Azhar Matussin Explained

Honorific-Prefix:Yang Berhormat Tuan Haji
Azhar Matussin
Native Name:Malay: {{Script|Arab|ازهر ماتوسين
Birth Name:Azhar bin Matussin
Birth Place:Sepanggar, Crown Colony of North Borneo (now Sabah, Malaysia)
Term Start1:16 May 2018
Term End1:29 September 2020
Alongside1:Ben Chong Chen Bin
1Blankname1:Chief Minister
1Namedata1:Shafie Apdal
2Blankname1:Minister
2Namedata1:Wilfred Madius Tangau
Governor1:Juhar Mahiruddin
Constituency1:Karambunai
Predecessor1:Bolkiah Ismail
Successor1:Mohd Tamin Zainal
Constituency Am4:Darau
Assembly4:Sabah State Legislative
Term Start4:26 September 2020
Majority4:562 (2020)
Predecessor4:Position established
Constituency Am5:Karambunai
Assembly5:Sabah State Legislative
Term Start5:9 May 2018
Term End5:26 September 2020
Majority5:5,366 (2018)
Predecessor5:Jainab Ahmad
(BNUMNO)
Successor5:Yakubah Khan
(BN–UMNO)
Office6:Faction represented in Sabah State Legislative Assembly
Subterm6:2018–
Suboffice6:Heritage Party
Citizenship:Malaysian
Party:Heritage Party (WARISAN)
Otherparty:Barisan Nasional (BN)
Occupation:Politician
Spouse:Anita Mohd Shamin
Children:3

Azhar bin Matussin is a Malaysian politician who has served as Member of the Sabah State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Darau since September 2020. He served as the State Assistant Minister of Trade and Industry of Sabah in the Heritage Party (WARISAN) state administration under former Chief Minister Shafie Apdal and former Minister Wilfred Madius Tangau from May 2018 to the collapse of the WARISAN state administration in September 2020 and MLA for Karambunai from May 2018 to September 2020. He is a member of WARISAN.[1] [2] [3] [4]

Election results

Year!
ConstituencyVotesPctOpponent(s)VotesPctBallots castMajorityTurnout
2018N12 Karambunai, P171 SepanggarAzhar Matussin (WARISAN)14,15754.32%Jainab Ahmad (UMNO)6,13236.50%26,658 5,366 77.40%
Aspar Oyet (PAS)1,6963.67%
Ahsim Oyok Jamat (SAPP)1,2582.65%
2020N17 Darau, P171 Sepanggar (WARISAN)5,80548.67%Jumat Idris (UMNO)5,24343.94%11,928 562 65.00%
Sumali Ahmad (LDP)3222.70%
Ansari Abdullah (PCS)2802.35%
bgcolor= Laliman Kamad (USNO Baru)2442.05%
bgcolor=blue Dasim Jikah (GAGASAN)340.29%

Honours

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Sabah Umno exodus sees nine of 10 Aduns, five of six MPs leave . Muguntan Vanar. The Star Online. 12 December 2018. 15 December 2018.
  2. Web site: Six Sabah Umno YBs to join Bersatu today. Hayati Dzulkifli . Daily Express. 6 April 2019. 1 August 2020.
  3. Web site: Musa Aman umum cukup majoriti bentuk kerajaan baru Sabah. Malay. Malaysiakini. 29 July 2020. 1 August 2020.
  4. Web site: Warisan defectors 'sacked' themselves; membership cancelled, says secretary-general. Bernama. The Edge Markets. 31 July 2020. 1 August 2020. 11 October 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20201011011047/https://www.theedgemarkets.com/article/warisan-defectors-sacked-themselves-membership-cancelled-says-secretarygeneral. dead.
  5. Web site: 6 October 2018. 21 May 2023. Borneo Post. Chief Judge of Sabah and Sarawak head list of 1,158 Sabah award recipients. Bernama.