| Honorific-Prefix: | Yang Berhormat Dato' Sri Haji |
| Mohd Sharkar Shamsudin | |
| Honorific-Suffix: | SSAP SIMP DSAP DIMP |
| Native Name: | محمد شارکار شامس الدين |
| Birth Name: | Mohd Sharkar Shamsudin |
| Birth Date: | 25 July 1962 |
| Birth Place: | Temerloh, Pahang, Malaysia |
| Office: | Speaker of the Pahang State Legislative Assembly |
| Deputy: | Lee Chin Chen |
| 1Blankname: | Menteri Besar |
| 1Namedata: | Wan Rosdy Wan Ismail |
| Term Start: | 29 December 2022 |
| Predecessor: | Ishak Muhamad |
| Constituency: | Non-MLA |
| Office1: | Member of the Pahang State Executive Council |
| Monarch1: | Ahmad Shah Abdullah |
| 1Blankname1: | Menteri Besar |
| 1Namedata1: | Wan Rosdy Wan Ismail |
| Term Start1: | 15 May 2018 |
| Term End1: | 28 November 2022 |
| Predecessor1: | Himself Mohd Soffi Abd Razak |
| Successor1: | Sim Chon Siang Johari Harun Mohd Soffi Abd Razak |
| Constituency1: | Lanchang |
| Monarch2: | Ahmad Shah |
| 1Blankname2: | Menteri Besar |
| 1Namedata2: | Adnan Yaakob |
| Term Start2: | 16 May 2013 |
| Term End2: | 14 May 2018 |
| Predecessor2: | Shafik Fauzan Sharif Wan Adnan Wan Mamat |
| Successor2: | Himself Shahaniza Shamsuddin |
| Constituency2: | Lanchang |
| Monarch3: | Ahmad Shah |
| 1Blankname3: | Menteri Besar |
| 1Namedata3: | Adnan Yaakob |
| Term Start3: | 13 March 2008 |
| Term End3: | 15 May 2013 |
| Predecessor3: | Mohd Soffi Abdul Razak |
| Successor3: | Adnan Yaakob |
| Constituency3: | Lanchang |
| Monarch4: | Ahmad Shah |
| 1Blankname4: | Menteri Besar |
| 1Namedata4: | Adnan Yaakob |
| Term Start4: | 8 April 2004 |
| Term End4: | 12 March 2008 |
| Predecessor4: | Bahari Yahaya Omar Othman |
| Successor4: | Mohd Soffi Abd Razak |
| Constituency4: | Lanchang |
| Constituency Am5: | Lanchang |
| Assembly5: | Pahang State Legislative |
| Term Start5: | 29 November 1999 |
| Term End5: | 19 November 2022 |
| Predecessor5: | Bahari Yahaya (BN–UMNO) |
| Successor5: | Hasan Omar (PN–PAS) |
| Majority5: | 2,639 (1999) 5,066 (2004) 2,139 (2008) 1,127 (2013) 3,725 (2018) |
| Office8: | Faction represented in Pahang State Legislative Assembly |
| Subterm8: | 1999–2022 |
| Suboffice8: | Barisan Nasional |
| Party: | United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) |
| Otherparty: | Barisan Nasional (BN) |
| Citizenship: | Malaysian |
| Spouse: | Mustakizah Sulaiman |
| Children: | 4 |
| Alma Mater: | Indiana State University |
Mohd Sharkar bin Shamsudin (born 25 July 1962) is a Malaysian politician who has served as Speaker of the Pahang State Legislative Assembly since December 2022.[1] He served as a Member of the Pahang State Executive Council (EXCO) in the Barisan Nasional (BN) state administration under Menteris Besar Adnan Yaakob and Wan Rosdy Wan Ismail from April 2004 to November 2022 and Member of the Pahang State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Lanchang from November 1999 to November 2022.[2] He is also a member of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), a component party of the BN coalition. He is also a member of the Supreme Council of UMNO.
He first contested and won the Lanchang state seat in the 1999 Pahang state election. He was reelected as the Lanchang MLA four times in the 2004, 2008, 2013 and 2018 Pahang state elections. He also contested for Temerloh federal seat in the 2018 general election and lost. He was transferred from the Lanchang state seat to contest for the Temerloh seat in the 2022 general election and lost again.
Mohd Sharkar has held various party positions at UMNO at different levels :(Earlier days)
• UMNO Pahang Committee Members (2000- present)
He was born and raised in Temerloh, Mohd Sharkar completed his secondary in the Technical Institute of Kuantan in 1979. He continued his Form Six at Yayasan Anda Akademik before he furthered his study in the USA. He graduated from Indiana State University, Terre Haute, Indiana, where he received a Bachelor's Science Degree in Business Administration in 1986. In June 2013, he was appointed as Chairman of the Pahang State Tourism and Culture Committee.
Mohd Sharkar is married to Mustakizah Sulaiman and has four children.
| Constituency | Candidate | Votes | Pct | Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | N27 Lanchang | (UMNO) | 6,971 | 59.37% | Abu Kassim Manaf (PAS) | 4,332 | 36.89% | 11,742 | 2,639 | 73.87% | ||||
| 2004 | N31 Lanchang | Mohd Sharkar Shamsudin (UMNO) | 8,320 | 65.12% | Hasssanuddin Salim (PAS) | 3,254 | 25.47% | 12,776 | 5,066 | 76.65% | ||||
| 2008 | Mohd Sharkar Shamsudin (UMNO) | 8,010 | 56.21% | Ahmad Saim Abu Bakar (PKR) | 5,871 | 41.20% | 14,251 | 2,139 | 76.77% | |||||
| 2013 | Mohd Sharkar Shamsudin (UMNO) | 10,393 | 51.32% | Ahmad Nizam Hamid (PKR) | 9,266 | 45.76% | 20,251 | 1,127 | 85.70% | |||||
| 2018 | Mohd Sharkar Shamsudin (UMNO) | 8,824 | 45.61% | Abas Awan (PKR) | 5,099 | 26.35% | 19,348 | 3,725 | 81.62% | |||||
| Hasan Omar (PAS) | 4,836 | 25.00% | ||||||||||||
| Mohd Khaidir Ahmad (IND) | 80 | 0.41% | ||||||||||||
| Constituency | Candidate | Votes | Pct | Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | P088 Temerloh | (UMNO) | 22,094 | 36.19% | (AMANAH) | 23,998 | 39.31% | 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% | |||||||||||
| 2022 | Mohd Sharkar Shamsudin (UMNO) | 25,191 | 30.48% | bgcolor= | Salamiah Mohd Nor (PAS) | 30,929 | 37.43% | 82,637 | 5,520 | 77.35% | |||
| Mohd Hasbie Muda (AMANAH) | 25,409 | 30.75% | |||||||||||
| bgcolor= | Aminuddin Yahaya (PEJUANG) | 1,108 | 1.34% | ||||||||||