Mohd Syahir Che Sulaiman
محمد شاهر چئ سليمان
for Bachok
19 November 2022
(1983-03-30) 30 March 1983 (age 41)
Bachok, Kelantan, Malaysia
affiliations
University of Malaya (MDS)
Mohd Syahir bin Che Sulaiman (Jawi: محمد شاهر بن چئ سليمان; born 30 March 1983) is a Malaysian politician and economic analyst who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Bachok since November 2022. He is a member of the Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS), a component party of the Perikatan Nasional (PN) coalition. He has also been political secretary to the president of PAS Abdul Hadi Awang, Deputy Chairman of the International Committee of PAS since 2019 and Assistant Secretary-General of PAS since 2020. He was the youth strategic director of PAS from 2015 to 2019, Division Deputy Youth Chief of PAS of Serdang from 2017 to 2019 and branch chief of PAS of Bandar Tun Hussein Onn from 2011 to 2015.[1]
Early life and education
Mohd Syahir attended secondary school at Izzuddin Shah School, Ipoh, Perak from 1996 to 2000 and was an excellent student in the Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia (SPM) examination. The following year, he continued his studies at the Matriculation Center of the International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) until 2002. Then he continued his Bachelor of Economics studies at IIUM until 2006. At IIUM, he graduated with First Class Honors and was recognized as a Student Best Overall (Faculty of Economics), IIUM Rector's Award and Unvar Rahman Special Award. In 2013, he continued his postgraduate studies and obtained a master's degree in Development Studies from the University of Malaya (UM) in 2017.
Early career
He was an intern at PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC), a Big Four accounting firm operating in Kuala Lumpur. Immediately after graduation, he started his career as a management accountant at Shell Malaysia Exploration & Production (SMEP) operating in Sarawak, Malaysia. Later he served at Sime Darby as a Senior Executive, Corporate Finance and became a Special Officer to the Group chief operating officer. Next, he was given the responsibility of Assistant Vice President, Business Development and Strategic Planning at Sime Darby Property before becoming Assistant Vice President, Development Strategy (Malaysia Vision Valley) at the same company. He resigned from his position at Sime Darby Property when he was appointed Political Secretary to the Abdul Hadi in July 2018. He is also active in delivering motivational talks to school and university students as the motivational and career speaker.
He is also involved in volunteer and community activities as a disaster relief mission coordinator in charge of preaching and welfare at the charity department by serving as Miri Branch Charitable Foundation Coordinator, Serdang Concern Youth Club Advisor, Bandar Tun Hussein Onn Mosque Youth Bureau Head, and Al Amin Surau Secretary Sharp. In addition, he likes to share his views on political, economic and youth issues through writing articles and is often invited as a columnist and forum panelist at universities, think tanks and prime media channels.
Political career
Member of Parliament (since 2022)
2022 general election
In the 2022 general election, Mohd Syahir made his electoral debut after being nominated by PN to contest for the Bachok federal seat. He won the seat and was elected to Parliament as the Bachok MP after defeating Mohd Zain Yasim of Barisan Nasional (BN), Nor Azmiza Mamat of Pakatan Harapan (PH), independent candidate Mohd Zulkifli Zakaria and Kamarul Azam Osman of Gerakan Tanah Air (GTA) by a majority of 29,901 votes.[2] As MP for Bachok, he was infamous for misleading remarks against Buddhist monks in a televised debate.[3]
Election results
Year | Constituency | Candidate | Votes | Pct | Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout | ||
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2022 | P025 Bachok | Mohd Syahir Che Sulaiman (PAS) | 57,130 | 63.89% | Mohd Zain Yasim (UMNO) | 27,229 | 30.45% | 123,183 | 29,901 | 72.59% | ||
Nor Azmiza Mamat (PKR) | 4,366 | 4.88% | ||||||||||
Mohd Zulkifli Zakaria (Independent) | 418 | 0.47% | ||||||||||
Kamarul Azam Osman (PUTRA) | 274 | 0.31% |
See also
- Bachok (federal constituency)
- Malaysian Islamic Party
- Perikatan Nasional
- 2022 Malaysian general election
References
- ^ "Mohd Syahir Che Sulaiman". Sinar Harian. Retrieved 14 July 2023.
- ^ "GE15: PN candidate Mohd Syahir leading in Bachok". New Straits Times. 19 November 2022. Retrieved 14 July 2023.
- ^ "PAS MP told to apologise over insensitive statement on monks".
- ^ "Keputusan Pilihan Raya Umum Malaysia Ke-15". Astro Awani (in Malay). Retrieved 14 July 2023.
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