Honorific-Prefix: | Yang Berbahagia Dato' Haji |
Che Abdullah Mat Nawi | |
Honorific-Suffix: | DJMK |
Office: | Chairman of the Farmers' Organisation Authority |
Term Start: | 15 September 2021 |
Term End: | 24 November 2022 |
Minister: | Ronald Kiandee |
Predecessor: | Nik Muhammad Zawawi Salleh |
Successor: | Mahfuz Omar |
Office1: | Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Food Industries II |
Term Start1: | 10 March 2020 |
Term End1: | 16 August 2021 |
Alongside1: | Ahmad Hamzah |
Monarch1: | Abdullah |
Primeminister1: | Muhyiddin Yassin |
Minister1: | Ronald Kiandee |
Predecessor1: | Sim Tze Tzin |
Successor1: | Nik Muhammad Zawawi Salleh |
Constituency1: | Tumpat |
Office2: | Member of the Kelantan State Executive Council [1] |
Term Start2: | 6 May 2013 |
Term End2: | 10 May 2018 |
Monarch2: | Muhammad V |
1Blankname2: | Menteri Besar |
1Namedata2: | Ahmad Yakob |
Predecessor2: | Himself Portfolios established |
Successor2: | Tuan Saripuddin Tuan Ismail |
Constituency2: | Wakaf Bharu |
Term Start3: | 19 March 2008 |
Term End3: | 6 May 2013 |
Monarch3: | Ismail Petra Muhammad V |
1Blankname3: | Menteri Besar |
1Namedata3: | Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat |
Successor3: | Himself Portfolio abolished |
Constituency3: | Wakaf Bharu |
Constituency Mp4: | Tumpat |
Parliament4: | Malaysian |
Term Start4: | 9 May 2018 |
Term End4: | 19 November 2022 |
Predecessor4: | Kamarudin Jaffar (PR–PKR) |
Successor4: | Mumtaz Md. Nawi (PN–PAS) |
Majority4: | 17,500 (2018) |
Constituency Am5: | Wakaf Bharu |
Assembly5: | Kelantan State Legislative |
Term Start5: | 8 March 2008 |
Term End5: | 9 May 2018 |
Predecessor5: | Mohd Rosdi Ab Aziz (BN–UMNO) |
Successor5: | Mohd Rusli Abdullah (GS–PAS) |
Majority5: | 660 (2008) 978 (2013) |
Birth Name: | Che Abdullah bin Mat Nawi |
Birth Date: | 14 June 1960 |
Birth Place: | Pasir Mas, Kelantan, Federation of Malaya (now Malaysia) |
Citizenship: | Malaysian |
Nationality: | Malaysia |
Party: | Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS) United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) |
Otherparty: | Pakatan Rakyat (PR) Gagasan Sejahtera (GS) Perikatan Nasional (PN) Barisan Nasional (BN) |
Occupation: | Politician |
Spouse: | Saleha Yaacob |
Native Name: | Malay: {{Script|Arab|چئ عبدالله مت نوى |
Deputy3: | Nik Mazian Nik Mohamad |
Deputy2: | Abdul Azziz Kadir |
Che Abdullah bin Mat Nawi (Jawi: Malay: {{Script|Arab|چئ عبدﷲ بن مت نوي) is a Malaysian politician who served as Chairman of the Farmers' Organisation Authority (FOA) from September 2021 to November 2022, Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Food Industries II in the Perikatan Nasional (PN) administration under former Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin and former Minister Ronald Kiandee from March 2020 to the collapse of the PN administration in August 2021, Member of Parliament (MP) for Tumpat from May 2018 to November 2022, Member of the Kelantan State Executive Council (EXCO) in the Pakatan Rakyat (PR) and Gagasan Sejahtera (GS) state administrations under Menteris Besar Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat and Ahmad Yakob as well as Member of the Kelantan State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Wakaf Bharu from March 2008 to May 2018. He is a member of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), a component party of the Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition and was a member as well as State Secretary of Kelantan of the Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS), a component party of the PN and formerly GS and PR coalitions.
Che Abdullah contested Wakaf Bharu assembly state in Wakaf Bharu in 2008 and re-elected in 2013 general election. He contested Tumpat parliamentary seat in 2018 and won that seat.
At the party level, he was the Secretary of the Kelantan PAS Liaison Agency. He was also the Chairman of the Agriculture, Agro-based Industry, Biotechnology and Green Technology of the State Government of Kelantan.[2]
On 9 March 2020, Muhyiddin Yassin announced that Che Abdullah will be appointed as Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Food Industries and to be served along with Ahmad Hamzah from Barisan Nasional.
Constituency | Candidate | Votes | Pct | Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout | |||||
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2008 | N04 Wakaf Bharu | Che Abdullah Mat Nawi (PAS) | 8,405 | 52.04% | Mohd Rosdi Ab Aziz (UMNO) | 7,745 | 47.96% | 16,417 | 660 | 85.02% | ||||
2013 | Che Abdullah Mat Nawi (PAS) | 11,515 | 52.22% | Mohd Rosdi Ab Aziz (UMNO) | 10,537 | 47.78% | 22,369 | 978 | 87.70% |
Constituency | Candidate | Votes | Pct | Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout | ||||
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2018 | P019 Tumpat | Che Abdullah Mat Nawi (PAS) | 47,041 | 54.33% | Wan Johani Wan Hussin (UMNO) | 29,541 | 34.12% | 88,733 | 17,500 | 79.99% | |||
Nordin Salleh (BERSATU) | 10,003 | 11.55% | |||||||||||
2022 | (UMNO) | 30,633 | 29.27% | Mumtaz Md. Nawi (PAS) | 65,426 | 62.51% | 106,131 | 34,793 | 70.07% | ||||
Wan Ahmad Johari Wan Omar (AMANAH) | 7,762 | 7.42% | |||||||||||
Che Mohamad Aswari Che Ali (PUTRA) | 593 | 0.57% | |||||||||||
bgcolor= | Khairul Azwan Kamarrudin (WARISAN) | 245 | 0.23% | ||||||||||