Yang Berhormat Tuan
Megat Hashirat Hassan
MLA
Member of the
Perlis State Executive Council
(Science, Technology, Innovation, Information Technology, Communication, Environment, Biotechnology, Green Technology, Social Unity and Health)
Assumed office
25 November 2022
MonarchSirajuddin
Menteri BesarMohd Shukri Ramli
Preceded byRozieana Ahmad
(Science, Technology, Innovation, Information Technology and Communication)
Teh Chai Aan
(Environment, Biotechnology, Green Technology and Health)
Siti Berenee Yahaya
(Social Unity)
ConstituencyPauh
Member of the Perlis State Legislative Assembly
for Pauh
Assumed office
19 November 2022
Preceded byRozieana Ahmad
(BN–UMNO)
Majority2,229 (2022)
Faction represented in Perlis State Legislative Assembly
2022–Perikatan Nasional
Personal details
Born
Megat Hashirat bin Hassan
CitizenshipMalaysian
Political partyMalaysian United Indigenous Party (BERSATU)
Other political
affiliations		Perikatan Nasional (PN)
EducationPulau Nyior National Secondary School
Alor Setar Technical Secondary School
Alma materCheras Teaching Technical College
University of Technology Malaysia
Northern University of Malaysia
OccupationPolitician
ProfessionTeacher

Megat Hashirat Hassan is a Malaysian politician and teacher who has served as Member of the Perlis State Executive Council (EXCO) in the Perikatan Nasional (PN) state administration under Menteri Besar Mohd Shukri Ramli as well as Member of the Perlis State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Pauh since November 2022. He is a member of the Malaysian United Indigenous Party (BERSATU), a component party of the coalition. He is the Acting Division Chief and Division Deputy Chief of BERSATU of Arau, State Information Chief of BERSATU of Perlis and Deputy Information Chief of PN of Arau. He is also presently one of the only two BERSATU Perlis EXCO Members along with Izizam Ibrahim.[1]

Political career

Member of the Perlis State Executive Council (since 2022)

In the 2022 Perlis state election, the ruling BN suffered from huge defeat and wipeout in the assembly as none of its candidates won a state seat in the elections after losing all the 10 seats it previously held to PN. The elections ended 63-year rule of BN in the state, saw the first ever transition of power in the history of the state and replaced BN with PN as the ruling coalition and dominant political force in the state as PN won 14 out of 15 state seats and therefore two-thirds supermajority of the assembly. Therefore, State Chairman of PN of Perlis, State Commissioner of PAS of Perlis and Sanglang MLA Mohd Shukri replaced Azlan Man as the new and 10th Menteri Besar of Perlis and formed a new PN state administration on 22 November 2022. On 25 November 2022, Megat Hashirat was appointed as the Perlis State EXCO Member in charge of Science, Technology, Innovation, Information Technology, Communication, Environment, Biotechnology, Green Technology, Social Unity and Health.[2]

Member of the Perlis State Legislative Assembly (since 2022)

2022 Perlis state election

In the 2022 state election, Megat Hashirat made his electoral debut after being nominated by PN to contest for the Pauh state seat. He won the seat and was elected into the Perlis State Legislative Assembly as the Pauh MLA after defeating Syed Atif Syed Abu Bakar of BN, Azhar Ameir of PH and Mohd Khalid Samad of the Heritage Party (WARISAN) by the majority of 2,229 votes.[3]

Election results

Perlis State Legislative Assembly[4]
Year Constituency Candidate Votes Pct Opponent(s) Votes Pct Ballots cast Majority Turnout
2022 N11 Pauh Megat Hashirat Hassan (BERSATU) 4,924 44.18% Syed Atif Syed Abu Bakar (UMNO) 2,695 24.18% 11,145 2,229 76.60%
Azhar Ameir (PKR) 2,369 21.26%
Mohd Khalid Samad (WARISAN) 1,157 10.38%

References

  1. ↑ "Megat Hashirat Hassan". Sinar Harian (in Malay). Retrieved 6 May 2023.
  2. ↑ "6 ADUN PN angkat sumpah EXCO Perlis". Berita Harian (in Malay). 25 November 2022. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
  3. ↑ "15 ADUN Perlis angkat sumpah". Berita Harian (in Malay). 19 December 2022. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
  4. ↑ "Keputusan Pilihan Raya Umum Ke-15". Astro Awani. Retrieved 6 May 2023.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.