Saarani Mohamad

Saarani bin Mohamad (born 13 March 1961) is a Malaysian politician who has served as 14th Menteri Besar of Perak since December 2020 and Member of the Perak State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Lenggong from 1999 to 2004 and Kota Tampan since March 2004. He was a member of the Perak State Executive Council (EXCO) in the Barisan Nasional (BN) state administrations under former Menteris Besar Tajol Rosli Mohd Ghazali and Zambry Abdul Kadir from March 2004 to the collapse of the BN state administration in March 2008 and from February 2009 to another collapse in May 2018 and again in the Perikatan Nasional (PN) state administration under former Menteri Besar Ahmad Faizal Azumu briefly from March 2020 to the collapse of the PN administration in December 2020. He is a member, state chair of Perak and member of the Supreme Council of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), a component party of the federal and state ruling BN coalition which is aligned with another federal and state ruling PN coalition at both the federal and state levels.[1]

In this Malay name, there is no family name. The name Mohamad is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Saarani. The Arabic-derived word "bin" or "binti"/"binte", if used, means 'son of' or 'daughter of', respectively.
Yang Amat Berhormat Dato' Seri
Saarani Mohamad
SPMP DPCM AMN AMP PJK MLA
Saarani in 2020
14th Menteri Besar of Perak
Assumed office
10 December 2020
MonarchNazrin Shah
Preceded byAhmad Faizal Azumu
Exco roles (Perak)
2004–2006Chairman of the Rural Development
2006–2008Chairman of the Information, Rural Development, Plantation Industries and Commodities
2009–2013Chairman of the Rural Development, Poverty Eradication, Plantations and Welfare
2013–2014Chairman of the Rural Development, Plantations, Agriculture, Housing and Local Government
2014–2018Chairman of the Rural Development, Agriculture, Plantations, Information and Human Capital Development
2020Chairman of the Rural Development, Entrepreneur, Co-operatives and Consumer Affairs
Faction represented in Perak State Legislative Assembly
1999–Barisan Nasional
Other roles
2018–2020Opposition Leader of the
Perak State Legislative Assembly
Personal details
Born (1961-03-13) 13 March 1961
Lenggong, Perak, Federation of Malaya (now Malaysia)
CitizenshipMalaysian
Political partyUnited Malays National Organisation (UMNO)
Other political
affiliations		Barisan Nasional (BN)
Perikatan Nasional (PN)
Muafakat Nasional (MN)
Alma materUniversity of Technology, Malaysia
Open University Malaysia
OccupationPolitician, teacher

Election results
Perak State Legislative Assembly[2][3][4][5][6][7][8][9]
Year Constituency Votes Pct Opponent(s) Votes Pct Ballots cast Majority Turnout
1999 N16 Lenggong, P058 Chenderoh Saarani Mohamad (UMNO) 6,427 59.95% Azizan Mohd Desa (PAS) 3,986 37.18% 10,720 2,441 63.52%
2004 N04 Kota Tampan, P055 Lenggong Saarani Mohamad (UMNO) 5,071 67.93% Hamzah Mohd Zain (keADILan) 2,394 32.07% 7,608 2,677 69.31%
2008 Saarani Mohamad (UMNO) 4,963 65.38% Hamzah Mohd Zain (PKR) 2,628 34.62% 7,761 2,335 73.12%
2013 Saarani Mohamad (UMNO) 5,893 59.27% Zahrul Nizam Abdul Majid (PKR) 4,049 40.73% 16,588 1,844 87.00%
2018 Saarani Mohamad (UMNO) 5,183 52.36% Muhammad Rif'aat Razman (PAS) 2,881 29.11% 10,097 2,302 79.00%
Noor Hasnida Mohd Hashim (PPBM) 1,834 18.53%

Honours

Honours of Malaysia

References
  1. "Extended debate time for Perak state assembly". Malay Mail. 3 August 2018. Retrieved 9 August 2018.
  2. "Malaysia Decides 2008". The Star. Archived from the original on 9 April 2008. Retrieved 25 January 2010. Percentage figures are calculated based on total turnout.
  3. "Keputusan Pilihan Raya Umum Parlimen/Dewan Undangan Negeri" (in Malay). Election Commission of Malaysia. Retrieved 4 February 2017. Percentage figures based on total turnout.
  4. "Malaysia General Election". undiinfo Malaysian Election Data. Malaysiakini. Retrieved 4 February 2017. Results only available from the 2004 election.
  5. "KEPUTUSAN PILIHAN RAYA UMUM 13". Sistem Pengurusan Maklumat Pilihan Raya Umum (in Malay). Election Commission of Malaysia. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
  6. "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.
  7. "Keputusan Pilihan Raya Umum ke-13". Utusan Malaysia. Archived from the original on 21 March 2018. Retrieved 26 October 2014.
  8. "SEMAKAN KEPUTUSAN PILIHAN RAYA UMUM KE – 14" (in Malay). Election Commission of Malaysia. Retrieved 17 May 2018. Percentage figures based on total turnout.
  9. "The Star Online GE14". The Star. Retrieved 24 May 2018. Percentage figures based on total turnout.
  10. "Semakan Penerima Darjah Kebesaran, Bintang Dan Pingat Tahun 2002" (PDF). www.istiadat.gov.my. Retrieved 23 March 2022.
  11. "DPCM 2004". pingat.perak.gov.my. Retrieved 21 March 2022.
  12. "Saarani leads 192 award recipients in conjunction with Sultan Nazrin's birthday". New Straits Times. 5 November 2021. Retrieved 5 November 2021.
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