Ismail Muttalib

Ismail Abdul Muttalib
إِسْمَاعِيل عَبْدُٱلْمُطَّلِب
Deputy Minister of Housing and Local Government
In office
30 August 2021 – 24 November 2022
MonarchAbdullah
Prime MinisterIsmail Sabri Yaakob
MinisterReezal Merican Naina Merican
Preceded byHimself
Succeeded byAkmal Nasrullah Mohd Nasir
(Deputy Minister of Local Government Development)
ConstituencyMaran
In office
10 March 2020 – 16 August 2021
MonarchAbdullah
Prime MinisterMuhyiddin Yassin
MinisterZuraida Kamaruddin
Preceded byRaja Kamarul Bahrin Shah Raja Ahmad
Succeeded byHimself
ConstituencyMaran
Deputy Minister of Human Resources
In office
16 May 2013 – 10 May 2018
MonarchsAbdul Halim
(2013–2016)
Muhammad V
(2016–2018)
Prime MinisterNajib Razak
MinisterRichard Riot Jaem
Preceded byMaznah Mazlan
Succeeded byMahfuz Omar
ConstituencyMaran
Member of the Malaysian Parliament
for Maran
Assumed office
21 March 2004
Preceded byMuhammad Abdullah
(BNUMNO)
Majority7,242 (2004)
6,641 (2008)
6,475 (2013)
3,763 (2018)
1,821 (2022)
Faction represented in Dewan Rakyat
2004–2022Barisan Nasional
2022–Perikatan Nasional
Personal details
Born
Ismail bin Abdul Muttalib

(1954-12-01) 1 December 1954 (age 69)
Pahang, Federation of Malaya (now Malaysia)
Political partyUnited Malays National Organisation (UMNO)
(–2022)
Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS)
(since 2022)
Other political
affiliations
Barisan Nasional (BN)
(–2022)
Perikatan Nasional (PN)
(since 2022)
SpouseFatimah Kassim
OccupationPolitician

Ismail bin Abdul Muttalib (Jawi: إِسْمَاعِيل عَبْدُٱلْمُطَّلِب born 1 December 1954) is a Malaysian politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Maran since March 2004. He served as the Deputy Minister of Housing and Local Government for the second term in the Barisan Nasional (BN) administration under former Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob and former Minister Reezal Merican Naina Merican from August 2021 to the collapse of the BN administration in November 2022 and the first term in the Perikatan Nasional (PN) administration under former Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin and former Minister Zuraida Kamaruddin from March 2020 to the collapse of the PN administration in August 2021. He is a member of the Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS), a component party of the PN coalition and was a member of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), a component party of the BN coalition.[1]

Ismail was elected to Parliament in the 2004 general election and was re-elected thrice in 2008 general election, 2013 general election and 2018 general election. [2] After the 2013 Malaysian general election, he was appointed to serve as the Deputy Minister of Human Resources in the BN administration from May 2013 to May 2018 for almost 5 years.[3]

On 13 September 2019, the High Court in Kuala Lumpur allowed the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) to forfeit a total of RM369,662 from Ismail Muttalib and the company Naza Quest Auto in relation to the 1MDB-linked forfeiture suits against them.[4][5] Ismail did not contest the forfeiture suit.[6]

On 3 November 2022, Ismail Muttalib was re-elected to the seat in the 15th general election under PN ticket.[7]

  1. ^ "Ismail bin Haji Abd Muttalib, Y.B. Dato' Haji" (in Malay). Parliament of Malaysia. Retrieved 12 July 2010.
  2. ^ "Malaysia Decides 2008 (including 2004 results)". The Star (Malaysia). Archived from the original on 11 January 2010. Retrieved 8 January 2010.
  3. ^ "Barisan Kabinet Persekutuan 2013". Astro Awani. 15 May 2013. Retrieved 12 October 2014.
  4. ^ "Court allows MACC to forfeit RM369,662 from Umno MP and Naza Quest Auto". Malaysiakini. 13 September 2019.
  5. ^ "Court allows MACC's forfeiture application against Naza Quest Auto and Umno MP". New Straits Times. 13 September 2019.
  6. ^ Mohd, Hariz (12 July 2019). "MACC's 1MDB suits - Foundation seeks out of court settlement". Malaysiakini.
  7. ^ "Ismail Muttalib tanding di Maran atas tiket PN | Free Malaysia Today (FMT)". 3 November 2022. Retrieved 4 April 2023.