Johari Abdul Ghani | |
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جوهري بن عبدالغني | |
Minister of Plantation and Commodities | |
Assumed office 12 December 2023 | |
Monarchs | Abdullah (2023–2024) Ibrahim Iskandar (since 2024) |
Prime Minister | Anwar Ibrahim |
Deputy | Chan Foong Hin |
Preceded by | Fadillah Yusof |
Constituency | Titiwangsa |
Treasurer General of the Barisan Nasional | |
Assumed office 27 April 2023 | |
Chairman | Ahmad Zahid Hamidi |
Preceded by | Hishammuddin Hussein |
Vice President of the United Malays National Organisation | |
Assumed office 18 March 2023 Serving with Wan Rosdy Wan Ismail & Mohamed Khaled Nordin | |
President | Ahmad Zahid Hamidi |
Preceded by | Mahdzir Khalid |
Chairman of the Asset Recovery Task Force on the 1Malaysia Development Berhad scandal | |
Assumed office 10 March 2023 | |
Monarchs | Abdullah (2023–2024) Ibrahim Iskandar (since 2024) |
Prime Minister | Anwar Ibrahim |
Minister of Finance II | |
In office 27 June 2016 – 10 May 2018 Serving with Najib Razak (Minister of Finance) | |
Monarchs | Abdul Halim (2016) Muhammad V (2016–2018) |
Prime Minister | Najib Razak |
Deputy | Othman Aziz Lee Chee Leong |
Preceded by | Ahmad Husni Hanadzlah |
Succeeded by | Amir Hamzah Azizan |
Constituency | Titiwangsa |
Deputy Minister of Finance | |
In office 29 July 2015 – 27 June 2016 Serving with Chua Tee Yong | |
Monarch | Abdul Halim |
Prime Minister | Najib Razak |
Minister | Najib Razak (Minister of Finance) Ahmad Husni Hanadzlah (Minister of Finance II) |
Preceded by | Ahmad Maslan |
Succeeded by | Othman Aziz |
Constituency | Titiwangsa |
Chairman of the UDA Holdings Berhad | |
In office 8 July 2013 – 28 July 2015 | |
Minister | Najib Razak |
Preceded by | Nur Jazlan Mohamed |
Succeeded by | Mohd Shafei Abdullah |
Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Titiwangsa | |
Assumed office 19 November 2022 | |
Preceded by | Rina Harun (PH–BERSATU) |
Majority | 4,632 (2022) |
In office 5 May 2013 – 9 May 2018 | |
Preceded by | Lo' Lo' Mohamad Ghazali (PAS) |
Succeeded by | Rina Harun (PH–BERSATU) |
Majority | 866 (2013) |
Personal details | |
Born | Johari bin Abdul Ghani 6 March 1964 Kampung Pandan, Kuala Lumpur, Selangor (now Federal Territory of Kuala Lumpur), Malaysia |
Citizenship | Malaysian |
Political party | United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) (since 1988) |
Other political affiliations | Barisan Nasional (BN) (since 1998) |
Spouse(s) | Zurwati Haslinda Zainal Bahry, Nor Fairos Mohd Nasib |
Residence(s) | Desa Pandan, Kuala Lumpur |
Alma mater | Universiti Teknologi MARA |
Occupation | Politician |
Profession | Chartered Accountant |
Johari bin Abdul Ghani (Jawi: جوهري بن عبدالغني, Malay pronunciation: [johari]; born 6 March 1964) or more commonly known as Dato' Jo is a Malaysian politician and chartered accountant who has served as Minister of Plantation and Commodities in the Unity Government administration under Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim since December 2023, Chairman of the Asset Recovery Task Force on the 1Malaysia Development Berhad scandal (1MDB scandal) since March 2023[1] and the Member of Parliament (MP) for Titiwangsa from May 2013 to May 2018 and again since November 2022. He served as the Minister of Finance II in the Barisan Nasional (BN) administration under former Prime Minister Najib Razak from June 2016 to the collapse of the BN administration in May 2018, Deputy Minister of Finance in the BN administration under former Prime Minister and Minister Najib and former Minister II Ahmad Husni Hanadzlah from July 2015 to his promotion to Minister II in June 2016 as well as Chairman of the UDA Holdings Berhad from July 2013 to his resignation in July 2015. He is a member of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), a component party of the BN coalition. He has served as the Treasurer General of BN since April 2023[2] and Vice President of UMNO since March 2023. He is also presently the only BN MP in Klang Valley.