Che Abdullah Mat Nawi Explained

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
(PRPKR)
Successor4:Mumtaz Md. Nawi
(PNPAS)
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
(BNUMNO)
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.

Political career

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.

Election results

Year!
ConstituencyCandidateVotesPctOpponent(s)VotesPctBallots castMajorityTurnout
2008N04 Wakaf BharuChe Abdullah Mat Nawi (PAS)8,405 52.04%Mohd Rosdi Ab Aziz (UMNO)7,74547.96%16,417 66085.02%
2013Che Abdullah Mat Nawi (PAS)11,51552.22%Mohd Rosdi Ab Aziz (UMNO)10,53747.78%22,369978 87.70%
Year!
ConstituencyCandidateVotesPctOpponent(s)VotesPctBallots castMajorityTurnout
2018P019 TumpatChe Abdullah Mat Nawi (PAS) 47,041 54.33%Wan Johani Wan Hussin (UMNO)29,54134.12%88,733 17,50079.99%
Nordin Salleh (BERSATU)10,00311.55%
2022 (UMNO)30,63329.27%Mumtaz Md. Nawi (PAS)65,42662.51%106,13134,79370.07%
Wan Ahmad Johari Wan Omar (AMANAH)7,7627.42%
Che Mohamad Aswari Che Ali (PUTRA)5930.57%
bgcolor= Khairul Azwan Kamarrudin (WARISAN)2450.23%

Honours

Notes and References

  1. Assumed portfolios on 9 May 2013.
  2. Web site: Maklumat Calon dan Kawasan Pilihan Raya N4 WAKAF BHARU Kelantan - Pilihan Raya Umum ke-14 - Utusan Online . 4 April 2020 . 9 December 2018 . https://web.archive.org/web/20181209124921/http://m.utusan.com.my/berita/politik/pilihan-raya/pilihan-raya-umum-ke-14/maklumat-calon-dan-kawasan-pilihan-raya-n4-wakaf-bharu-kelantan-1.652934 . dead .