Mohd Yadzil Yaakub

Mohd Yadzil Yaakub
محمد يضيل يعقوب
State Leader of the Opposition of Malacca
Assumed office
13 December 2022
GovernorMohd Ali Rustam
Chief MinisterSulaiman Md Ali
(2022–2023)
Ab Rauf Yusoh
(since 2023)
Preceded byAdly Zahari
(PHAMANAH)
Member of the Malacca State Legislative Assembly
for Bemban
Assumed office
20 November 2021
Preceded byWong Fort Pin
(PHDAP)
Majority328 (2021)
Personal details
Born
Mohd Yadzil bin Yaakub

(1974-04-14) 14 April 1974 (age 50)
Bemban, Malacca, Malaysia
Political partyMalaysian United Indigenous Party (BERSATU)
Other political
affiliations
Perikatan Nasional (PN)
Children2
EducationMedical certificate
Alma materUdayana University, Bali, Indonesia
OccupationPolitician & medical doctor

Mohd Yadzil bin Yaakub (born 14 April 1978) is a Malaysian politician and medical doctor from the Malaysian United Indigenous Party (BERSATU), a component party of the Perikatan Nasional (BN) coalition who has served as Leader of the Opposition of Melaka since December 2022 and Member of the Melaka State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Bemban since November 2021. In BERSATU, he has served as State Chairman of Melaka since December 2021, Division Chairman of Jasin since 2020 and served as State Deputy Chairman of Melaka from 2021 to December 2021. In PN, he has also served as State Chairman of Melaka since January 2022 and served as State Deputy Chairman of Melaka from 2021 to January 2022 and Election Director of 2021 Melaka state election. He is also one of the only three Melaka Opposition and PN MLAs alongside Sungai Udang MLA Mohd Aleef Yusof and Rembia MLA Muhammad Jailani Khamis.