Kamarul Baharin Abbas

In this Malay name, there is no surname or family name. The name Abbas is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by their given name, Kamarul Baharin.
Yang Berbahagia Dato'
Kamarul Baharin Abbas
DSSA
قمرالبحرين عباس
Member of the Malaysian Parliament
for Telok Kemang
In office
8 March 2008 – 9 May 2018
Preceded bySothinathan Sinna Gounder
(BN–MIC)
Succeeded byConstituency abolished and renamed Port Dickson
Majority2,804 (2008)
1,579 (2013)
Personal details
Born (1947-06-12) 12 June 1947 (age 77)
Perak, Federation of Malaya (now Malaysia)
CitizenshipMalaysian
Political partyPeople's Justice Party (PKR)
Other political
affiliations		Pakatan Harapan (PH) (2015–present)
Pakatan Rakyat (PR) (2008–2015)
OccupationPolitician

Dato' Kamarul Baharin bin Abbas (born 12 June 1947) is a Malaysian politician and the Member of the Parliament of Malaysia for the Telok Kemang constituency in the state of Negeri Sembilan for two terms from 2008 to 2018. He is a member of the People's Justice Party (PKR), a component party in the Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalition.

Kamarul was first elected to Parliament in the 2008 general election winning the seat of Telok Kemang. In doing so he unseated the incumbent member Sothinathan Sinna Gounder from the then still governing Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition.[1][2] He was re-elected in 2013 general election. Kamarul was state chief of PKR for both the 2008 and 2013 elections.[3] He did not contest in the 2018 general election when the Telok Kemang constituency was abolished and renamed as Port Dickson.

  1. ^ "Malaysia Decides 2008". The Star (Malaysia). Archived from the original on 11 January 2010. Retrieved 23 January 2010.
  2. ^ "Midnight win in Negri for BN". The Star. 9 March 2008. Retrieved 23 January 2010.
  3. ^ "PKR eyeing 13 seats in NS". Malaysiakini (subscription). 11 February 2008. Retrieved 15 April 2015.