Fakhrul Anwar Ismail

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2022–
Fakhrul Anwar Ismail
MLA
فَخْرُٱلْأَنْوار إِسْمَاعِيل
Member of the
Perlis State Executive Council
(Housing, Local Government, Small Hawkers and Businessmen, Domestic Trade, Cooperatives, Consumerism, Entrepreneur Development, Small and Medium Industries)
In office
25 November 2022 16 November 2023
Perikatan Nasional
Personal details
Born
Fakhrul Anwar bin Ismail

(1971-11-10) 10 November 1971 (age 52)
Alor Setar, Kedah, Malaysia
Citizenship Malaysian
Political party Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS)
Other political
affiliations
Perikatan Nasional (PN)
SpouseNoraishah Mat Yusoh
Children6
Education Hutan Kampung National School, Alor Setar, Kedah
Kepala Batas National Secondary School, Penang
Beseri MARA Junior College of Science, Perlis
Alma mater Malaya University Foundation Centre, Kuala Lumpur (Accounting Programme)
MARA Technology University, Shah Alam, Selangor (Mathematics and Computer Science Diploma)
Ilham College of Technology (Tasawwur Islam Diploma)
Occupation
Profession

Fakhrul Anwar Ismail (born 10 November 1971) is a Malaysian politician, businessman, school administrator, computer programmer, data analyst, data and information systems manager [1] who has served as Member of the Perlis State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Bintong since November 2022. He served as Member of the Perlis State Executive Council (EXCO) in the Perikatan Nasional (PN) state administration under Menteri Besar Mohd Shukri Ramli from November 2022 to his removal from office in November 2023. He is a member of the Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS), a component party of the PN coalition. He is the Division Information Chief of PAS of Kangar, Member of the State Committee of PAS of Perlis and State Youth Secretary of PAS of Perlis.

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Personal life

Fakhrul Anwar was born in Alor Setar, Kedah, Malaysia on 10 November 1971. He is also married to Noraishah Mat Yusoh and has six children with her.

Political career

Member of the Perlis State Executive Council (2022–2023)

In the 2022 Perlis state election, the ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) suffered from huge defeat and wipeout in the assembly as none of its candidates won a state seat in the elections after losing all the 10 seats it previously held to PN. The elections ended 63-year rule of BN in the state, saw the first ever transition of power in the history of the state and replaced BN with PN as the ruling coalition and dominant political force in the state as PN won 14 out of 15 state seats and therefore two-thirds supermajority of the assembly. Therefore, State Chairman of PN of Perlis, State Commissioner of PAS of Perlis and Sanglang MLA Mohd Shukri replaced Azlan Man as the new and 10th Menteri Besar of Perlis and formed a new PN state administration on 22 November 2022. On 25 November 2022, Fakhrul Anwar was appointed as the Perlis State EXCO Member in charge of Housing, Local Government, Small Hawkers and Businessmen, Domestic Trade, Cooperatives, Consumerism, Entrepreneur Development, Small and Medium Industries by Menteri Besar, Mohd Shukri. [2] On 16 November 2023, the Perlis EXCO was reshuffled, Fakhrul Anwar was removed from office by Menteri Besar Mohd Shukri and taken over by Wan Zikri Afthar Ishak during the reshuffle. [3]

Member of the Perlis State Legislative Assembly (since 2022)

2018 Perlis state election

In the 2018 Perlis state election, Fakhrul Anwar made his electoral debut after being nominated by Gagasan Sejahtera (GS) to contest for the Sena state seat. He was not elected as the Sena MLA after losing to Asrul Nizan Abdul Jalil of Pakatan Harapan (PH) by a minority of 2,288 votes.

2022 Perlis state election

In the 2022 state election, Fakhrul Anwar was nominated by PN to contest for the Bintong seat. He won the seat and was elected into the Perlis State Legislative Assembly as the Bintong MLA after defeating Menteri Besar and defending MLA Azlan of BN, Azhari Ahmad of Pakatan Harapan (PH), Shazwan Suban of the Homeland Fighters Party (PEJUANG), independent candidate Hashim Suboh and Mohamad Khair Mohd Noor of the Heritage Party (WARISAN) by the majority of 4,329 votes. [4]

Other careers

Besides his political positions, Fakhrul Anwar is also the Senior Assistant for Administration of the Madrasah Diniah Islamiah and Headmaster of the Al-Furqan Islamic Primary School. Both institutions are located in Arau, Perlis. In addition, he is also Director of the Action Committee of Sena, Director of the Perlis Charity Unit, Member of the Board of Directors of Malaysia Perlis Charity Organisation, Ummah Centre Service and Guidance Center Manager, Head of Kampung Madi Village, Member of the Kampung Madi Islamic Center Committee, Member of the Board of Directors of Al-Furqan Berhad Cooperative.

Election results

Perlis State Legislative Assembly [5]
YearConstituencyCandidateVotesPctOpponent(s)VotesPctBallots castMajorityTurnout
2018 N07 Sena Fakhrul Anwar Ismail (PAS)1,88819.02%Asrul Nizan Abdul Jalil (PKR)4,17742.07%9,92831482.20%
Azihani Ali (UMNO)3,86338.91%
2022 N06 Bintong Fakhrul Anwar Ismail (PAS)7,32544.76% Azlan Man (UMNO)2,99618,31%12,7214,32979.00%
Azhari Ahmad (AMANAH)2,02912.40%
Shazwan Suban (PEJUANG)1571.00%
Hashim Suboh (Independent)1571.00%
Mohamad Khair Mohd Noor (WARISAN)570.35%

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