Noor Azmi Ghazali

Noor Azmi bin Ghazali (born 28 November 1961)[1] is a Malaysian politician who has served as Deputy Minister of Health I in the Perikatan Nasional (PN) administration under Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin and Minister Adham Baba since March 2020 and the Member of Parliament (MP) for Bagan Serai since May 2018. He served as Chairman of the
Malaysian Highway Authority (PLUS) from October 2016 to October 2018. He is a member of the Malaysian United Indigenous Party (BERSATU), a component party of the PN coalition and was a member of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), a component party of the Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition which is aligned with the PN coalition. After the defeat of BN to PH in the 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 Ghazali is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Noor Azmi. The Arabic-derived word "bin" or "binti"/"binte", if used, means 'son of' or 'daughter of', respectively.
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Noor Azmi Ghazali

DPMP MP
Deputy Minister of Health I
Assumed office
10 March 2020
Serving with Aaron Ago Dagang
MonarchAbdullah
Prime MinisterMuhyiddin Yassin
MinisterAdham Baba
Preceded byLee Boon Chye
ConstituencyBagan Serai
Chairman of the
Malaysian Highway Authority
In office
12 October 2016 – 11 October 2018
MinisterFadillah Yusof
(2013–2018)
Baru Bian
(2018)
CEOIsmail Md. Salleh
Preceded byAhmad Hamzah
Succeeded byZohari Akob
Member of the Malaysian Parliament
for Bagan Serai
Assumed office
5 May 2013
Preceded byMohsin Fadzli Samsuri (IND)
Majority1,140 (2013)
172 (2018)
Personal details
Born
Noor Azmi bin Ghazali

(1961-11-28) 28 November 1961
Bagan Serai, Perak, Federation of Malaya (now Malaysia)
CitizenshipMalaysian
Political partyUnited Malays National Organisation (UMNO) (until 2018)
Malaysian United Indigenous Party (PPBM) (2018-present)
Other political
affiliations		Barisan Nasional (BN) (until 2018)
Pakatan Harapan (PH) (2018-2020)
Perikatan Nasional (PN) (2020-Present)
Muafakat Nasional (MN) (2020-Present)
ResidenceBagan Serai, Perak, Malaysia
OccupationPolitician
ProfessionPhysician

Political career

In May 2013, Ghazali first contested to become an MP in the 13th Malaysian general election and subsequently won the Bagan Serai seat with a 1,140 majority.[2] He was successfully re-elected as MP for the same seat in the 14th Malaysian general election, albeit with a razor-thin majority.

Ghazali served as the Chairman of the Malaysian Highway Authority (LLM) between October 2016 and October 2018, replacing Jasin MP Ahmad Hamzah.[3]

On 24 June 2018, following Barisan Nasional's spectacular fall from power in the aftermath of the 2018 Malaysian general election, Noor Azmi announced his resignation from United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) and became an independent.[4] Following months of speculation, it was announced on 28 November 2018 that he has joined PPBM, one of component parties of the ruling Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalition together with four Senators.[1]

On 9 March 2020, he was appointed by Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin to serve his cabinet as Deputy Minister of Health with Aaron Ago Dagang. He was involved in controversy event like violating MCO by having lunch together with around 30 people include Perak EXCO member Razman Zakaria, later both of them had apologized for their acts.[5]

Election results
Parliament of Malaysia
Year Constituency Votes Pct Opponent(s) Votes Pct Ballots
cast		 Majority Turnout
2013 P58 Bagan Serai, Perak Noor Azmi Ghazali (UMNO) 23,014 50.90% Mohd Nor R. M. Monutty (PKR) 21,874 48.38% 46,386 1,140 84.66%
Abd Latiff Mas'ud (IND) 329 0.73%
2018 Noor Azmi Ghazali (UMNO) 17,220 36.44% Rohaya Bakar (PAS) 17,048 36.08% 48,381 172 81.60%
Adam Asmuni (PPBM) 12,987 27.48%

Honours

See also

References
  1. "Dr Noor Azmi, 4 Senator sertai BERSATU". Syed Umar Ariff, Mohd Iskandar Ibrahim (in Malay). Berita Harian. 28 November 2018. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
  2. "PRU-13: Rasmi - BN menang di Parlimen Bagan Serai" (in Malay). Utusan Malaysia. 6 May 2013. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
  3. "Noor Azmi Ghazali Named Malaysian Highway Authority Chairman". Malay Mail. 1 November 2016. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
  4. "Bagan Serai MP denies accounts frozen". Malay Mail. 5 July 2018. Retrieved 29 November 2018.
  5. Kalbana Perimbanayagam (20 April 2020). "Under fire Noor Azmi apologises for MCO breach, will cooperate in probe". New Straits Times. Retrieved 20 April 2020.
  6. "SEMAKAN PENERIMA DARJAH KEBESARAN, BINTANG DAN PINGAT". Prime Minister's Department (Malaysia). Retrieved 25 October 2018.
  7. "Sultan of Perak's 60th Birthday Honours List". The Star. 5 November 2016. Retrieved 29 November 2018.


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