Ikmal Hisham Abdul Aziz

Ikmal Hisham bin Abdul Aziz (Jawi إكمال هشام بن عبدالعزيز; is a Malaysian politician who has served as the Deputy Minister of Defence in the Perikatan Nasional (PN) administration under Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin and Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob since March 2020 and Member of Parliament (MP) for Tanah Merah since May 2013. He is a member of the Malaysian United Indigenous Party (BERSATU), a component party of the PN and formerly Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalitions and was a member of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), a component party of the Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition. After the defeat of BN to PH in 2018 general election, he resigned from UMNO in 2018 and joined BERSATU in 2019.

In this Malay name, there is no family name. The name Abdul Aziz is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Ikmal Hisham.
Yang Berhormat Dato' Sri

Ikmal Hisham Abdul Aziz

SSAP DIMP MP
إكمال هشام بن عبدالعزيز
Deputy Minister of Defence
Assumed office
10 March 2020
MonarchAbdullah
Prime MinisterMuhyiddin Yassin
MinisterIsmail Sabri Yaakob
Preceded byLiew Chin Tong
ConstituencyTanah Merah
Member of the Malaysian Parliament
for Tanah Merah
Assumed office
5 May 2013
Preceded byAmran Ab Ghani (PKR)
Majority4,227 (2013)
2,929 (2018)
Personal details
Born
Ikmal Hisham bin Abdul Aziz

Tanah Merah, Kelantan, Malaysia
CitizenshipMalaysian
Political partyUMNO (until 2018)
Independent (2018-2019)
BERSATU (2019-present)
Other political
affiliations		Barisan Nasional (until 2018)
Pakatan Harapan (2019-2020)
Perikatan Nasional (2020-present)
Muafakat Nasional (2020-Present)
Spouse(s)Norihan Ayob
RelationsIkmal Hazlan (Son)
OccupationPolitician

Political career

In May 2013, Ikmal first contested to become an MP in the 13th Malaysian general election and subsequently won the Tanah Merah seat with a 4,747 majority.

He was successfully re-elected as MP for the same seat in the 14th Malaysian general election.

He resigned from UMNO to be an Independent politician in 2018.[1]

Presently he is a member of the Malaysian United Indigenous Party or Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia (BERSATU), a component of Perikatan Nasional (PN) government.[2]

Election results
Parliament of Malaysia[3][4][5][6][7][8]
Year Constituency Votes Pct Opponent(s) Votes Pct Ballots cast Majority Turnout
2013 P027 Tanah Merah Ikmal Hisham
Abdul Aziz (UMNO)		 26,505 54.10% Nik Mahmood Nik Hassan (PKR) 22,278 45.47% 50,009 4,227 85.87%
Ahmad Fizal Che Harun (IND) 213 0.43%
2018 Ikmal Hisham
Abdul Aziz (UMNO)		 28,152 48.44% Johari Mat (PAS) 25,223 43.40% 59,598 2,929 81.45%
Mohamad Fauzi Zakaria (PKR) 4,747 8.17%

Honours

References
  1. Mazwin Nik Anis, Muguntan Vanar and Zakiah Koya (15 December 2018). "Six more MPs leave Umno". The Star. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
  2. Mazwin Nik Anis and Joseph Kaos Jr (12 February 2019). "Seven Umno MPs join Bersatu". The Star. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
  3. "Malaysia General Election". undiinfo Malaysian Election Data. Malaysiakini. Retrieved 4 February 2017. Results only available from the 2004 election.
  4. "KEPUTUSAN PILIHAN RAYA UMUM 13". Sistem Pengurusan Maklumat Pilihan Raya Umum (in Malay). Election Commission of Malaysia. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
  5. "my undi : Kawasan & Calon-Calon PRU13 : Keputusan PRU13 (Archived copy)". www.myundi.com.my. Archived from the original on 31 March 2014. Retrieved 9 April 2014.
  6. "Keputusan Pilihan Raya Umum ke-13". Utusan Malaysia. Archived from the original on 21 March 2018. Retrieved 26 October 2014.
  7. "SEMAKAN KEPUTUSAN PILIHAN RAYA UMUM KE - 14" (in Malay). Election Commission of Malaysia. Retrieved 17 May 2018. Percentage figures based on total turnout.
  8. "The Star Online GE14". The Star. Retrieved 24 May 2018. Percentage figures based on total turnout.
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