Ismail Muttalib

Ismail Abdul Muttalib
إِسْمَاعِيل عَبْدُٱلْمُطَّلِب
Deputy Minister of Housing and Local Government
In office
30 August 2021 – 24 November 2022
Monarch Abdullah
Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob
Minister Reezal Merican Naina Merican
Preceded by Himself
Succeeded by Akmal Nasrullah Mohd Nasir
(Deputy Minister of Local Government Development)
Constituency Maran
In office
10 March 2020 – 16 August 2021
Monarch Abdullah
Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin
Minister Zuraida Kamaruddin
Preceded by Raja Kamarul Bahrin Shah Raja Ahmad
Succeeded by Himself
Constituency Maran
Deputy Minister of Human Resources
In office
16 May 2013 – 10 May 2018
Monarchs Abdul Halim
(2013–2016)
Muhammad V
(2016–2018)
Prime Minister Najib Razak
Minister Richard Riot Jaem
Preceded by Maznah Mazlan
Succeeded by Mahfuz Omar
Constituency Maran
Member of the Malaysian Parliament
for Maran
Assumed office
21 March 2004
Preceded by Muhammad Abdullah
(BNUMNO)
Majority 7,242 (2004)
6,641 (2008)
6,475 (2013)
3,763 (2018)
1,821 (2022)
Faction represented in Dewan Rakyat
2004–2022 Barisan Nasional
2022– Perikatan Nasional
Personal details
Born
Ismail bin Abdul Muttalib

1 December 1954
Pahang, Federation of Malaya (now Malaysia)
Political party United Malays National Organisation (UMNO)
(–2022)
Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS)
(since 2022)
Other political
affiliations
Barisan Nasional (BN)
(–2022)
Perikatan Nasional (PN)
(since 2022)
Spouse Fatimah Kassim
Occupation Politician

Ismail bin Abdul Muttalib (Jawi: إِسْمَاعِيل عَبْدُٱلْمُطَّلِب born 1 December 1954) is a Malaysian politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Maran since March 2004. He served as the Deputy Minister of Housing and Local Government for the second term in the Barisan Nasional (BN) administration under former Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob and former Minister Reezal Merican Naina Merican from August 2021 to the collapse of the BN administration in November 2022 and the first term in the Perikatan Nasional (PN) administration under former Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin and former Minister Zuraida Kamaruddin from March 2020 to the collapse of the PN administration in August 2021. He is a member of the Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS), a component party of the PN coalition and was a member of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), a component party of the BN coalition.

Ismail was elected to Parliament in the 2004 general election and was re-elected thrice in 2008 general election, 2013 general election and 2018 general election. After the 2013 Malaysian general election, he was appointed to serve as the Deputy Minister of Human Resources in the BN administration from May 2013 to May 2018 for almost 5 years.

On 13 September 2019, the High Court in Kuala Lumpur allowed the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) to forfeit a total of RM369,662 from Ismail Muttalib and the company Naza Quest Auto in relation to the 1MDB-linked forfeiture suits against them. Ismail did not contest the forfeiture suit.

On 3 November 2022, Ismail Muttalib was re-elected to the seat in the 15th general election under PN ticket.

Election results

Parliament of Malaysia
Year Constituency Candidate Votes Pct Opponent(s) Votes Pct Ballots cast Majority Turnout
2004 P086 Maran, Pahang Ismail Muttalib (UMNO) 15,725 64.96% Tuan Ibrahim Tuan Man (PAS) 8,483 35.04% 24,910 7,242 78.19%
2008 Ismail Muttalib (UMNO) 15,868 63.23% Nasrudin Hassan (PAS) 9,227 36.77% 25,672 6,641 78.95%
2013 Ismail Muttalib (UMNO) 19,249 60.11% Mujibur Rahman Ishak (PAS) 12,774 39.89% 32,750 6,475 85.21%
2018 Ismail Muttalib (UMNO) 16,064 49.09% Hasenan Haron (PAS) 12,301 37.59% 33,363 3,763 81.30%
Ahmad Farid Ahmad Nordin (BERSATU) 4,360 13.32%
2022 Ismail Muttalib (PAS) 19,600 47.70% Shahaniza Shamsuddin (UMNO) 17,779 43.27% 41,665 1,821 77.35%
Ahmad Shuhor Awang (AMANAH) 3,547 8.63%

Honours

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