Ahmad Jazlan Yaakub | |
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أحمد جزلان يعقوب | |
Chairman of the FELCRA Berhad | |
Assumed office 15 March 2023 | |
Minister | Ahmad Zahid Hamidi |
Chief Executive Officer | Mohd Nazrul Izam Mansor |
Preceded by | Himself |
In office 1 October 2021 – 15 December 2022 | |
Minister | Mahdzir Khalid (2021–2022) Ahmad Zahid Hamidi (2022) |
Chief Executive Officer | Mohd Nazrul Izam Mansor |
Preceded by | Yamani Hafez Musa |
Succeeded by | Himself |
Chairman of the Malaysian Palm Oil Board | |
In office 8 April 2020 – 6 January 2021 | |
Minister | Khairuddin Razali |
Director General | Ahmad Parveez Ghulam Kadir |
Preceded by | Mohd Bakke Salleh |
Succeeded by | Larry Sng Wei Shien |
Deputy Minister of Rural and Regional Development II | |
In office 29 July 2015 – 10 May 2018 Serving with Alexander Nanta Linggi | |
Monarchs | Abdul Halim (2015–2016) Muhammad V (2016–2018) |
Prime Minister | Najib Razak |
Minister | Ismail Sabri Yaakob |
Preceded by | Position Established |
Succeeded by | Sivarasa Rasiah |
Constituency | Machang |
Chairman of the National Kenaf and Tobacco Board | |
In office 1 February 2015 – 1 October 2015 | |
Minister | Douglas Uggah Embas |
Director General | Samsudin Noor |
Preceded by | Noor Zahidi Omar |
Succeeded by | Mohd Adhan Kechik |
Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Machang | |
In office 5 May 2013 – 19 November 2022 | |
Preceded by | Saifuddin Nasution Ismail (PR–PKR) |
Succeeded by | Wan Ahmad Fayhsal Wan Ahmad Kamal (PN–BERSATU) |
Majority | 805 (2013) 2,824 (2018) |
Faction represented in Dewan Rakyat | |
2013–2022 | Barisan Nasional |
Personal details | |
Born | Ahmad Jazlan bin Yaakub 30 August 1964 Bachok, Kelantan, Malaysia |
Citizenship | Malaysian |
Political party | United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) |
Other political affiliations | Barisan Nasional (BN) |
Occupation | Politician |
Website | www |
Ahmad Jazlan bin Yaakub (Jawi: أحمد جزلان يعقوب; born 30 August 1964) is a Malaysian politician who has served as Chairman of the FELCRA Berhad for the second term since March 2023 and first term from October 2021 to December 2022. He served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Machang from May 2013 to November 2022, Deputy Minister of Rural and Regional Development II in the Barisan Nasional (BN) administration under former Prime Minister Najib Razak and former Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob from July 2015 to the collapse of the BN administration in May 2018, Chairman of Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB) from April 2020 to his resignation in January 2021 and Chairman of the National Kenaf and Tobacco Board (LKTN) from February to October 2015. He is a member, State Chairman of Kelantan and Division Chief of Machang of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), a component party of the BN coalition.