 2018 | P088 Temerloh, Pahang | (AMANAH) | 23,998 | 39.31% | Mohd Sharkar Shamsudin (UMNO) | 22,094 | 36.19% | 62,204 | 1,904 | 82.85% | ||||
| Md Jusoh Darus (PAS) | 14,734 | 24.13% | ||||||||||||
| Mohd Khaidir Ahmad (IND) | 178 | 0.29% | ||||||||||||
| Muhd Fakhrudin Abu Hanipah (IND) | 46 | 0.08% | ||||||||||||