Fuad Hassan (Malaysian politician)

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Dato' Fuad bin Hassan (12 November 1952 - 8 December 2014) is a former Malaysian Malay politician from the United Malays National Organization Party (UMNO). He was once a member of the Selangor State Legislative Assembly for the Hulu Kelang state assembly representing UMNO.

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Fuad Hassan
Director General of Department of Special Affairs (JASA)
In office
2009–2014

Background

Fuad is the son of a religious figure who studied al-Quran, namely Haji Hassan Azhari (1928-2018). [1] He is the eldest son, both of his younger siblings are former Inspector-General of Police of Police, Musa Hassan and actor, Jalaluddin Hassan.

He has a degree from National University Malaysia.

Political career

He was the Hulu Kelang assemblyman for two terms. In the 1999 general election, he lost to the candidate for People Justice Party at the time, Azmin Ali.

Since the defeat, he has retired from the political arena and now focuses on business. The latest is that he is trying to establish a low-cost airline company which is Asmara Air Services Sdn. Bhd. He became the Director General of the Department of Special Affairs or JASA of the Ministry of Information.

The experience, abilities and qualifications he has are considered very suitable for him to hold an important position in helping to strengthen the people's hopes and trust in the Malaysian government under the current leadership of UMNO.

Election results

Selangor State Legislative Assembly [2]
YearConstituencyCandidateVotesPctOpponent(s)VotesPctBallots castMajorityTurnout
1990N19 Ulu KelangFuad Hassan (UMNO)11,58569.53%Mohd Fahmi Ibrahim (S46)5,07730.47%16,8916,50873.67%
1995N18 Hulu Kelang Fuad Hassan (UMNO)12,48184.98%Minhat Sulaiman (S46)2,20615.02%15,04910,27571.66%
1999Fuad Hassan (UMNO)8,03946.67% Mohamed Azmin Ali (keADILan)9,18553.32%17,3921,14676.42%

Honours

Death

He died on 8 December 2014 at the age of 65. [5]

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References

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