Adly Zahari
10 December 2022
(2022–2024)
Ibrahim Iskandar
(since 2024)
(2022–2023)
Mohamed Khaled Nordin
(since 2023)
11 May 2018 – 9 March 2020
24 April 2020 – 13 December 2022
(2020)
Mohd Ali Rustam
(2020–2022)
Pakatan Harapan of Malacca
30 August 2017
(2017–2020)
Anwar Ibrahim
(since 2020)
5 September 2021
Mujahid Yusof Rawa (2021–2023) &
Hasanuddin Mohd Yunus (2021–2023) &
Mahfuz Omar (since 2021) &
Siti Mariah Mahmud (since 2021)
Dzulkefly Ahmad (since 2023)
Mohd Hatta Ramli (since 2023)
for Alor Gajah
19 November 2022
(PN–BERSATU)
for Bukit Katil
9 May 2018
1,057 (2021)
(1971-02-15) 15 February 1971 (age 53)
Kampung Pulau, Durian Tunggal, Malacca, Malaysia
(–2015)
National Trust Party (AMANAH)
(since 2015)
affiliations
(2008–2015)
Pakatan Harapan (PH)
(since 2015)
Adly bin Zahari (Jawi: عدلي بن ظهري; born 15 February 1971) is a Malaysian politician who has served as the Deputy Minister of Defence in the Unity Government administration under Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim and Minister Mohamad Hasan since December 2022, Member of Parliament (MP) for Alor Gajah since November 2022 and Member of the Melaka State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Bukit Katil since May 2018. He served as the 11th Chief Minister of Melaka from May 2018 to March 2020 and State Leader of the Opposition of Melaka from April 2020 to December 2022.[1] He is a member of the National Trust Party (AMANAH), a component party of the PH coalition and was a member of the Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS), a component party of formerly the Pakatan Rakyat (PR) coalition. In AMANAH, he has served as its Vice-President since September 2021 and State Chairman of Melaka since August 2017. He was also the Treasurer-General of AMANAH prior to his promotion to the party vice presidency. He is also the sole Melaka AMANAH MLA.[2][3]
Education and early career
Adly obtained his Bachelor of Engineering (BEng) in electrical engineering from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM).[4] He became an engineer, served in the corporate sector and started his own business before joining the politics.[5]
Political career
He was a member of the Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS)[6] prior to joining its new splinter party AMANAH in 2015.[7]
Member of the Melaka State Legislative Assembly (since 2018)
In the 2018 Melaka state election, Adly made his electoral debut after being nominated by PH to contest for the Bukit Katil state seat. He won the seat and was elected to the Melaka State Legislative Assembly as the Bukit Katil MLA for the first term. In the snap 2021 Melaka state election, Adly was renominated by PH to defend the Bukit Katil seat. He defended the seat and was reelected to the assembly for the second term. However, he was the only winner of his party and he was left as the only Melaka MLA of AMANAH after the snap election.
Chief Minister of Melaka (2018–2020)
On 11 May 2018, a historic and first ever transition of power took place in Melaka as the State Chairman of PH of Melaka Adly being sworn in as the new Chief Minister of Melaka after BN lost to PH in 2018 state election where PH won a simple majority in the assembly by taking 15 of the 28 state seats to form the new state government.[1] During his tenure as Chief Minister, he reportedly rejected an offer for a Datukship.
State Leader of the Opposition of Melaka (2020–2022)
After PH lost power to BN, PH returned to the Opposition. On 24 April 2020, Adly, the State Chairman of PH of Melaka, became the new State Leader of the Opposition, in line with the Westminster parliamentary convention, where the leader of the largest party or coalition that is not in the government becomes the Leader of the Opposition. On 13 December 2022, Adly relinquished the position to Mohd Yadzil Yaakub after Chief Minister Sulaiman confirmed that PH had left the opposition and supported his government as a strategic partner.
Member of Parliament (since 2022)
In the 2022 general election, Adly was nominated by PH to contest for the Alor Gajah federal seat. He narrowly won the seat and was elected to Parliament as the Alor Gajah MP after defeating Shahril Sufian Hamdan of BN by a majority of only 820 votes.
