Tengku Azlan

Tengku Azlan ibni Almarhum Sultan Abu Bakar Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mu’azzam Shah (born 21 July 1949) is a former Malaysian politician and was the Member of the Parliament of Malaysia for the Jerantut constituency in Pahang from 1999 to 2013. Presently he is a member of Malaysian United Indigenous Party or Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia (BERSATU), a component of Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalition, after his resignation from United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) of Barisan Nasional (BN) in 2018.[1]

In this Malay name, there is no family name. The name Sultan Abu Bakar is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Azlan.
Yang Amat Mulia Tan Sri Dato' Seri

Tengku Azlan ibni Almarhum Sultan Abu Bakar Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mu’azzam Shah
Member of the Malaysian Parliament
for Jerantut, Pahang
In office
1999–2013
Preceded byAhmad Kamaruzaman Mohamed Baria
Succeeded byAhmad Nazlan Idris
Personal details
Born
Tengku Azlan bin Tengku Abu Bakar

(1949-07-21) 21 July 1949
Istana Permai, Pekan, Pahang, Federation of Malaya (now Malaysia)
Political partyBERSATU (2018–present)
United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) (until 1988; 1996-2018)
Parti Melayu Semangat 46 (S46) (1989–1996)
Other political
affiliations		Perikatan Nasional (PN) (2020-present)
Pakatan Harapan (PH) (2018-2020)
Barisan Nasional (BN) (until 1989; 1996-2018)
Angkatan Perpaduan Ummah (APU)/Gagasan Rakyat (GR) (1989-1996)
Spouse(s)Tunku Dato' Seri Jawahir binti Almarhum Tuanku Ja'afar
Children3
OccupationPolitician

Tengku Azlan declined a deputy Minister post after the 2008 election, having previously served as a deputy Minister for Transport.[2] He was replaced by Ahmad Nazlan Idris as the Barisan Nasional candidate for Jerantut in the 2013 election.

Tengku Azlan is the brother of Sultan Ahmad Shah of Pahang. He was a member of the opposition Semangat 46 party early in his political career, running for Parliament unsuccessfully in the 1995 election.[3]

Election results
Parliament of Malaysia: Temerloh, Pahang[4]
Year Government Votes Pct Opposition Votes Pct
1995 Sabbarudin Chik (UMNO) 22,078 56% Tengku Azlan Sultan Abu Bakar (S46) 14,012 36%
Parliament of Malaysia: Jerantut, Pahang[4]
Year Government Votes Pct Opposition Votes Pct
1999 Tengku Azlan Sultan Abu Bakar (UMNO) 16,424 51% Syed Ibrahim Syed Ab Rahman (PAS) 14,961 46%
2004 Tengku Azlan Sultan Abu Bakar (UMNO) 21,349 61% Hamzah Jaaffar (PAS) 12,892 37%
2008 Tengku Azlan Sultan Abu Bakar (UMNO) 19,543 51% Hamzah Jaaffar (PAS) 17,597 46%

Honour

Honour of Malaysia

References
  1. "Tengku Azlan Ibni Almarhum Sultan Abu Bakar, Y.B. Tan Sri" (in Malay). Parliament of Malaysia. Archived from the original on 14 April 2010. Retrieved 10 July 2010.
  2. "Tengku Azlan and Anifah decline deputy minister's post". The Star (Malaysia). 19 March 2008. Retrieved 8 January 2010.
  3. R. Nadeswaran; Fernandez, Terence (8 May 2008). "Right royal politician". The Sun. Berjaya Group. Retrieved 10 July 2010.
  4. "Keputusan Pilihan Raya Umum Parlimen/Dewan Undangan Negeri". Election Commission of Malaysia. Retrieved 11 July 2010. Percentage figures based on total turnout.
  5. "Semakan Penerima Darjah Kebesaran, Bintang dan Pingat".


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