Megat Zulkarnain Omardin | |
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مڬت ذالقرنين عمردين | |
Political Secretary to the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Rural and Regional Development | |
Assumed office December 2022/January 2023 | |
Monarchs | Abdullah Ibrahim Iskandar |
Prime Minister | Anwar Ibrahim |
Deputy Prime Minister and Minister | Ahmad Zahid Hamidi |
Preceded by | Muhamad Nur Aizat Noor Adam (Political Secretary to the Minister of Rural Development) |
Senator | |
In office 10 October 2016 –9 October 2019 | |
Monarchs | Abdul Halim (2016) Muhammad V (2016–2019) Abdullah (2019) |
Prime Minister | Najib Razak (2016–2018) Mahathir Mohamad (2018–2019) |
In office 7 October 2013 –6 October 2016 | |
Monarch | Abdul Halim |
Prime Minister | Najib Razak |
State Chairman of Barisan Nasional of Selangor | |
Assumed office 25 November 2022 | |
National Chairman | Ahmad Zahid Hamidi |
Deputy | Johan Abd Aziz |
Preceded by | Noh Omar |
State Chairman of the United Malays National Organisation of Selangor | |
Assumed office 25 November 2022 | |
President | Ahmad Zahid Hamidi |
Deputy | Johan Abd Aziz |
Preceded by | Noh Omar |
Personal details | |
Born | Megat Zulkarnain bin Omardin 16 October 1969 |
Citizenship | Malaysian |
Political party | United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) |
Other political affiliations | Barisan Nasional (BN) |
Occupation | Politician |
Datuk Wira Megat Zulkarnain bin Omardin (born 16 October 1969) is a Malaysian politician who has served as Political Secretary to the Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Rural and Regional Development Ahmad Zahid Hamidi since December 2022 or January 2023. He served as the Senator from October 2013 to October 2019. He is a member of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO),a component party of the Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition. He has served as the State Chairman of BN and UMNO of Selangor since November 2022. He is the Member of the Supreme Council,Division Chief of UMNO of Gombak and the President of Malaysia Martial Arts Federation (PESAKA). He was the Division Deputy Chief of UMNO of Gombak prior to his promotion to the division chief. [1]
On 7 October 2013 Megat Zulkarnain was appointed to the Parliament as the Senator for the first term. On 10 October 2016,he was reappointed to the Parliament as the Senator for the second term.
In the 2018 Selangor state election Megat Zulkarnain made his electoral debut after being nominated by BN to contest for the Gombak Setia state seat. He was not elected to the Selangor State Legislative Assembly as the Gombak Setia MLA after losing to Muhammad Hilman Idham of Pakatan Harapan (PH) by a minority of 13,044 votes.
In the 2023 Selangor state election Megat Zulkarnain was renominated by BN to contest for the Gombak Setia state seat. He was not elected to the Selangor State Legislative Assembly as the Gombak Setia MLA again after narrowly losing to defending MLA Muhammad Hilman of Perikatan Nasional (PN) by a minority of only 58 votes. [2]
In the 2022 general election Megat Zulkarnain was renominated by BN to contest for the Gombak federal seat. [3] He was not elected to Parliament as the Gombak MP after losing to Amirudin Shari of PH by a minority of 41,544 votes. [4]
On 25 November 2022,Megat Zulkarnain was appointed as the new State Chairman of BN and UMNO of Selangor to replace Noh Omar by National Chairman of BN and President of UMNO Ahmad Zahid Hamidi. [5]
In December 2022 or January 2023,Megat Zulkarnain was appointed as the Political Secretary to Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Rural and Regional Development Ahmad Zahid. [6]
Megat Zulkarnain was born on 16 October 1969 to Omardin Mauju,who is the founder of the Malaysian Agile Martial Arts Association (PSSLM).
Year | Constituency | Candidate | Votes | Pct | Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout | ||
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2022 | P098 Gombak | Megat Zulkarnain Omardin (UMNO) | 30,723 | 18.57% | Amirudin Shari (PKR) | 72,267 | 43.69% | 165,426 | 12,729 | 80.01% | ||
Azmin Ali (BERSATU) | 59,538 | 35.99% | ||||||||||
Aziz Jamaludin Mhd Tahir (PEJUANG) | 2,223 | 1.34% | ||||||||||
Zulkifli Ahmad (Independent) | 675 | 0.41% |
Year | Constituency | Candidate | Votes | Pct | Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout | ||
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2018 | N17 Gombak Setia | Megat Zulkarnain Omardin (UMNO) | 11,113 | 23.63% | Muhammad Hilman Idham (PKR) | 24,157 | 51.37% | 47,028 | 12,399 | 85.86% | ||
Hasbullah Mohd Ridzwan (PAS) | 11,758 | 25.00% | ||||||||||
2023 | Megat Zulkarnain Omardin (UMNO) | 30,241 | 49.08% | Muhammad Hilman Idham (BERSATU) | 30,299 | 49.17% | 88,480 | 58 | 70.10% | |||
Mohamed Salim Mohamed Ali (IND) | 1,076 | 1.75% |
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