Taib Azamudden Md Taib Explained

Honorific-Prefix:Yang Berbahagia Dato' Haji
Taib Azamudden Md Taib
Honorific Suffix:DSDK JP JBS AMN
Birth Date:19 October 1951
Birth Place:Kedah, Federation of Malaya (now Malaysia)
Office1:Faction represented in Dewan Rakyat
Subterm1:1999–2004
Suboffice1:Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party
Subterm2:2008–2013
Suboffice2:Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party
Party:Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS)
Otherparty:Perikatan Nasional (PN)
Muafakat Nasional (MN)
Pakatan Rakyat (PR)
Barisan Alternatif (BA)
Occupation:Politician, imam
Children:Afnan Hamimi Taib Azamudden
Akram Ikrami Taib Azamudden
Native Name:Malay: {{Script|Arab|طيب عزم الدين محمد طيب

Taib Azamudden bin Md Taib (born 19 October 1951) is a Malaysian politician of Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS). Taib was the Member of the Parliament of Malaysia for the Baling constituency in Kedah for two separate terms; from 1999 to 2004 and from 2008 to 2013. He sat in Parliament as a member of the opposition PAS.[1]

Prior to joining PAS in politic, Taib was the imam of the National Mosque of Malaysia from 1993 to 1999.[2]

Taib entered Parliament in the 1999 general election, winning the Baling constituency in Kedah. In the 2004 general election, he was one of many PAS parliamentarians to lost their seat, being defeated by Mashitah Ibrahim of the ruling Barisan Nasional coalition.[3] He regained the Baling seat in the 2008 general election, defeating the Barisan Nasional's Abdul Azeez Abdul Rahim.

Taib suffered a stroke in 2013 and did not re-contest his seat in the general election later that year.[4] [5]

Election results

Year!
ConstituencyCandidateVotesPctOpponent(s)VotesPctBallots castMajorityTurnout
1999P016 Baling, Kedah (PAS)21,46851.68%Bahador Shah Md Isa (UMNO)20,07448.32%42,5341,39478.93%
2004 (PAS)28,43246.54%Mashitah Ibrahim (UMNO)32,66153.46%62,2024,229 83.27%
2008 (PAS)36,07455.90%Abdul Azeez Abdul Rahim (UMNO)28,46144.10%65,7647,61383.47%

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Taib Azamudden bin Md Taib, Y.B. Tuan . . Malay . 22 May 2010 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20100414172409/http://www.parlimen.gov.my/DewRakyat_KedAhli_detail.php?id=17 . 14 April 2010 .
  2. News: Habibu. Sira. Good mix of candidates in Kedah. The Star (Malaysia). 21 December 2009. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20110604044343/http://thestar.com.my/election/story.asp?file=%2F2008%2F2%2F22%2Felection2008%2F20080222204510&sec=Election2008. 4 June 2011. dmy-all.
  3. News: Chandrasekaran . V. . Imam banned after daughter's win . . 26 March 2004 . 21 December 2009.
  4. News: Ahli Parlimen Baling diserang angin ahmar. Syajaratulhuda Mohamad Rosli. 27 January 2013. Sinar Harian. Malay. 28 November 2014.
  5. Web site: Malaysia Decides 2008 . . 20 December 2009.
  6. Web site: Senarai Penerima Darjah Kebesaran, Bintang dan Pingat Persekutuan Tahun 1993. www.istiadat.gov.my.
  7. Book: Sarawak Honours Siti Hasmah, Chong Eu. New Straits Times. 9 September 1996.
  8. Web site: Carian Penerima Darjah Kebesaran, Bintang dan Pingat. eservices.kedah.gov.my.