Ahmad Jazlan Yaakub

Ahmad Jazlan Yaakub
أحمد جزلان يعقوب
Chairman of the FELCRA Berhad
Assumed office
15 March 2023
MinisterAhmad Zahid Hamidi
Chief Executive OfficerMohd Nazrul Izam Mansor
Preceded byHimself
In office
1 October 2021 – 15 December 2022
MinisterMahdzir Khalid
(2021–2022)
Ahmad Zahid Hamidi
(2022)
Chief Executive OfficerMohd Nazrul Izam Mansor
Preceded byYamani Hafez Musa
Succeeded byHimself
Chairman of the Malaysian Palm Oil Board
In office
8 April 2020 – 6 January 2021
MinisterKhairuddin Razali
Director GeneralAhmad Parveez Ghulam Kadir
Preceded byMohd Bakke Salleh
Succeeded byLarry Sng Wei Shien
Deputy Minister of Rural and Regional Development II
In office
29 July 2015 – 10 May 2018
MonarchsAbdul Halim
(2015–2016)
Muhammad V
(2016–2018)
Prime MinisterNajib Razak
MinisterIsmail Sabri Yaakob
Preceded byPosition Established
Succeeded bySivarasa Rasiah
ConstituencyMachang
Chairman of the
National Kenaf and Tobacco Board
In office
1 February 2015 – 1 October 2015
MinisterDouglas Uggah Embas
Director GeneralSamsudin Noor
Preceded byNoor Zahidi Omar
Succeeded byMohd Adhan Kechik
Member of the Malaysian Parliament
for Machang
In office
5 May 2013 – 19 November 2022
Preceded bySaifuddin Nasution Ismail
(PRPKR)
Succeeded byWan Ahmad Fayhsal Wan Ahmad Kamal
(PNBERSATU)
Majority805 (2013)
2,824 (2018)
Faction represented in Dewan Rakyat
2013–2022Barisan Nasional
Personal details
Born
Ahmad Jazlan bin Yaakub

(1964-08-30) 30 August 1964 (age 60)
Bachok, Kelantan, Malaysia
CitizenshipMalaysian
Political partyUnited Malays National Organisation (UMNO)
Other political
affiliations
Barisan Nasional (BN)
OccupationPolitician
Websitewww.jazlanyaakub.com

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.