Mohd Shamsudin Lias

Dato' Mohd Shamsudin Lias (born 15 December 1953) is a Malaysian politician who has served as Member of the Selangor State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Sungai Burong since March 2004. He served as State Leader of the Opposition of Selangor from June 2013 to his resignation in December 2014. He is a member of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), a component party of the Barisan Nasional (BN) state opposition but federal ruling coalition.

In this Malay name, there is no family name. The name Shamsudin is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Mohd.
Yang Berhormat Dato'
Mohd Shamsudin Lias
DPMS MLA
محمد شامس الدين لياس
Shamsudin during a speech for Sungai Burong Constituency.
Faction represented in Selangor State Legislative Assembly
2004–Barisan Nasional
Other roles
2013–2014Opposition Leader of the Selangor State Legislative Assembly
Personal details
Born (1953-12-15) 15 December 1953
Selangor, Federation of Malaya (now Malaysia)
Political partyUnited Malays National Organisation (UMNO)
Other political
affiliations		Barisan Nasional (BN)
Perikatan Nasional (PN)
Muafakat Nasional (MN)
Children5
Residence(s)Tanjong Karang, Selangor
Alma materSyracuse University
OccupationPolitician

Personal life

He is married with 5 children. He is currently living with his family in Tanjong Karang, Selangor Darul Ehsan.[1]

Education

Shamsudin has a master's degree in Urban and Regional planning from Syracuse University in New York State, USA.[2]

Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee

In 2010, Shamsudin was appointed as Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) even though the state of Selangor was governed by Pakatan Rakyat (PR) and he was a member of Barisan Nasional (BN) which was opposing PR.[3] He was praised by the former Menteri Besar of Selangor from PR, Khalid Ibrahim by saying that "Mohd Shamsudin is a capable person as he has experience in state administration given his experience as a former district officer".[4] In 2014, he stepped down as the State Opposition Leader as he no longer wanted to helm the PAC, protesting against the lack of representation and power of BN and the Opposition in the committee.[5]

Election results
Selangor State Legislative Assembly
Year Constituency Candidate Votes Pct Opponent(s) Votes Pct Ballots cast Majority Turnout
2004 N08 Sungai Burong Mohd Shamsudin Lias (UMNO) 9,321 66.00% Hasan Mohamed Ali (PAS) 4,801 34.00% 14,395 4,520 78.11%
2008 Mohd Shamsudin Lias (UMNO) 8,872 59.01% Abdul Ghani Samsudin (PAS) 6,162 40.99% 15,403 2,710 81.12%
2013 Mohd Shamsudin Lias (UMNO) 11,464 57.56% Mohamad Judi Sarjo (PAS) 8,451 42.44% 20,271 3,013 89.31%
2018 Mohd Shamsudin Lias (UMNO) 8,741 42.69% Mohd Zamri Mohd Zainuldin (PAS) 6,411 31.31% 20,828 2,330 86.62%
Mohd Tarmizi Lazim (PPBM) 5,323 26.04%

Honours

References
  1. Michael, Stuart (21 April 2008). "Archives | The Star Online". Thestar.com.my. Retrieved 4 October 2013.
  2. "Syracuse University". Syr.edu. Retrieved 4 October 2013.
  3. Muthiah, Wani (12 July 2010). "Archives | The Star Online". Thestar.com.my. Retrieved 4 October 2013.
  4. "Archives | The Star Online". Thestar.com.my. 13 July 2010. Retrieved 4 October 2013.
  5. Wani Muthiah (8 December 2014). "Shamsudin Lias resigns as Selangor Opposition chief". The Star. Retrieved 9 December 2014.
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