Noor Azmi Ghazali Explained

Honorific Prefix:Yang Berbahagia Dato' Dr.
Noor Azmi Ghazali
Office:Deputy Minister of Health I
Primeminister:Ismail Sabri Yaakob
Minister:Khairy Jamaluddin
Alongside:Aaron Ago Dagang
Term Start:30 August 2021
Term End:24 November 2022
Predecessor:Himself
Constituency:Bagan Serai
Monarch1:Abdullah
Primeminister1:Muhyiddin Yassin
Minister1:Adham Baba
Alongside1:Aaron Ago Dagang
Term Start1:10 March 2020
Term End1:16 August 2021
Predecessor1:Lee Boon Chye
Successor1:Himself
Constituency1:Bagan Serai
Office2:Chairman of the
Malaysian Highway Authority
Term Start2:12 October 2016
Term End2:11 October 2018
Predecessor2:Ahmad Hamzah
Successor2:Zohari Akob
Minister2:Fadillah Yusof

Baru Bian
1Blankname2:Chief Executive Officer
1Namedata2:Ismail Md. Salleh
Constituency Mp3:Bagan Serai
Parliament3:Malaysian
Term Start3:5 May 2013
Term End3:19 November 2022
Majority3:1,140 (2013)
172 (2018)
Predecessor3:Mohsin Fadzli Samsuri (Independent)
Successor3:Idris Ahmad
(PNPAS)
Office11:Faction represented in Dewan Rakyat
Subterm11:2013–2018
Suboffice11:Barisan Nasional
Subterm12:2018
Suboffice12:Independent
Subterm13:2018–2020
Suboffice13:Pakatan Harapan
Subterm14:2020
Suboffice14:Malaysian United Indigenous Party
Subterm15:2020–2022
Suboffice15:Perikatan Nasional
Party:United Malays National Organisation (UMNO)

Independent

Malaysian United Indigenous Party (BERSATU)
Otherparty:Barisan Nasional (BN)

Pakatan Harapan (PH)

Perikatan Nasional (PN)
Occupation:Politician
Profession:Physician
Birth Name:Noor Azmi bin Ghazali
Birth Date:27 November 1960
Birth Place:Bagan Serai, Perak, Federation of Malaya (now Malaysia)
Residence:Bagan Serai, Perak, Malaysia
Citizenship:Malaysian

Noor Azmi bin Ghazali (born 27 November 1960) is a Malaysian politician and physician who served as Deputy Minister of Health I for the second term in the Barisan Nasional (BN) administration under former Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob and former Minister Khairy Jamaluddin from August 2021 to the collapse of the BN administration in November 2022 and the first term in the Perikatan Nasional (PN) administration under former Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin and former Minister Adham Baba from March 2020 to the collapse of the BN administration in August 2021, Chairman of the Malaysian Highway Authority (LLM) from October 2016 to October 2018 as well as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Bagan Serai from May 2018 to November 2022. He is a member of the Malaysian United Indigenous Party (BERSATU), a component party of the PN coalition and was a member of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), a component party of the BN coalition. After the defeat of BN to Pakatan Harapan (PH) in the 2018 general election, he resigned from UMNO in 2018 and joined BERSATU in 2019.

Political career

In May 2013, Azmi first contested to become an MP in the 13th Malaysian general election and subsequently won the Bagan Serai seat with a 1,140 majority.[1] He was successfully re-elected as MP for the same seat in the 14th Malaysian general election, albeit with a razor-thin majority.

Azmi served as the Chairman of the Malaysian Highway Authority (LLM) between October 2016 and October 2018, replacing Jasin MP Ahmad Hamzah.[2]

On 24 June 2018, following Barisan Nasional's spectacular fall from power in the aftermath of the 2018 Malaysian general election, Noor Azmi announced his resignation from United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) and became an independent.[3] Following months of speculation, it was announced on 28 November 2018 that he has joined PPBM, one of component parties of the ruling Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalition together with four Senators.[4]

On 9 March 2020, he was appointed by Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin to serve his cabinet as Deputy Minister of Health with Aaron Ago Dagang. He was involved in controversy event like violating MCO by having lunch together with around 30 people include Perak EXCO member Razman Zakaria, later both of them had apologized for their acts.[5]

Election results

Year!
ConstituencyCandidateVotesPctOpponent(s)VotesPctBallots castMajorityTurnout
2013P058 Bagan Serai, Perak (UMNO)23,01450.90%Mohd Nor R. M. Monutty (PKR)21,87448.38%46,3861,14084.66%
Abd Latiff Mas'ud (IND)3290.73%
2018Noor Azmi Ghazali (UMNO)17,22036.44%Rohaya Bakar (PAS)17,04836.08%48,38117281.60%
Adam Asmuni (BERSATU)12,98727.48%

Honours

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: 29 November 2018. PRU-13: Rasmi – BN menang di Parlimen Bagan Serai. 6 May 2013. ms. Utusan Malaysia.
  2. Web site: 1 November 2016. Noor Azmi Ghazali Named Malaysian Highway Authority Chairman. 29 November 2018. Malay Mail.
  3. Web site: Bagan Serai MP denies accounts frozen. 5 July 2018. 29 November 2018. Malay Mail.
  4. Web site: Dr Noor Azmi, 4 Senator sertai BERSATU. ms. 29 November 2018. Berita Harian. Syed Umar Ariff, Mohd Iskandar Ibrahim. 28 November 2018.
  5. Web site: 20 April 2020. Under fire Noor Azmi apologises for MCO breach, will cooperate in probe. 20 April 2020. New Straits Times. Kalbana Perimbanayagam .
  6. Web site: SEMAKAN PENERIMA DARJAH KEBESARAN, BINTANG DAN PINGAT. Prime Minister's Department (Malaysia). 25 October 2018.
  7. Web site: Sultan of Perak's 60th Birthday Honours List. 5 November 2016. 29 November 2018. The Star.