Mohd Sharkar Shamsudin

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1999–2022
Mohd Sharkar Shamsudin
محمد شارکار شامس الدين
Speaker of the Pahang State Legislative Assembly
Assumed office
29 December 2022
Barisan Nasional
Personal details
Born
Mohd Sharkar Shamsudin

(1962-07-25) 25 July 1962 (age 62)
Temerloh, Pahang, Malaysia
Citizenship Malaysian
Political party United Malays National Organisation (UMNO)
Other political
affiliations
Barisan Nasional (BN)
SpouseMustakizah Sulaiman
Children4
Alma mater Indiana State University

Mohd Sharkar bin Shamsudin (born 25 July 1962) is a Malaysian politician who has served as Speaker of the Pahang State Legislative Assembly since December 2022. [1] He served as a Member of the Pahang State Executive Council (EXCO) in the Barisan Nasional (BN) state administration under Menteris Besar Adnan Yaakob and Wan Rosdy Wan Ismail from April 2004 to November 2022 and Member of the Pahang State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Lanchang from November 1999 to November 2022. [2] He is also a member of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), a component party of the BN coalition. He is also a member of the Supreme Council of UMNO.

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Political career

He first contested and won the Lanchang state seat in the 1999 Pahang state election. He was reelected as the Lanchang MLA four times in the 2004, 2008, 2013 and 2018 Pahang state elections. He also contested for Temerloh federal seat in the 2018 general election and lost. He was transferred from the Lanchang state seat to contest for the Temerloh seat in the 2022 general election and lost again.

Mohd Sharkar has held various party positions at UMNO at different levels : (Earlier days)

• UMNO Pahang Committee Members (2000- present)

Education

He was born and raised in Temerloh, Mohd Sharkar completed his secondary in the Technical Institute of Kuantan in 1979. He continued his Form Six at Yayasan Anda Akademik before he furthered his study in the USA. He graduated from Indiana State University, Terre Haute, Indiana, where he received a Bachelor's Science Degree in Business Administration in 1986. In June 2013, he was appointed as Chairman of the Pahang State Tourism and Culture Committee.

Personal life

Mohd Sharkar is married to Mustakizah Sulaiman and has four children. He is a strong supporter of Sri Pahang in the Malaysia Premier League and Liverpool in the English Premier League.

Election results

Pahang State Legislative Assembly [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]
YearConstituencyCandidateVotesPctOpponent(s)VotesPctBallots castMajorityTurnout
1999 N27 Lanchang Mohd Sharkar Shamsudin (UMNO)6,971 59.37%Abu Kassim Manaf (PAS)4,33236.89%11,7422,63973.87%
2004 N31 Lanchang Mohd Sharkar Shamsudin (UMNO)8,32065.12%Hasssanuddin Salim (PAS)3,25425.47%12,7765,06676.65%
2008 Mohd Sharkar Shamsudin (UMNO)8,01056.21%Ahmad Saim Abu Bakar (PKR)5,87141.20%14,2512,13976.77%
2013 Mohd Sharkar Shamsudin (UMNO)10,39351.32%Ahmad Nizam Hamid (PKR)9,26645.76%20,2511,12785.70%
2018 Mohd Sharkar Shamsudin (UMNO)8,82445.61%Abas Awan (PKR)5,09926.35%19,3483,72581.62%
Hasan Omar (PAS)4,83625.00%
Mohd Khaidir Ahmad (IND)800.41%
Parliament of Malaysia [4] [6] [7]
YearConstituencyCandidateVotesPctOpponent(s)VotesPctBallots castMajorityTurnout
2018 P088 Temerloh Mohd Sharkar Shamsudin (UMNO)22,09436.19% Mohd Anuar Mohd Tahir (AMANAH)23,99839.31%62,2041,90482.85%
Md Jusoh Darus (PAS)14,73424.13%
Mohd Khaidir Ahmad (IND)1780.29%
Muhd Fakhrudin Abu Hanipah (IND)460.08%
2022 Mohd Sharkar Shamsudin (UMNO)25,19130.48% Salamiah Mohd Nor (PAS)30,92937.43%82,6375,52077.35%
Mohd Hasbie Muda (AMANAH)25,40930.75%
Aminuddin Yahaya (PEJUANG)1,1081.34%

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