Nizar Najib

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Nizar Najib
DSAP MLA
نذار نجيب
Member of the
Pahang State Executive Council
(Investment, Industry, Science, Technology and Innovation : since 14 December 2022) [note 1]
Incumbent
Assumed office
2 December 2022
Relatives Nazifuddin Najib (brother)
Abdul Razak Hussein (grandfather)
Rahah Noah (grandmother)
Nazir Razak (uncle)
Onn Hafiz Ghazi (second cousin)
Hussein Onn (great-uncle)
Suhailah Noah (great-aunt)
Hishammuddin Hussein (uncle; first cousin once removed)
Mohamed Noah Omar (great-grandfather)
Education St. John's Institution
Malay College Kuala Kangsar
Oundle School
Alma mater University of Nottingham
(BA)

Mohamad Nizar bin Mohamad Najib (born 11 May 1978) is a Malaysian politician who has served as Member of the Pahang State Executive Council (EXCO) in the Barisan Nasional (BN) state administration under Menteri Besar Wan Rosdy Wan Ismail since December 2022 and Member of the Pahang State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Peramu Jaya since November 2022. He is a member of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), a component party of the BN coalition. [1]

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Early life and education

Nizar is the son of the sixth Prime Minister of Malaysia, Najib Razak with his first wife, Tengku Puteri Zainah Tengku Eskandar. He is the eldest of five siblings, including the two children of Najib's second wife, Rosmah Mansor. Both of his siblings are currently active in politics, with his younger brother Nazifuddin Najib who is the Division Chief of Langkawi division and a UMNO Youth National EXCO member. While his half-sister, Noryana Najib, is an UMNO Women Youth National EXCO member.

Nizar's early education was at St. John's Institution where he finished his Penilaian Menengah Rendah (PMR), and later moved to the Malay College Kuala Kangsar (MCKK). After finishing his schooling years, he was then educated in the UK, where he completed his A-Levels at the Oundle School in Peterborough and then continued for his degree in industrial economics at the University of Nottingham, following in the footsteps of his father, who is an alumnus at Nottingham.

Early career

Nizar is a chartered accountant under the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW). He has worked as a consultant and accountant, where he started his career at Accenture as an analyst. Nizar then worked at Deloitte for 14 years, where his last corporate role was as an executive director specializing in financial advisory services (FAS).

Political career

Nizar's early entry into politics was as an UMNO Youth Chief of Jalan Daud Branch, Kampung Baru within the Titiwangsa division, led by the current UMNO Vice President Johari Abdul Ghani. [2] In 2018, Nizar became the UMNO Youth Chief of Pekan, a peerage division led by his family for the past 6 decades, including his grandfather Abdul Razak Hussein, and his father Najib Razak who were both ex-prime ministers of Malaysia. Currently, he sits as the Vice Division Chief of Pekan. [3] [4]

Nizar was first coined as a potential Barisan Nasional candidate of the 2020 Chini by-election, [5] before the party decided to nominate Mohd Sharim Md Zain. In the 2022 Malaysian general election, after speculation that Nizar might be contesting his first election in Pekan in place of his father, who has recently sentenced to jail, he instead were selected by his party to contest the state seat of Peramu Jaya in the 2022 Pahang state election. [6] [7] He won the seat, defeating 3 other candidates with a majority of 7,823 votes.

In the Pahang coalition government between BN and Pakatan Harapan after the 2022 election, Nizar was appointed state EXCO member under portfolio of investment, industries, science, technology and innovation. [8]

Personal life

Nizar resides in Jalan Maktab, Kuala Lumpur. He is married to Nur Sharmila Shaheen, the daughter of UMNO Women National EXCO member Maznah Hamid in 2004, with five children. [9]

Controversies

On 18 November 2020, Nizar was ordered to pay RM13.16 million in unpaid taxes from 2011 to the Malaysia Inland Revenue Board by the Shah Alam High Court. [10]

Election results

Pahang State Legislative Assembly [11]
YearConstituencyCandidateVotesPctOpponent(s)VotesPctBallots castMajorityTurnout
2022 N21 Peramu Jaya Mohamad Nizar Mohamad Najib (UMNO)19,33757.63%Abu Talib Mohamad (BERSATU)11,51434.31%33,5557,82381.00%
Tugimon Abdul Hamid (AMANAH)2,5117.48%
Tengku Zainul Hisham Tengku Hisham (Independent)1930.58%

Honours

Honours of Malaysia

Notes

  1. ↑ Assumed portfolios 12 days after taking office.

References

  1. ↑ "Keputusan | Pilihan Raya Umum Malaysia Ke-15".
  2. ↑ Archived 21 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine , "Nizar Najib nak kenali UMNO dari bawah", Agenda Daily, 29 Oktober 2006.
  3. ↑ Anak Najib menang Ketua Pemuda Pekan
  4. ↑ Pekan
  5. ↑ "Support for Najib's son to join Chini by-election". The Star . 30 May 2020. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
  6. ↑ "Najib's son Nizar to make electoral debut in Malaysia GE | the Straits Times". The Straits Times. 2 November 2022.
  7. ↑ "In Pahang, Nizar is set to win state seat to carry on the Razak family's political legacy". 17 November 2022.
  8. ↑ Ong Han Sean (14 December 2022). "Pahang exco members get their portfolios". The Star . Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  9. ↑ ""Najib Menimbang Cucu Pertama"". Bernama Online. 23 September 2006. Retrieved 27 November 2022.[ dead link ]
  10. ↑ "Najib's son Nizar ordered to pay RM13m in owed taxes".
  11. ↑ "Keputusan:Pilihan Raya Umum Malaysia Ke-15". Astro Awani . Retrieved 27 November 2022.
  12. ↑ Semakan Penerima Darjah Kebesaran dan Pingat Negeri Pahang
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