Ab Rauf Yusoh

Ab Rauf Yusoh
اب رؤوف يوسف
Ab Rauf in 2024
13th Chief Minister of Malacca
Assumed office
31 March 2023
GovernorMohd Ali Rustam
Preceded bySulaiman Md Ali
ConstituencyTanjung Bidara
Senior Member of the
Malacca State Executive Council
In office
26 November 2021 – 31 March 2023
(Investment, Industry, Entrepreneur Development and Cooperatives)
GovernorMohd Ali Rustam
Chief MinisterSulaiman Md Ali
Preceded bySulaiman Md Ali
(Chief Minister, Investment and Industry)
Norhizam Hassan Baktee
(Member, Entrepreneur Development and Cooperatives)
Succeeded byHimself
(Chief Minister, Investment and Industry)
Allex Seah Shoo Chin
(Member, Entrepreneur Development and Cooperatives)
ConstituencyTanjung Bidara
14th Speaker of the Malacca State Legislative Assembly
In office
11 May 2020 – 4 October 2021
GovernorMohd Khalil Yaakob
(2020)
Mohd Ali Rustam
(2020–2021)
DeputyGhazale Muhamad
Chief MinisterSulaiman Md Ali
Preceded byOmar Jaafar
Succeeded byIbrahim Durum
State Chairman of the
Barisan Nasional of Malacca
Assumed office
14 July 2018
National ChairmanAhmad Zahid Hamidi
Preceded byIdris Haron
State Chairman of the
United Malays National Organisation of Malacca
Assumed office
14 July 2018
PresidentAhmad Zahid Hamidi
DeputyMohamad Ali Mohamad
(2018–2023)
Rais Yasin
(since 2023)
Preceded byIdris Haron
Member of the Malacca State Legislative Assembly
for Tanjung Bidara
Assumed office
20 November 2021
Preceded byMd Rawi Mahmud
(BNUMNO)
Majority364 (2021)
Faction represented in Malacca State Legislative Assembly
2021–Barisan Nasional
Personal details
Born
Ab Rauf bin Yusoh

(1961-09-20) 20 September 1961 (age 63)
Masjid Tanah, Malacca, Federation of Malaya (now Malaysia)
Political partyUnited Malays National Organisation (UMNO)
Other political
affiliations
Barisan Nasional (BN)
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Ab Rauf bin Yusoh (Jawi: اب رؤوف بن يوسف; born 20 September 1961) is a Malaysian politician who has served as the 13th chief minister of Malacca since March 2023 and Member of the Malacca State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Tanjung Bidara since November 2021. He served as Senior Member of the Malacca State Executive Council (EXCO) in the Barisan Nasional (BN) state administration under former Chief Minister Sulaiman Md Ali from November 2021 to his promotion to the chief ministership in March 2023 and Speaker of the Malacca State Legislative Assembly from May 2020 to October 2021. He is a Member of Supreme Council and Division Chief of Masjid Tanah of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), a component party of the BN coalition. He has also served as the State Chairman of BN and UMNO of Malacca since July 2018.[1][2]

  1. ^ "Pakatan to challenge legitimacy of Ab Rauf as Melaka State Assembly Speaker | Malay Mail".
  2. ^ "Ahli Majlis Kerja Tertinggi UMNO Malaysia - UMNO Online". 30 May 2018.