Ahmad Husni Hanadzlah

In this Malay name, there is no surname or family name. The name Hanadzlah is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by their given name: Husni.
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Ahmad Husni Hanadzlah
SPMP DPMP PPT
أحمد حسني حنظلة‎
Ahmad in 2013
Ministerial roles
2004–2008 Deputy Minister of International Trade and Industry
2008–2009 Deputy Minister of Finance
2009–2016 Minister of Finance
Faction represented in Dewan Rakyat
1995–2018 Barisan Nasional
Personal details
Born
Ahmad Husni bin Mohamad Hanadzlah

21 July 1952
Perak, Federation of Malaya (now Malaysia)
Citizenship Malaysian
Political party United Malays National Organisation (UMNO)
Other political
affiliations		 Barisan Nasional (BN)
Perikatan Nasional (PN)
Muafakat Nasional (MN)
Spouse Fauziah Kamarudin
Alma mater University of Malaya
Bachelor's degree (Economics)
Occupation Politician, economist

Ahmad Husni bin Mohamad Hanadzlah (Jawi: أحمد حسني بن محمد حنظلة‎; born 21 July 1952) is a former Second Minister of Finance of Malaysia. He was appointed on 10 April 2009 when Najib Razak became Prime Minister. He was also the Member of Parliament for Tambun for five terms from April 1995 to May 2018. He is a member of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), a major component party in the Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition.

Husni was educated at the University of Malaya. He entered the government sector in 1984 as general manager of the Perak State Islamic Economic Corporation. Ahmad Husni was a Deputy Minister of International Trade and Industry and Deputy Finance Minister before becoming a minister.

Career

Politics

  • 1983 - Started joining the UMNO branch of Sungai Rokam
  • 1983 - Member of the UMNO Youth Division of the Tambun Youth Movement
  • 1985 - Tambun Umno Division Youth Vice Chairman
  • 1987 - Tambun Umno Division Youth Chief
  • 1993 - Tambun Umno Division Chief

Elections

In the 1999 Malaysian general election, Election Commission (EC) declared Ahmad Husni has won the Tambun parliamentary seat with a majority of 7,084. In the 2004 Malaysian general election, Ahmad Husni defeated Dr Khairuddin Abd Malek from PAS with a majority of 17,360. In the 2008 Malaysian general election, Ahmad Husni once again defended the Tambun parliamentary seat with 27,942 votes. His PKR opponent was the former Dermawan assemblyman Mohamad Asri Othman, who received 22,556 votes. The turnout percentage is 75%. The total of rejected ballots are 927.

1MDB scandal

In October 2016, Husni being the only MP from the incumbent government to submit a question on 1Malaysia Development Berhad scandal (1MDB).

On 3 November 2016, Husni with 2 former cabinet ministers, Muhyiddin Yassin and Shafie Apdal were convicted of the Sedition Act 1948 for breaching and debating debt-laden companies, 1MDB.

Election results

Parliament of Malaysia
Year Constituency Candidate Votes Pct Opponent(s) Votes Pct Ballots cast Majority Turnout
1995 P060 Tambun, Perak Ahmad Husni Hanadzlah (UMNO) 33,224 83.46% Abd Rahman Md Nur (S46) 6,585 16.54% 42,732 26,639 72.96%
1999 Ahmad Husni Hanadzlah (UMNO) 24,595 58.41% Khairuddin Abd Malik (PAS) 17,511 41.59% 44,832 7,084 70.74%
2004 P063 Tambun, Perak Ahmad Husni Hanadzlah (UMNO) 31,824 68.75% Khairuddin Abd Malik (PAS) 9,950 31.25% 47,571 17,360 72.94%
2008 Ahmad Husni Hanadzlah (UMNO) 27,942 55.33% Mohd Asri Othman (PKR) 22,556 44.67% 51,844 5,386 75.17%
2013 Ahmad Husni Hanadzlah (UMNO) 42,093 56.23% Siti Aishah Shaik Ahmad (PKR) 32,768 43.77% 76,275 9,325 85.29%
2018 Ahmad Husni Hanadzlah (UMNO) 33,341 38.35% Ahmad Faizal Azumu (BERSATU) 38,661 44.46% 88,920 5,320 82.51%
Muhd Zulkifli Mohd Zakaria (PAS) 14,948 17.19%

Honours

See also