Mas Ermieyati Samsudin

Mas Ermieyati Samsudin
مس إرمياتي شمس الدين
Chairperson of the
Public Accounts Committee
Assumed office
4 April 2023
Nominated byAnwar Ibrahim
Appointed byJohari Abdul
DeputyWong Shu Qi
(2023–2024)
Teresa Kok Suh Sim
(since 2024)
Preceded byWong Kah Woh
ConstituencyMasjid Tanah
Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister's Department
(Parliament and Law)
In office
30 August 2021 – 24 November 2022
MonarchAbdullah
Prime MinisterIsmail Sabri Yaakob
MinisterWan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar
Preceded byShabudin Yahaya
Succeeded byRamkarpal Singh
ConstituencyMasjid Tanah
Deputy Minister of Entrepreneur Development and Cooperatives
In office
10 March 2020 – 16 August 2021
MonarchAbdullah
Prime MinisterMuhyiddin Yassin
MinisterWan Junaidi
Preceded byMohd Hatta Ramli
(Deputy Minister of Entrepreneur Development)
Succeeded byMuslimin Yahaya
ConstituencyMasjid Tanah
Deputy Minister of Tourism and Culture
In office
29 July 2015 – 10 May 2018
MonarchsAbdul Halim
(2015–2016)
Muhammad V
(2016–2018)
Prime MinisterNajib Razak
MinisterMohamed Nazri Abdul Aziz
Preceded byJames Dawos Mamit
(Deputy Minister of Tourism)
Joseph Salang Gandum
(Deputy Minister of Information, Communication and Culture I)
Maglin Dennis D'Cruz
(Deputy Minister of Information, Communication and Culture II)
Succeeded byMuhammad Bakhtiar Wan Chik
(Deputy Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture)
ConstituencyMasjid Tanah
Member of the Malaysian Parliament
for Masjid Tanah
Assumed office
5 May 2013
Preceded byAbu Seman Yusop
(BNUMNO)
Majority16,200 (2013)
8,159 (2018)
4,411 (2022)
2nd Women Chief of the
Malaysian United Indigenous Party
Assumed office
28 October 2024
PresidentMuhyiddin Yassin
Vice Women ChiefNolee Ashilin Mohammed Radzi
Preceded byRina Harun
2nd Vice Women Chief of the
Malaysian United Indigenous Party
In office
16 August 2020 – 28 October 2024
PresidentMuhyiddin Yassin
Women ChiefRina Harun
Preceded byShamsilah Siru
Succeeded byNolee Ashilin Mohammed Radzi
4th Women Youth Chief of the
United Malays National Organisation
In office
12 October 2013 – 24 June 2018
PresidentNajib Razak
Vice Women Youth ChiefZahida Zarik Khan
Preceded byRosnah Shirlin
Succeeded byZahida Zarik Khan
Faction represented in Dewan Rakyat
2013–2018Barisan Nasional
2018Independent
2019–2020Pakatan Harapan
2020Malaysian United Indigenous Party
2020–Perikatan Nasional
Personal details
Born
Mas Ermieyati binti Samsudin

(1976-11-13) 13 November 1976 (age 47)
Malacca General Hospital, Malacca, Malaysia
CitizenshipMalaysian
Political partyUMNO (2001–2018)
Independent (2018)
BERSATU (since 2019)
Other political
affiliations
Barisan Nasional (BN)
(2001–2018)
Pakatan Harapan (PH)
(2019–2020)
Perikatan Nasional (PN) (since 2020)
SpouseMohd Helmy Abd Talib
Children5 (4 sons and 1 daughter)
Parents
  • Samsudin Md. Ali (father)
  • Salbiah Ahmad (mother)
Alma materNational University of Malaysia
OccupationPolitician
ProfessionLawyer
Websiteemysamsudin.blogspot.com
Mas Ermieyati Samsudin on Facebook
Mas Ermieyati Samsudin on Parliament of Malaysia

Datuk Wira Hajah Mas Ermieyati binti Samsudin (Jawi: مس إرمياتي بنت شمس الدين; born 13 November 1976) is a Malaysian politician and lawyer who has served as Chairperson of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) since April 2023[1][2] and as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Masjid Tanah since May 2013. She served as Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister's Department in charge of Parliament and Law in the Barisan Nasional (BN) administration under former Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob and former Minister Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar from August 2021 to the collapse of BN administration in November 2022, Deputy Minister of Entrepreneur Development and Cooperatives in the Perikatan Nasional (PN) administration under former Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin and former Minister Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar from March 2020 to the collapse of the PN administration in August 2021[3][4] and the Deputy Minister of Tourism and Culture in the BN administration under former Prime Minister Najib Razak and former Minister Mohamed Nazri Abdul Aziz from July 2015 to the collapse of the BN administration in May 2018. She is a member and the Women Chief of the Malaysian United Indigenous Party (BERSATU), a component party of the PN coalition and was a member of United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), a component party of the BN coalition. She has previously served as the 2nd Vice Women Chief of BERSATU from August 2020 to October 2024 and the Women Youth Chief of UMNO from October 2013 to June 2018. After the defeat of BN to the Pakatan Harapan (PH) opposition coalition in the 2018 general election, she resigned from UMNO in 2018 and joined BERSATU in 2019. She is also the second female PAC Chairperson after Noraini Ahmad in Malaysian history.[5][6][7][8]

  1. ^ "Mas Ermieyati the new PAC chief, Wong Shu Qi as vice-chairman". The Star. 4 April 2023. Retrieved 4 April 2023.
  2. ^ "Dewan Rakyat elects Mas Ermieyati as PAC chief". Free Malaysia Today. 4 April 2023. Retrieved 4 April 2023.
  3. ^ "PKR toying with Nurul Nuha 'candidacy' for sympathy vote - Mas Ermieyati". Astro Awani. 12 February 2015. Retrieved 7 July 2015.
  4. ^ "Still only five PR reps in PAC unchanged". The Sun. 26 September 2013. Retrieved 7 July 2015.
  5. ^ Mazwin Nik Anis, Muguntan Vanar and Zakiah Koya (15 December 2018). "Six more MPs leave Umno". The Star. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
  6. ^ "Ex-Puteri Umno chief Mas Ermieyati joins Bersatu". www.thestar.com.my. The Star. 13 December 2018. Retrieved 13 December 2018.
  7. ^ Mazwin Nik Anis and Joseph Kaos Jr (12 February 2019). "Seven Umno MPs join Bersatu". The Star. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
  8. ^ "Mas Emrieyati Menang Naib Ketua Wanita PPBM Rina Harun Kekal Ketua". Free Malaysia Today (in Malay). 16 August 2020. Retrieved 13 February 2021.