Azis Jamman

Datuk Mohd Azis bin Jamman (Jawi: محمد ازيس بن جممن) is a Malaysian politician who served as the Deputy Minister of Home Affairs in the Pakatan Harapan (PH) administration under former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad and former Minister Muhyiddin Yassin from July 2018 to the collapse of the PH administration in February 2020. He has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Sepanggar since May 2018.[1]

In this Malay name, there is no family name. The name Jamman is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Azis. The Arabic-derived word "bin" or "binti"/"binte", if used, means 'son of' or 'daughter of', respectively.
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Mohd Azis Jamman

PGDK DIMP MP
محمد ازيس بن جممن
Deputy Minister of Home Affairs
In office
2 July 2018 – 24 February 2020
MonarchMuhammad V
Abdullah
Prime MinisterMahathir Mohamad
MinisterMuhyiddin Yassin
Preceded byNur Jazlan Mohamed as Deputy Minister of Home Affairs I
Masir Kujat as Deputy Minister of Home Affairs II
Succeeded byIsmail Mohamed Said as Deputy Minister of Home Affairs I
Jonathan Yasin as Deputy Minister of Home Affairs II
ConstituencySepanggar
Member of the Malaysian Parliament
for Sepanggar
Assumed office
9 May 2018
Preceded byJumat Idris (UMNO–BN)
Majority12,984 (2018)
Personal details
Born
Mohd Azis bin Jamman

(1974-11-03) 3 November 1974
Semporna, Sabah, Malaysia
CitizenshipMalaysian
Political partyWARISAN (since 2016)
OccupationPolitician

Elections

2018 general election

In the 2018 election, his party, the Sabah Heritage Party (WARISAN) fielded him to contest the Sepanggar parliamentary seat which was expected to be a marginal seat[2][3] against Abdul Rahman Dahlan, the incumbent Minister in the Prime Minister's Department from the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) and subsequently won.[4][5][6]

Election results
Parliament of Malaysia: P171 Sepanggar, Sabah[7]
Year Government Votes Pct Opposition Votes Pct
2018 Abdul Rahman Dahlan (UMNO) 15,436 32.3%2 Azis Jamman (WARISAN) 28,420 59.47%2
Notes:
Table excludes votes for candidates who finished in third place or lower.
2 Different % used for 2018 election.

Honours

References
  1. "New Cabinet all sworn-in before King (Full List)". The Star. 2 July 2018. Retrieved 3 July 2018.
  2. "Nearly half Sepanggar voters on the fence". Daily Express. 17 April 2018. Retrieved 3 July 2018.
  3. "Full list of Warisan candidates in Sabah, Labuan". Bernama. The Edge Markets. 28 April 2018. Archived from the original on 26 May 2018. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
  4. Izyan Liyana Mohd. Darif (28 April 2018). "Persaingan empat penjuru rebut kerusi Parlimen Sepanggar" (in Malay). Kosmo!. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
  5. Kristy Inus (10 May 2018). "Rahman loses Sepanggar, congratulates Azis Jamman via Twitter". New Straits Times. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
  6. Nandini Balakrishnan (10 May 2018). "Historic Win: The Complete Result Of GE14's Parliamentary Seats Across Malaysia". Says.com. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
  7. "Sabah [Parliament Results]". The Star. Archived from the original on 17 May 2018. Retrieved 29 May 2018.
  8. "Chief Judge of Sabah and Sarawak head list of 1,158 Sabah award recipients". Bernama. Borneo Post. 6 October 2018. Retrieved 6 October 2018.


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