Mansor Othman

Assoc. Prof. Dato' Dr. Mansor bin Othman (Jawi: منصور بن عثمان) is a Malaysian politician who has served as the Deputy Minister of Higher Education in the Perikatan Nasional (PN) administration under Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin and Minister Noraini Ahmad since March 2020 and the Member of Parliament (MP) for Nibong Tebal since May 2013. He served as the Deputy Chief Minister I of Penang, Penang State Executive Councillor and Member of the Penang State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Penanti from June 2009 to May 2018 and Chair of the Defence and Home Affairs Select Committee from December 2018 to December 2019. He is a member of the Malaysian United Indigenous Party (BERSATU), a component party of the ruling PN coalition and was a member of the People's Justice Party (PKR), a component party of the Pakatan Harapan (PH) opposition coalition. [1][2][3]

In this Malay name, there is no family name. The name Othman is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Mansor.
Yang Berhormat Assoc. Prof. Dato' Dr.

Mansor Othman

DMPN MP
منصور بن عثمان
Deputy Minister of Higher Education
Assumed office
10 March 2020
MonarchAbdullah
Prime MinisterMuhyiddin Yassin
MinisterNoraini Ahmad
Preceded byTeo Nie Ching
(Deputy Minister of Education)
ConstituencyNibong Tebal
Deputy Chief Minister I of Penang
In office
3 June 2009 – 8 May 2013
GovernorAbdul Rahman Abbas
Chief ministerLim Guan Eng
Preceded byMohammad Fairus Khairuddin
Succeeded byMohd Rashid Hasnon
ConstituencyPenanti
Penang State Executive Councillor
(Religious Affairs, Entrepreneur and Co-operatives Development, Information and Community Relations)
In office
3 June 2009 – 8 May 2018
GovernorAbdul Rahman Abbas
Chief MinisterLim Guan Eng
Preceded byMohammad Fairus Khairuddin
Succeeded byAbdul Malik Kassim (Religious Affairs)
Mohd Rashid Hasnon (Entrepreneur and Co-operatives Development, Community Relations)
Lim Guan Eng (Information)
ConstituencyPenanti
Chair of the
Defence and Home Affairs Select Committee
In office
4 December 2018 – 3 December 2019
SpeakerMohamad Ariff Md Yusof
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byNik Nazmi Nik Ahmad
ConstituencyNibong Tebal
Member of the Malaysian Parliament
for Nibong Tebal
Assumed office
5 May 2013
Preceded byTan Tee Beng (IND)
Majority8,598 (2013)
15,817 (2018)
Member of the Penang State Legislative Assembly
for Penanti
In office
3 June 2009 – 5 May 2013
GovernorAbdul Rahman Abbas
Preceded byMohammad Fairus Khairuddin (PKR)
Succeeded byNorlela Ariffin (PKR)
Majority5,558 (2009)
Personal details
Born
Mansor bin Othman

1950 (age 70–71)
CitizenshipMalaysian
NationalityMalaysia
Political partyPeople's Justice Party (2008–2020)
BERSATU (2020–present)
Other political
affiliations		Pakatan Rakyat (PR) (2008–2015)
Pakatan Harapan (PH) (2015–2020)
Perikatan Nasional (PN) (2020–present)
Muafakat Nasional (MN) (2020–present)
Alma materUniversity of Science Malaysia
University of Yale
OccupationPolitician
ProfessionLecturer
Websitemansorothman.com

Political career

He was also chairman of PKR Penang liaison committee. He served Anwar Ibrahim as political secretary after leaving his service as senior lecturer at University of Science Malaysia. He was picked by PKR to contest the Penang State Legislative Assembly seat of Penanti in the 2009 by-election and won. In the 2013 Malaysian general election, he was nominated to contest the parliamentary seat of Nibong Tebal and won. He was re-elected in the 2018 Malaysian general election.

Health issue

On 21 October 2019, Othman collapsed while debating the 2020 Malaysian federal budget, later revealed to be the result of suffering from a reflex syncope.[4][5] He was caught by Subang MP Wong Chen and Ledang MP Syed Ibrahim Syed Noh before being attended to by Bandar Kuching MP Kelvin Yii Lee Wuen, who is also a doctor, and later discharged from hospital after his condition stabilised.[6]

Election results
Penang State Legislative Assembly
Year Constituency Votes Pct Opponent(s) Votes Pct Ballots cast Majority Turnout
2009 N12 Penanti, P44 Permatang Pauh Mansor Othman (PKR) 6,052 85.20% Nai-Khan Ari (IND) 494 6.90% 7,100 5558 46.10%
Aminah Abdullah (IND) 392 5.50%
Kamarul Ramizu Idris (IND) 56 0.70%
Parliament of Malaysia[7][8][9][10][11]
Year Constituency Votes Pct Opponent(s) Votes Pct Ballots cast Majority Turnout
2013 P47 Nibong Tebal, Penang Mansor Othman (PKR) 30,003 58.03% Zainal Abidin Osman (UMNO) 21,405 41.40% 52,599 8,598 88.63%
Teng Kok Pheng (IND) 297 0.57%
2018 Mansor Othman (PKR) 45,929 55.18% Shaik Hussein Mydin (UMNO) 28,035 33.68% 63,199 15,817 86.12%
Mohd Helmi Haron (PAS) 8,173 9.82%
Tan Tee Beng (IND) 331 0.53%

Honours

See also

References
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  2. "Six new select committees announced, Anwar heads reforms caucus". Malaysiakini. 4 December 2018. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
  3. Abdullah, Maria Chin (4 December 2019). "Maria Chin Abdullah". facebook.com. Retrieved 8 December 2019.
  4. Carvalho, Martin; Sivanandam, Hemananthani; Rahim, Rahimy; Tan, Tarrence (21 October 2019). "Nibong Tebal MP collapses in Dewan Rakyat (updated)". The Star (Malaysia). Retrieved 23 October 2019.
  5. Tong, Geraldine (21 October 2019). "Nibong Tebal MP recovering after mid-speech collapse in Parliament". Berita Harian. Retrieved 23 October 2019.
  6. Adnan, Ahmad Suhael (21 October 2019). "Ahli Parlimen Nibong Tebal stabil – TPM" (in Malay). Berita Harian. Retrieved 23 October 2019.
  7. "Malaysia General Election". undiinfo Malaysian Election Data. Malaysiakini. Retrieved 19 April 2013. Results only available from the 2004 election (GE11).
  8. "KEPUTUSAN PILIHAN RAYA UMUM 13". Sistem Pengurusan Maklumat Pilihan Raya Umum (in Malay). Election Commission of Malaysia. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
  9. "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.
  10. "Keputusan Pilihan Raya Umum ke-13". Utusan Malaysia. Archived from the original on 21 March 2018. Retrieved 26 October 2014.
  11. "SEMAKAN KEPUTUSAN PILIHAN RAYA UMUM KE – 14" (in Malay). Election Commission of Malaysia. Retrieved 17 May 2018. Percentage figures based on total turnout.
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