Yang Berhormat Dato' Haji
Mohd Suhaimi Abdullah
DSNS MP
محمد سحيمي عبدالله
Member of the Malaysian Parliament
for Langkawi
Assumed office
19 November 2022
Preceded byMahathir Mohamad
(PEJUANG)
Majority13,518 (2022)
Senator
Elected by the
Kedah State Legislative Assembly
In office
17 August 2017 – 16 August 2020
Serving with
Ananthan Somasundaram
MonarchsMuhammad V
(2017–2019)
Abdullah
(2019–2020)
Prime MinisterNajib Razak
(2017–2018)
Mahathir Mohamad
(2018–2020)
Muhyiddin Yassin
(2020)
Preceded bySaiful Izham Ramli
Succeeded byAhmad Saad @ Yahaya &
Othman Aziz
In office
30 May 2014 – 29 May 2017
Serving with
Shahanim Mohamad Yusoff
MonarchsAbdul Halim
(2014–2016)
Muhammad V
(2016–2017)
Prime MinisterNajib Razak
Preceded byMuhamad Yusof Husin
Succeeded byHimself
Faction represented in Dewan Rakyat
2022–Perikatan Nasional
Faction represented in Dewan Negara
2014–2018Barisan Nasional
2018–2020Pakatan Harapan
Personal details
Political partyUnited Malays National Organisation (UMNO)
(–2018)
Malaysian United Indigenous Party (BERSATU)
(since 2018)
Other political
affiliations		Barisan Nasional (BN)
(–2018)
Pakatan Harapan (PH)
(2018–2020)
Perikatan Nasional (PN)
(since 2020)
OccupationPolitician

Dato' Haji Mohd Suhaimi bin Abdullah is a Malaysian politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Langkawi since November 2022. He served as the Senator from May 2014 to May 2017 and again from August 2017 to August 2020. He is a member of the Malaysian United Indigenous Party (BERSATU), a component party of the Perikatan Nasional (PN) and formerly Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalitions and was a member of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), a component party of the Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition. He is the State Chairman of BERSATU of Kedah. On 28 November 2018, Mohd Suhaimi left UMNO for BERSATU.

Political career

Senator (2014–2020)

On 30 May 2014, Mohd Suhaimi was elected to the Parliament as the Senator representing Kedah for the first term after being nominated and approved by the Kedah State Legislative Assembly.[lower-alpha 1][1]

On 15 August 2017, Mohd Suhaimi was reelected as Senator representing Kedah for the second term after being renominated and reapproved by the assembly.

Member of Parliament (since 2022)

In the 2022 general election, Mohd Suhaimi made his electoral debut after being nominated by PN to contest for the Langkawi federal seat. He won the seat and was elected to the Parliament as the Langkawi MP for the first term after defeating Armishah Siraj of BN, Zabidi Yahya of PH, former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad of the Homeland Fighters Party (PEJUANG) and independent candidate Abd Kadir Sainudin by a majority of 13,518 votes.[2][3] As the elected MP for Langkawi, he was infamous for sexually insulting Seputeh MP Teresa Kok in parliament by inviting her to come to Langkawi without wearing anything.[4]

Election results

Parliament of Malaysia
Year Constituency Candidate Votes Pct Opponent(s) Votes Pct Ballots cast Majority Turnout
2022 P004 Langkawi Mohd Suhaimi Abdullah (BERSATU) 25,463 53.63% Armishah Siraj (UMNO) 11,945 25.16% 48,123 13,518 71.10%
Zabidi Yahya (AMANAH) 5,417 11.41%
Mahathir Mohamad (PEJUANG) 4,566 9.62%
Abd Kadir Sainudin (Independent) 89 0.19%

Honours

  •  Negeri Sembilan :
    • Knight Companion of the Order of Loyalty to Negeri Sembilan (DSNS) – Dato' (1998)

Footnotes

    1. ↑ Took and subscribed the Oath on 30 May 2014 under S.O. 4(3). Hansard - 30 May 2014

    References

    1. ↑ "Ananthan dilantik Senator, Mohd Suhaimi dipilih semula". www.bharian.com.my.
    2. ↑ "Malaysia ex-PM Mahathir loses seat in first election defeat in 53 years". Reuters. 19 November 2022. Retrieved 19 November 2022.
    3. ↑ "Mahathir Mohamad: Ex-Malaysia PM loses seat in shock defeat". Al Jazeera. 19 November 2022. Retrieved 19 November 2022.
    4. ↑ "Langkawi MP's sexist remark draws uproar in Dewan Rakyat".


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