In this Malay name, there is no surname or family name. The name Mohamed Said is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by their given name, Ismail.

Ismail bin Mohamed Said (Jawi: إسماعيل بن محمد سعيد; born 7 September 1965) is a Malaysian politician who served as the Deputy Minister of Home Affairs I for two terms; first under former prime minister Muhyiddin Yassin and former Minister Hamzah Zainuddin, and then under former prime minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob and former Minister Hamzah Zainuddin. Member of Parliament (MP) for Kuala Krau from March 2004 to November 2022, the Deputy Speaker of the Dewan Rakyat in the BN administration from under former prime minister Najib Razak and former Speaker Pandikar Amin Mulia from June 2013 to May 2018. He is a member of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), a component party of the BN coalition.[1] He is also former chairman of the Perbadanan Tabung Pendidikan Tinggi Nasional (PTPTN).

Ismail was elected to Parliament in the 2004 election, winning the UMNO-held seat of Kuala Krau, and was re-elected in 2008 and 2013.[2] Before entering Parliament, Ismail was an official in UMNO's youth wing and operated a law firm in Temerloh.[3]

As deputy speaker, he rejected the opposition's motion to discuss 1MDB scandal in the Dewan Rakyat, leading to chaos.[4]

Controversies and issues

Mass dumping of food

On 19 April 2024, Ismail admitted that he was responsible of, apologised for, regretted and promised to take full responsibility of the mass dumping of rice, flour and other food items at a garbage disposal site in Temerloh, Pahang after a video showing the food discarded there went viral on social media. Besides, Ismail explained that the items were bought by him using the allocations from the federal and Pahang state governments for the people during his tenure as the Kuala Krau MP. Ismail also shared that he had received complaints that a stench was coming from the storehouse for the food, several dead rats were found and the rice was also contaminated by rice weevils. He had also distributed some of the rice to the poultry farmers and the remainder had been disposed of.[5]

Election results

Parliament of Malaysia[2]
Year Constituency Candidate Votes Pct Opponent(s) Votes Pct Ballots cast Majority Turnout
2004 P087 Kuala Krau Ismail Mohamed Said (UMNO) 16,021 64.89% Musaniff Ab Rahman (PAS) 8,670 35.11% 25,220 7,351 80.31%
2008 Ismail Mohamed Said (UMNO) 16,165 59.73% Kamal Ashaari (PAS) 10,900 40.27% 27,594 5,265 80.83%
2013 Ismail Mohamed Said (UMNO) 21,575 58.40% Shahril Azman Abd Halim (PAS) 15,370 41.60% 37,663 6,205 87.58%
2018 Ismail Mohamed Said (UMNO) 18,058 47.14% Kamal Ashaari (PAS) 15,182 39.63% 39,102 2,876 82.73%
Mohd Rafidee Hassim (PPBM) 5,071 13.24%
2022 Ismail Mohamed Said (UMNO) 21,481 44.98% Kamal Ashaari (PAS) 22,505 47.13% 48,448 1,024 78.88%
Juhari Osman (AMANAH) 3,593 7.52%
Shahruddin Md Salleh (PEJUANG) 174 0.36%

Honours

Honours of Malaysia

References

  1. ^ "Ismail bin Haji Mohamed Said, Y.B. Dato' Haji" (in Malay). Parliament of Malaysia. Retrieved 12 July 2010.
  2. ^ a b "Malaysia Decides 2008 (including 2004 results)". The Star (Malaysia). Archived from the original on 11 January 2010. Retrieved 9 January 2010.
  3. ^ "Cool opposition reception good news for BN". Utusan. 20 March 2004. Archived from the original on 1 October 2009. Retrieved 9 January 2010.
  4. ^ "Dewan Rakyat: Chaos after move to discuss 1MDB rejected". Free Malaysia Today. 24 July 2017.
  5. ^ "Former Kuala Krau MP admits to dumping mounds of rice, food items". The Star. 19 April 2024. Retrieved 19 April 2024.
  6. ^ "180 Terima Darjah Kebesaran Sempena Hari Keputeraan Sultan Pahang". www.mstar.com.my. 26 December 2013.
  7. ^ "SENARAI PENERIMA-PENERIMA DARJAH-DARJAH KEBESARAN DAN PINGAT-PINGAT NEGERI PAHANG DARUL MAKMUR BAGI TAHUN 2006" (PDF) (in Malay). Warta Kerajaan Negeri PAHANG.


Allikas: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ismail_Mohamed_Said
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