In this Malay name, there is no surname or family name. The name Harun is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by their given name, Aminuddin. The word "bin" or "binti"/"binte" means 'son of' or 'daughter of', respectively.

Aminuddin bin Harun (Jawi: أمين الدين بن هارون; born 2 January 1967) is a Malaysian politician who has served as the 11th Menteri Besar of Negeri Sembilan since May 2018, Member of the Negeri Sembilan State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Sikamat since March 2008 and Member of Parliament (MP) for Port Dickson since November 2022. He is a member of the People's Justice Party (PKR), a component party of the Pakatan Harapan (PH) and formerly Pakatan Rakyat (PR) coalitions. He has also served as a Vice President of PKR and Division Chief of PKR of Port Dickson since July 2022, State Chairman of PH of Negeri Sembilan since August 2017 as well as State Chairman of PKR of Negeri Sembilan since 2014. He served as the Division Chief of PKR of Tampin from November 2018 to July 2022.[2]

Early life

Aminuddin bin Harun was born on 2 January 1967 in Kampung Pachitan, near Chuah in Port Dickson . He received his secondary education at Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Tanah Merah, Port Dickson before furthering his studies at the MARA Institute of Technology (now UiTM) in the field of business.

Early career

From 1991, Aminuddin served a five-year tenure as an investigative officer in the Anti-Corruption Agency (ACA, now MACC). In 1995, he joined Golden Hope Furniture Sdn. Bhd. as head of production management and later MCIS Safety Glass (M) Sdn Bhd as Senior Executive from 1996 to 2008 as head of the sales department, management committee, internal investigation panel and ISO/TS 16949:2002 auditor.

Political career

Prior to joining keADILan in 1999, he was a member of UMNO and was its Division Secretary of Kampung Pachitan from 1995 to 1998 and the Division Youth Secretary of Jimah from 1997 to 1998.[3]

After the 2018 Negeri Sembilan state election, Aminuddin submitted a letter by PKR President Wan Azizah Wan Ismail to the Yang di-Pertuan Besar of Negeri Sembilan, endorsing him as the next Menteri Besar of Negeri Sembilan for the first term and to form a new Negeri Sembilan state government after PH won the election by gaining the simple majority in the Negeri Sembilan State Legislative Assembly. Three days after the election, Aminuddin was appointed and sworn in as the Menteri Besar of Negeri Sembilan at Istana Besar in Seri Menanti, Kuala Pilah.[4]

In the 2022 general election, Aminuddin was elected for the MP for Port Dickson.

In the 2023 Negeri Sembilan state election, Aminuddin was reappointed and sworn in again as the Menteri Besar for the second term by winning the election again by securing the supermajority in the State Legislative Assembly with BN. He formed a coalition state government with BN by appointing State Chairman of BN of Negeri Sembilan Jalaluddin Alias as the Senior EXCO Member, a position equal to a Deputy Menteri Besar, effectively making him the second most powerful person in the state government as well as three other BN MLAs as EXCO Members.

Vice President of PKR

In the 2022 PKR party election, he was elected as a Vice President of PKR with 33,230 votes, the fourth-highest number of votes among the vice presidential candidates.

Election results

Negeri Sembilan State Legislative Assembly[5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12]
Year Constituency Candidate Votes Pct Opponent(s) Votes Pct Ballots cast Majority Turnout
2008 N13 Sikamat Aminuddin Harun (PKR) 6,036 51.02% Md Yusop Harmain Shah (UMNO) 5,537 46.80% 11,830 499 76.37%
2013 Aminuddin Harun (PKR) 8,584 50.63% Wan Salwati Abdullah (UMNO) 8,074 47.62% 16,954 510 86.30%
2018 Aminuddin Harun (PKR) 9,832 55.87% Syamsul Amri Ismail (UMNO) 6,419 36.48% 17,858 3,413 85.90%
Rahim Yusof (PAS) 1,331 7.56%
Bujang Abu (IND) 15 0.10%
2023 Aminuddin Harun (PKR) 12,730 54.82% Ahmad Raihan Muhamad Hilal (BERSATU) 10,068 43.36% 23,220 2,662 71.79%
Mohammed Hafiz Baharudin (IND) 339 1.46%
Bujang Abu (IND) 83 0.36%
Parliament of Malaysia
Year Constituency Candidate Votes Pct Opponent(s) Votes Pct Ballots cast Majority Turnout
2022 P132 Port Dickson Aminuddin Harun (PKR) 42,013 52.40% Kamalanathan Panchanathan (MIC) 18,412 22.96% 80,185 23,601 76.7%
Rafei Mustapha (PAS) 18,235 22.74%
Ahmad Idham Ahmad Nazri (PEJUANG) 1,084 1.35%
Abdul Rani Kulup Abdullah (IND) 441 0.55%

Honours

See also

References

  1. ^ Badrul Hafizan Mat Isa (10 November 2022). "Tok Mat dan Tok Min, siapa bakal cipta sejarah?". Utusan Malaysia.
  2. ^ "Pakatan Harapan announces state chiefs". Freemalaysiatoday.com. 30 August 2017. Archived from the original on 4 January 2018. Retrieved 31 August 2017.
  3. ^ "Aminuddin appointed as Negri eighth MB". Malaysiakini. 12 May 2018. Archived from the original on 17 May 2018. Retrieved 17 May 2018.
  4. ^ "Aminuddin Harun proposed as next Negri MB – Nation | The Star Online". thestar.com.my. Retrieved 10 May 2018.
  5. ^ "Malaysia Decides 2008". The Star. Archived from the original on 9 April 2008. Retrieved 10 January 2010. Includes 2004 election results. Results from earlier elections not available.
  6. ^ "Keputusan Pilihan Raya Umum Parlimen/Dewan Undangan Negeri" (in Malay). Election Commission of Malaysia. Retrieved 4 February 2017. Percentage figures based on total turnout.
  7. ^ "Malaysia General Election". undiinfo Malaysian Election Data. Malaysiakini. Retrieved 4 February 2017. Results only available from the 2004 election.
  8. ^ "KEPUTUSAN PILIHAN RAYA UMUM 13". Sistem Pengurusan Maklumat Pilihan Raya Umum (in Malay). Election Commission of Malaysia. Archived from the original on 1 May 2017. Retrieved 24 March 2017.Results only available for the 2013 election.
  9. ^ "my undi : Kawasan & Calon-Calon PRU13 : Keputusan PRU13 (Archived copy)". www.myundi.com.my. Archived from the original on 31 March 2014. Retrieved 9 April 2014.
  10. ^ "Keputusan Pilihan Raya Umum ke-13". Utusan Malaysia. Archived from the original on 21 March 2018. Retrieved 26 October 2014.
  11. ^ "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.
  12. ^ "The Star Online GE14". The Star. Retrieved 24 May 2018. Percentage figures based on total turnout.
  13. ^ "MB heads Negri honours list". www.thestar.com.my. 14 January 2024.
  14. ^ "NS menteri besar heads list of state honours recipients". Bernama. Malaysiakini. 14 January 2019. Retrieved 14 January 2019.
Political offices
Preceded by 11th Menteri Besar of Negeri Sembilan
2018–present 		Incumbent
Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aminuddin_Harun
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