Yang Berhormat Tuan
Ariffin Deraman
SMZ MLA
عارفين بن درحمن
Member of the
Terengganu State Executive Council
(Tourism, Culture and Information Technology :
16 May 2018–15 August 2023
Entrepreneurship, Cooperatives, Human Resources and Consumer Affairs :
since 15 August 2023)
Assumed office
15 August 2023
MonarchMizan Zainal Abidin
Menteri BesarAhmad Samsuri Mokhtar
DeputyMohd Yusop Majid
ConstituencyAlur Limbat
In office
16 May 2018 – 15 August 2023
MonarchMizan Zainal Abidin
Menteri BesarAhmad Samsuri Mokhtar
DeputySulaiman Sulong
Abdul Razak Ibrahim
Succeeded byRazali Idris
ConstituencyAlur Limbat
Member of the Terengganu State Legislative Assembly
for Alur Limbat
Assumed office
5 May 2013
Preceded byAlias Abdullah
(BN–UMNO)
Majority645 (2013)
4,194 (2018)
12,656 (2023)
Faction represented in Terengganu State Legislative Assembly
2013–2020Malaysian Islamic Party
2020–Perikatan Nasional
Personal details
BornTerengganu, Malaysia
CitizenshipMalaysian
Political partyMalaysian Islamic Party (PAS)
Other political
affiliations		Pakatan Rakyat (PR)
(2008–2015)
Gagasan Sejahtera (GS)
(2016–2020)
Perikatan Nasional (PN)
(since 2020)
OccupationPolitician

Ariffin bin Deraman is a Malaysian politician who has served as Member of the Terengganu State Executive Council (EXCO) in the Perikatan Nasional (PN) state administration under Menteri Besar Ahmad Samsuri Mokhtar since May 2018 as well as Member of the Terengganu State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Alur Limbat since May 2013. He is a member of the Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS), a component party of the PN coalition.

Political career

Member of the Terengganu State Legislative Assembly (since 2013)

In the 2013 Terengganu state election, Ariffin made his electoral debut after being nominated to contest for the Alur Limbat seat. He won the seat and was elected to the Terengganu State Legislative Assembly as the Alur Limbat MLA for the first term after defeating defending MLA Alias Abdullah of Barisan Nasional (BN) and independent candidate Ja'afar Jambol by a majority of 645 votes.

In the 2018 Terengganu state election, Ariffin was renominated by PAS to defend the Alur Limbat seat. He defended the seat and was reelected as the Alur Limbat MLA for the second term after defeating Saiful Bahri Baharuddin of BN and Ahmad Sabri Ali @ Mamat of Pakatan Harapan (PH) by a majority of 4,194 votes.

Member of the Terengganu State Executive Council (since 2018)

On 16 May 2018 after PAS took over the state administration from BN after PAS defeated BN in the 2018 state election, Ariffin was appointed as Terengganu EXCO Member in charge of Tourism, Culture and Information Technology by Menteri Besar Ahmad Samsuri.

Recognition of Kenyir Lake as the national geopark

As the Terengganu EXCO Member in charge of Tourism, Ariffin declared the Kenyir Lake as the national geopark and renamed it to the Kenyir Geopark. He added that this recognition was given by the National Geopark Committee. Ariffin described it as one of the best achievements of the state administration which has been working hard to establish the lake as a geopark since 2015 as one of the initiatives of the "2030 Terengganu Sejahtera Master Plan" (PITAS 2030). He also fixed 2027 to hold a reassessment of its geopark status. He stressed that the recognition would open up a new dimension for the tourism sector, create various job and economic opportunities and develop the socioeconomics.[1]

Election results

Terengganu State Legislative Assembly[2][3]
Year Constituency Candidate Votes Pct Opponent(s) Votes Pct Ballots cast Majority Turnout
2013 N17 Alur Limbat Ariffin Deraman (PAS) 10,844 51.35% Alias Abdullah (UMNO) 10,199 48.30% 21,361 645 89.20%
Ja'afar Jambol (IND) 74 0.35%
2018 Ariffin Deraman (PAS) 13,330 55.64% Saiful Bahri Baharuddin (UMNO) 9,136 38.13% 24,320 4,194 86.70%
Ahmad Sabri Ali @ Mamat (PKR) 1,492 6.23%
2023 Ariffin Deraman (PAS) 20,133 72.92% Yuseri Isa (UMNO) 7,477 27.08% 27,822 12,656 77.10%

Honours

References

  1. ↑ "Tasik Kenyir is jow a national geopark". The Star. 31 May 2023. Retrieved 23 June 2023.
  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. ↑ "91 terima darjah, pingat hari keputeraan Sultan Terengganu" [91 received honour on Sultan Terengganu birthday]. Utusan Malaysia. 14 August 2022.


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