Deputy Minister of Defence (since 2022)
On 10 December 2022, Adly was appointed as the Deputy Minister of Defence to deputise for Minister Mohamad Hasan by Prime Minister Anwar. It was speculated that Adly was to be promoted to replace Salahuddin Ayub who died in office in July 2023 as the Minister of Domestic Trade and Costs of Living in a cabinet reshuffle. However, Armizan Mohd Ali of the Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) was instead appointed to position and Adly remained the Deputy Minister of Defence after the reshuffle.
Election results
Year | Constituency | Candidate | Votes | Pct | Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout | ||
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2022 | P135 Alor Gajah | Adly Zahari (AMANAH) | 28,178 | 38.60% | Shahril Sufian Hamdan (UMNO) | 27,288 | 37.38% | 73,000 | 890 | 78.23% | ||
Mohd Redzuan Md Yusof (BERSATU) | 17,211 | 23.58% | ||||||||||
Muhammad Nazriq Abdul Rahman (PEJUANG) | 323 | 0.44% |
Year | Constituency | Candidate | Votes | Pct | Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout | ||
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2013 | N09 Durian Tunggal | Adly Zahari (PAS) | 4,329 | 43.40% | Ab Wahab Ab Latip (UMNO) | 5,645 | 56.60% | 10,133 | 1,316 | 89.62% | ||
2018 | N17 Bukit Katil | Adly Zahari (AMANAH) | 11,226 | 44.80% | Yunus Hitam (UMNO) | 8,067 | 37.47% | 21,530 | 3,159 | 85.87% | ||
Muhamat Puhat Bedol (PAS) | 2,237 | 10.39% | ||||||||||
2021 | Adly Zahari (AMANAH) | 6,805 | 41.55% | Hasnoor Sidang Husin (UMNO) | 5,748 | 35.10% | 16,377 | 1,057 | 65.14% | |||
Muhammad Al Afiz Yahya (PAS) | 3,715 | 22.68% | ||||||||||
Abdul Hamid Mustapah (IND) | 109 | 0.07% |
References
- ^ a b "Adly Zahari of Pakatan Harapan new Malacca CM". Bernama. The Sun Daily. 11 May 2018. Retrieved 30 May 2018.
- ^ "Pakatan Harapan announces state chiefs". Free Malaysia Today. 30 August 2017. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
- ^ "Adli Zahari dilantik sebagai Pengerusi Harapan Melaka" (in Malay). Sinar Harian. 2017-09-24. Retrieved 2018-05-16.
- ^ Zaidan, Fairuz (11 May 2018). "Adly Zahari dilantik Ketua Menteri Melaka baharu" (in Malay). Berita Harian. Retrieved 15 May 2018.
- ^ Elissa Helmy (14 June 2011). "PAS yakin Adly mampu suntik jentera Melaka" (in Malay). Malaysiakini. Retrieved 17 June 2011.
- ^ "Muka baru bakal kuasai PAS Melaka" (in Malay). Malaysiakini. 17 June 2011. Retrieved 17 June 2011.
- ^ "Mat Sabu sasar 100,000 sertai Parti Amanah Negara" (in Malay). Sinar Harian. 12 September 2015. Retrieved 17 September 2015.
- ^ "Malaysia General Election". undiinfo Malaysian Election Data. Malaysiakini. Retrieved 4 February 2017. Results only available from the 2004 election.
- ^ "SEMAKAN KEPUTUSAN PILIHAN RAYA UMUM KE - 14" (in Malay). Election Commission of Malaysia. Archived from the original on 13 September 2020. Retrieved 17 May 2018. Percentage figures based on total turnout.
- ^ "The Star Online GE14". The Star. Retrieved 24 May 2018. Percentage figures based on total turnout.
- ^ "N.17 BUKIT KATIL". SPR Dashboard. 7 November 2021. Archived from the original on 20 September 2020. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
External links
- Media related to Adly Zahari at Wikimedia Commons
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Preceded by | 11th Chief Minister of Melaka 2018 - 2020 | Succeeded by |
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