Nik Muhammad Zawawi Salleh Explained

Nik Muhammad Zawawi Salleh
Native Name:Malay: {{Script|Arab|نئ محمد زواوي صالح
Office:Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Food Industries II
Term Start:30 August 2021
Term End:24 November 2022
Primeminister:Ismail Sabri Yaakob
Minister:Ronald Kiandee
Predecessor:Che Abdullah Mat Nawi
Successor:Chan Foong Hin
Constituency:Pasir Puteh
Term Start1:8 April 2020
Term End1:30 August 2021
1Blankname1:Director General
1Namedata1:Azulita Salim
Predecessor1:Mazlan Aliman
Successor1:Che Abdullah Mat Nawi
Office2:Deputy Chairman of the
Perikatan Nasional Government Backbenchers Club
Term Start2:16 May 2020
Term End2:16 August 2021
1Blankname2:Chairman
1Namedata2:Shahidan Kassim
Predecessor2:Position established
Successor2:Position abolished
Monarch2:Abdullah
Primeminister2:Muhyiddin Yassin
Office3:Dewan Ulamak Chief of the Malaysian Islamic Party
President3:Abdul Hadi Awang
Deputy3:Johari Mat
Term Start3:6 July 2019
Term End3:2021
Predecessor3:Mahfodz Mohamed
Successor3:Ahmad Yahaya
Constituency Mp4:Pasir Puteh
Parliament4:Malaysian
Term Start4:9 May 2018
Predecessor4:Nik Mazian Nik Mohamad (PAS)
Majority4:1,360 (2018)
29,109 (2022)
Constituency Am5:Kuala Besut
Assembly5:Terengganu State Legislative
Term Start5:29 November 1999
Term End5:21 March 2004
Majority5:487 (1999)
Predecessor5:Che Ku Hashim Che Ku Mat
(BNUMNO)
Successor5:Abdullah Che Muda
(BN–UMNO)
Office6:Faction represented in Dewan Rakyat
Subterm6:2018–2020
Suboffice6:Malaysian Islamic Party
Subterm7:2020–
Suboffice7:Perikatan Nasional
Office8:Faction represented in Terengganu State Legislative Assembly
Subterm8:1999–2004
Suboffice8:Malaysian Islamic Party
Party:Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS)
Otherparty:Barisan Alternatif (BA)

Pakatan Rakyat (PR)

Gagasan Sejahtera (GS)

Perikatan Nasional (PN)
Occupation:Politician
Birth Name:Nik Muhammad Zawawi bin Salleh
Birth Date:13 March 1967
Birth Place:Gong Kala, Pasir Puteh, Kelantan, Malaysia
Residence:Besut, Terengganu, Malaysia
Citizenship:Malaysian
Alma Mater:Al-Azhar University
Al al-Bayt University

Nik Muhammad Zawawi bin Salleh (Jawi: Malay: {{Script|Arab|نئ محمد زواوي بن صالح; is a Malaysian politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Pasir Puteh since May 2018. He served as Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Food Industries II in the Barisan Nasional (BN) administration under former Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob and former Minister Ronald Kiandee from August 2021 to the collapse of the BN administration in November 2022, Chairman of the Farmers' Organisation Authority (FOA), Deputy Chairman of the Perikatan Nasional Backbenchers Club (PNBBC) from 2020 to 2021 and Member of the Terengganu State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Kuala Besut from November 1999 to March 2004.[1] He is a member of the Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS), a component party of the Perikatan Nasional (PN) coalition. He also served as Dewan Ulamak Chief of PAS from July 2019 to 2021.

Education

Obtained a Bachelor's degree from Usuluddin (Tafseer) from Al-Azhar University, Egypt in 1990. He later went on to study Bachelor of Arts in Aqeedah & Philosophy from Al Al-Bayt University, Jordan. After earning his Bachelor's degree in 1997, he returned to his homeland and served as a lecturer at Ismail Petra International Islamic College from 1998 to 1999. He completed his PhD at Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia in the field of Preaching & Leadership.[2]

Election results

Year!
ConstituencyCandidateVotesPctOpponent(s)VotesPctBallots castMajorityTurnout
1999N01 Kuala Besut (PAS)4,426 52.91%Wan Zakaria Wan Abd. Rahman (UMNO)3,93947.09%8,609 48782.89%
2004Nik Muhammad Zawawi Salleh (PAS)4,307 40.48% (UMNO)6,33459.52%10,8282,027 87.60%
2008Nik Muhammad Zawawi Salleh (PAS)4,492 38.67% (UMNO)7,12361.33%12,1402,631 85.61%
Year!
ConstituencyCandidateVotesPctOpponent(s)VotesPctBallots castMajorityTurnout
2018P028 Pasir PutehNik Muhammad Zawawi Salleh (PAS) 32,30747.41%Asyraf Wajdi Dusuki (UMNO)30,94745.41%69,745 1,36081.66%
Kamarudin Mohd Noor (BERSATU)4,8967.18%
2022 (PAS)52,93765.37%Zawawi Othman (UMNO)23,82829.43%82,22829,10971.62%
Muhammad Husain (AMANAH)3,8674.77%
bgcolor= Wan Marzudi Wan Umar (PUTRA)3490.43%

Honours

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Lebih ramai MP PN pegang jawatan GLC. ms. 21 May 2020. Malaysiakini. Andrew Ong. 21 May 2020.
  2. Web site: Ustaz Nik Muhammad Zawawi Salleh: Biodata Ustaz Nik Muhammad Zawawi Salleh.
  3. Web site: 8 February 2022. Johor's Hasni Mohammad leads list of 2022 Federal Territory Day award recipients. 8 February 2022. The Star.