Azhar Matussin

Yang Berhormat Tuan Haji
Azhar Matussin
ASDK MLA
ازهر ماتوسين‎
State Assistant Minister of Trade and Industry of Sabah
In office
16 May 2018 – 29 September 2020
Serving with Ben Chong Chen Bin
GovernorJuhar Mahiruddin
Chief MinisterShafie Apdal
MinisterWilfred Madius Tangau
Preceded byBolkiah Ismail
Succeeded byMohd Tamin Zainal
ConstituencyKarambunai
Member of the Sabah State Legislative Assembly
for Darau
Incumbent
Assumed office
26 September 2020
Preceded byPosition established
Majority562 (2020)
Member of the Sabah State Legislative Assembly
for Karambunai
In office
9 May 2018 – 26 September 2020
Preceded byJainab Ahmad
(BN–UMNO)
Succeeded byYakubah Khan
(BN–UMNO)
Majority5,366 (2018)
Faction represented in Sabah State Legislative Assembly
2018–Heritage Party
Personal details
Born
Azhar bin Matussin

(1966-11-19) 19 November 1966 (age 57)
Sepanggar, Crown Colony of North Borneo (now Sabah, Malaysia)
CitizenshipMalaysian
Political partyHeritage Party (WARISAN)[1]
Other political
affiliations		Barisan Nasional (BN)
(−2018)
SpouseAnita Mohd Shamin
Children3
OccupationPolitician

Azhar bin Matussin is a Malaysian politician who has served as Member of the Sabah State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Darau since September 2020. He served as the State Assistant Minister of Trade and Industry of Sabah in the Heritage Party (WARISAN) state administration under former Chief Minister Shafie Apdal and former Minister Wilfred Madius Tangau from May 2018 to the collapse of the WARISAN state administration in September 2020 and MLA for Karambunai from May 2018 to September 2020. He is a member of WARISAN.[1][2][3][4]

  1. ^ a b Muguntan Vanar (12 December 2018). "Sabah Umno exodus sees nine of 10 Aduns, five of six MPs leave". The Star Online. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
  2. ^ Hayati Dzulkifli (6 April 2019). "Six Sabah Umno YBs to join Bersatu today". Daily Express. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
  3. ^ "Musa Aman umum cukup majoriti bentuk kerajaan baru Sabah" (in Malay). Malaysiakini. 29 July 2020. Retrieved 1 August 2020.
  4. ^ Bernama (31 July 2020). "Warisan defectors 'sacked' themselves; membership cancelled, says secretary-general". The Edge Markets. Archived from the original on 11 October 2020. Retrieved 1 August 2020.