| Honorific-Prefix: | Yang Berbahagia Tan Sri Dato' Sri |
| Mohd Shariff Omar | |
| Office: | Permanent Chairman of the Malaysian United Indigenous Party |
| Term Start: | 30 December 2017 |
| Term End: | 23 August 2020 |
| Deputy: | Azimi Daim |
| Successor: | Mohd Suhaimi Abdullah |
| Office2: | Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Agro-based Industry I |
| Term Start2: | 27 March 2004 |
| Term End2: | 18 March 2008 |
| Alongside2: | Kerk Choo Ting (2004–2006) Mah Siew Keong (2006–2008) |
| Primeminister2: | Abdullah Ahmad Badawi |
| Predecessor2: | Himself |
| Successor2: | Rohani Abdul Karim |
| Minister2: | Muhyiddin Yassin |
| Office3: | Deputy Minister of Agriculture |
| Term Start3: | 15 December 1999 |
| Term End3: | 27 March 2004 |
| Primeminister3: | Mahathir Mohamad Abdullah Ahmad Badawi |
| Predecessor3: | Tengku Mahmud Tengku Mansor |
| Successor3: | Himself |
| Minister3: | Mohd Effendi Norwawi |
| Constituency Mp4: | Tasek Gelugor |
| Parliament4: | Malaysian |
| Term Start4: | 1999 |
| Term End4: | 2008 |
| Predecessor4: | Ibrahim Saad |
| Successor4: | Nor Mohamed Yakcop |
| Term Start5: | 1990 |
| Term End5: | 1995 |
| Predecessor5: | Mohammed Yusoff Abdul Latib |
| Successor5: | Ibrahim Saad |
| Party: | United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) (until 2008) People's Justice Party (PKR) (2014–2016) Malaysian United Indigenous Party (BERSATU) (since 2016) |
| Otherparty: | Barisan Nasional (until 2008) Pakatan Harapan (PH) (2014–2020) Perikatan Nasional (PN) (since 2020) |
| Relations: | Mohsein Md Shariff (Son) |
Mohd Shariff bin Omar is a Malaysian politician. He had served Member of Parliament of Tasek Gelugor from 1990 to 1995 and 1999 to 2004. He was a member of UMNO, a component party of Barisan Nasional (BN). He currently is a member of BERSATU, a component party of Perikatan Nasional (PN).
Mohd Shariff Omar political career started when he won the State Seat of Sungai Dua of Penang in the 1982 General Election. Prior to this, he had served as Assistant District Officer of Pekan, Pahang in 1972 and continued to serve the State of Perak and Penang until 1982. He then served as a member of the Penang State Legislative EXCO from 1982 until 1990. He was subsequently won the Parliamentary seat of Tasek Gelugor, Penang and appointed as the Parliamentary Secretary of Agriculture in 1990 until 1995. In 1995, he was appointed as Deputy Chief Minister of Penang following won the newly created state seat of Permatang Berangan. He returned as a Member of Parliament for another 2 terms from 1999 until 2008 and during that period, he was appointed as Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Agro-Based Industry I.[1] Mohd Shariff was dismissed from UMNO after submitting nomination forms in the 2013 Malaysian general election as an independent candidate for running Parliamentary seat of Tasek Gelugor. Then, he joined the People's Justice Party in 2014.[2] During the establishment of BERSATU in 2016, he was the party's coordinator in Penang. In 2017,[3] he was elected as the permanent chairman of the Bersatu General Assembly until 2020.
Mohd Shariff Omar currently served as Independent Non-Executive Director of Serba Dinamik Holding Berhads appointed on 9 June 2022.[4]
| Constituency | Candidate | Votes | Pct | Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1982 | N07 Sungai Dua | (UMNO) | 5,379 | 70.62% | Zabidi Ali (PAS) | 2,238 | 29.38% | 7,764 | 3,599 | 75.27% | ||||
| 1986 | N05 Sungai Dua | Mohd Shariff Omar (UMNO) | 5,922 | 71.83% | Mohd Salleh (PAS) | 2,323 | 28.17% | 8,494 | 3,599 | 76.45% | ||||
| 1995 | N04 Permatang Berangan | Mohd Shariff Omar (UMNO) | 7,526 | 77.99% | Mohd Salleh Man (PAS) | 1,855 | 19.22% | 9,650 | 5,671 | 79.10% | ||||
| 2018 | Mohd Shariff Omar (BERSATU) | 5,021 | 26.96% | (UMNO) | 6,870 | 36.89% | 18,622 | 646 | 88.17% | |||||
| Mohd Sobri Saleh (PAS) | 6,224 | 33.42% | ||||||||||||
| bgcolor= | Azman Shah Othman (PRM) | 24 | 0.13% | |||||||||||
| Constituency | Candidate | Votes | Pct | Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1990 | P039 Tasek Gelugor | (UMNO) | 20,379 | 75.32% | Shuaib Jaafar (PAS) | 6,679 | 24.68% | 27,881 | 13,700 | 79.15% | ||||
| 1999 | P042 Tasek Gelugor | Mohd Shariff Omar (UMNO) | 16,936 | 57.15% | Ahmad Rosli Ayob (keADILan) | 12,700 | 42.85% | 30,968 | 4,236 | 80.02% | ||||
| 2004 | Mohd Shariff Omar (UMNO) | 22,011 | 65.05% | Mujahid Yusof Rawa (PAS) | 11,828 | 34.95% | 34,551 | 10,183 | 83.03% | |||||
| 2013 | Mohd Shariff Omar (IND) | 1,590 | 3.36% | (UMNO) | 24,393 | 51.53% | 48,121 | 3,042 | 89.04% | |||||
| Abdul Rahman Maidin (PAS) | 21,351 | 45.11% | ||||||||||||
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