Ahmad Amzad Hashim

Datuk Ahmad Amzad bin Hashim (Jawi احمد امزاد بن هاشم; born 15 January 1970) is a Malaysian politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Kuala Terengganu since May 2018. He served as the Deputy Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation for the second term in the Barisan Nasional (BN) administration under former Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob and former Minister Adham Baba from August 2021 to the collapse of the BN administration in November 2022 and the first term in Perikatan Nasional (PN) administration under former Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin and former Minister Khairy Jamaluddin 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.

In this Malay name, there is no family name. The name Hashim is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Ahmad Amzad.
Yang Berhormat Datuk Haji
Ahmad Amzad Hashim
PMW MP
Deputy Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation
In office
30 August 2021 – 24 November 2022
MonarchAbdullah
Prime MinisterIsmail Sabri Yaakob
MinisterAdham Baba
Preceded byHimself
Succeeded byArthur Joseph Kurup
ConstituencyKuala Terengganu
In office
10 March 2020 – 16 August 2021
MonarchAbdullah
Prime MinisterMuhyiddin Yassin
MinisterKhairy Jamaluddin
Preceded byIsnaraissah Munirah Majilis
(Deputy Minister of Energy, Science, Technology, Environment and Climate Change)
Succeeded byHimself
ConstituencyKuala Terengganu
Member of the Malaysian Parliament
for Kuala Terengganu
Assumed office
9 May 2018
Preceded byRaja Kamarul Bahrin
(PR–PAS)
Majority14,773 (2018)
40,907 (2022)
Faction represented in Dewan Rakyat
2018–2020Malaysian Islamic Party
2020–Perikatan Nasional
Personal details
Born
Ahmad Amzad bin Hashim

(1970-01-15) 15 January 1970
Nur Zahirah Hospital, Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu, Malaysia
CitizenshipMalaysian
Political partyMalaysian Islamic Party (PAS)
Other political
affiliations		Perikatan Nasional (PN)
Muafakat Nasional (MN)
Gagasan Sejahtera (GS)
Alma materUniversiti Kebangsaan Malaysia
OccupationPolitician

Background

He was born on 15 January 1970, at Kuala Terengganu General Hospital (HBKT).

He received his education at the Sultan Mahmud Secondary School of Science (SESMA), an elite school at the time in Terengganu and a graduate of accounting in Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia.

Career

Upon completing his studies, he established his name in the field of shipping with MSET Shipbuilding Corporation SDN. BHD as the managing director from 1995 to 2004, raising the name of the company to the name of Southeast Asia.

Personal life

He is married to Suriati Abidin in 1992. On 12 February 2016, Hajah Suriati died from pancreatic cancer.[1] Later, Amzad married Dr. Nur Diana Ahmad Takri in 2017. Haji Amzad now has 9 children, 5 sons and 4 daughters.

Election results
Parliament of Malaysia[2][3]
Year Constituency Votes Pct Opponent(s) Votes Pct Ballots cast Majority Turnout
2018 P036 Kuala Terengganu Ahmad Amzad Hashim (PAS) 42,988 49.65% Wan Nawawi Wan Ismail (UMNO) 28,215 32.59% 87,786 14,773 84.73%
Raja Kamarul Bahrin Shah Raja Ahmad (AMANAH) 15,380 17.76%
2022 Ahmad Amzad Hashim (PAS) 63,016 65.27% Mohd Zubir Embong (UMNO) 22,109 22.90% 96,552 40,907 78.30%
Raja Kamarul Bahrin Shah Raja Ahmad (AMANAH) 10,946 11.34%
Mohamad Abu Bakar Muda (PUTRA) 481 0.50%

Honour

References
  1. Wartawan BO Isteri Haji Amzad Meninggal Dunia BuletinOnline
  2. "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.
  3. "The Star Online GE14". The Star. Retrieved 24 May 2018. Percentage figures based on total turnout.
  4. Ibrahim, Mohd Iskandar; Sulaiman, Noor Atiqah (1 February 2021). "Seramai 335 terima darjah kebesaran sempena Hari Wilayah". Berita Harian (in Malay). Retrieved 1 February 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  5. Hadir, Shawaliah (1 February 2021). "Tengku Zafrul antara 6 penerima Darjah Kebesaran Pangkat Pertama sempena Hari WP". MalaysiaGazette (in Malay). Retrieved 1 February 2021.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)


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