Mahdzir Khalid

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Political career

Mahdzir started his political career as a staffer and in 1999 became the political secretary to Deputy Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi.[1] In 2004 he was elected to the Kedah State Legislative Assembly for the rural seat of Pedu. In December 2005 he became the state's Chief Minister after his predecessor, Syed Razak Syed Zain Barakbah, resigned because of ill health. Mahdzir had been acting in the position since July 2005.[2]

Mahdzir's tenure as Menteri Besar came to an end after his BN Kedah state government was defeated in the 2008 election by the Pakatan Rakyat (PR) opposition coalition led by the Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS).[3] Mahdzir became Barisan Nasional's opposition leader in the state assembly before moving to federal parliament in the 2013 election, winning the seat of Padang Terap from PAS. After the election he was appointed Deputy Minister for Energy, Green Technology and Water in the government of Prime Minister Najib Razak.[4]

Over a period of about 17 months between 2015 and 2017, as Minister of Education, Mahdzir was pressured to award a contract for the provision of electricity to rural Sarawak schools to Jepak Holdings.[5][6]

Jepak Holdings

In late 2015, Saidi Bin Abang Samsudin and Rayyan Radzwill bin Abdullah proposed to the Ministry of Education that it award their company, Jepak Holdings Sdn Bhd, a contract to replace other contractors for the provision of maintenance of diesel electric generators at rural and interior Sarawak schools and install a hybrid solar voltaic system for RM1.25 billion.[5][6]

As Minister of Education, Mahdzir did not favour the proposal as the ministry's technical experts doubted Jepak's expertise and the ministry had already planned to connect some of the schools to the electricity grid. Saidi and Rayyan then sought the assistance of Rosmah Mansor, wife of Prime Minister Najib Razak, to effect the contract. Saidi and Rayyan agreed to pay Rosmah 15% of the contract sum, or RM187.5 million, for her help. In December 2016, Rosmah called Mahdzir to urge him to award the contract. Eventually, the ministry signed a contract with Jepak in June 2017. In September 2022, Rosmah was convicted in the High Court of Malaya of bribery in relation to the Jepak contract.[5][6][7]

Election results

Kedah State Legislative Assembly[8][9][10][11][12]
Year Constituency Candidate Votes Pct Opponent(s) Votes Pct Ballots cast Majority Turnout
2004 N08 Pedu style="background:Template:Barisan Nasional/meta/shading" | Mahdzir Khalid (UMNO) 7,684 56.26% style="background:Template:Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party/meta/shading" | Wan Jaafar Wan Ahmad (PAS) 5,785 42.36% 13,657 1,899 87.29%
2008 style="background:Template:Barisan Nasional/meta/shading" | Mahdzir Khalid (UMNO) 8,780 57.76% Template:Party shading/Keadilan | Zamri Yusuf (PKR) 6,047 39.78% 15,200 2,733 87.53%
2023 style="background:Template:Barisan Nasional/meta/shading" | Mahdzir Khalid (UMNO) 8,024 35.79% bgcolor=Template:Party color | Mohd Radzi Md Amin (PAS) 14,397 64.21% 22,581 6,373 78.94%
Parliament of Malaysia[8]
Year Constituency Candidate Votes Pct Opponent(s) Votes Pct Ballots cast Majority Turnout
2013 P007 Padang Terap style="background:Template:Barisan Nasional/meta/shading" | Mahdzir Khalid (UMNO) 20,654 55.66% style="background:Template:Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party/meta/shading" | Mohd Nasir Zakaria (PAS) 16,202 43.69% 37,904 4,442 90.33%
2018 rowspan="2" style="background:Template:Barisan Nasional/meta/shading" | Mahdzir Khalid (UMNO) 16,384 42.09% Template:Party shading/Keadilan | Khairizal Khazali (AMANAH) 7,254 18.64% 39,932 1,099 85.61%
style="background:Template:Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party/meta/shading" | Mohd Azam Abd Aziz (PAS) 15,285 39.27%
2022 rowspan="3" style="background:Template:Barisan Nasional/meta/shading" | Mahdzir Khalid (UMNO) 17,258 35.49% bgcolor=Template:Party color | Nurul Amin Hamid (PAS) 28,217 58.03% 49,341 10,959 81.31%
Template:Party shading/PH | Muaz Abdullah (AMANAH) 2,702 5.56%
bgcolor=Template:Party color| Razali Lebai Salleh (PEJUANG) 452 0.93%

Honours

References

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