Noh Omar

In this Malay name, there is no surname or family name. The name Omar is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by their given name, Noh. The word "bin" or "binti"/"binte" means 'son of' or 'daughter of', respectively.
Yang Berbahagia Tan Sri Datuk Seri
Noh Omar
PSM DGSM DSAP DPMS DMSM ASA PJK KMN JP
نوح عمر‎
Minister of Entrepreneur Development and Cooperative
In office
11 September 2021 – 24 November 2022
MonarchAbdullah
Prime MinisterIsmail Sabri Yaakob
DeputyMuslimin Yahaya
Preceded byWan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar
Succeeded byEwon Benedick
ConstituencyTanjong Karang
In office
18 March 2008 – 9 April 2009
MonarchMizan Zainal Abidin
Prime MinisterAbdullah Ahmad Badawi
DeputySaifuddin Abdullah
Preceded byMohamed Khaled Nordin
Succeeded byIsmail Sabri Yaakob as Minister of Domestic Trade, Co-operatives and Consumerism
ConstituencyTanjong Karang
Minister of Urban Wellbeing, Housing and Local Government
In office
27 June 2016 – 9 May 2018
MonarchsAbdul Halim
Muhammad V
Prime MinisterNajib Razak
DeputyHalimah Mohamed Sadique
Preceded byAbdul Rahman Dahlan
Succeeded byZuraida Kamaruddin (Housing and Local Government)
Waytha Moorthy Ponnusamy (Social Wellbeing)
ConstituencyTanjong Karang
Minister for Agriculture and Agro-based Industry
In office
10 April 2009 – 15 May 2013
MonarchsMizan Zainal Abidin
Abdul Halim
Prime MinisterNajib Razak
DeputyRohani Abdul Karim (2009–2010)
Mohd Johari Baharum (2009–2013)
Chua Tee Yong (2010–2013)
Preceded byMustapa Mohamed
Succeeded byIsmail Sabri Yaakob
ConstituencyTanjong Karang
Deputy Minister of Education I
In office
14 February 2006 – 18 March 2008
Serving with Han Choon Kim
MonarchsSirajuddin
Mizan Zainal Abidin
Prime MinisterAbdullah Ahmad Badawi
MinisterHishammuddin Hussein
Preceded byMahadzir Mohd Khir
Succeeded byRazali Ismail
ConstituencyTanjong Karang
Deputy Minister of Internal Security
In office
27 March 2004 – 14 February 2006
Serving with Chia Kwang Chye
MonarchSirajuddin
Prime MinisterAbdullah Ahmad Badawi
MinisterAbdullah Ahmad Badawi
Preceded byZainal Abidin Zin as Deputy Minister of Home Affairs
Succeeded byMohd Johari Baharum
ConstituencyTanjong Karang
Parliamentary Secretary,
Prime Minister's Department
In office
15 December 1999 – 26 March 2004
MonarchsSalahuddin
Sirajuddin
Prime MinisterMahathir Mohamad
Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
MinisterAbdul Hamid Othman (1999–2001)
Abdul Hamid Zainal Abidin (2001–2004)
Preceded byMuhammad Abdullah
Succeeded byMashitah Ibrahim
ConstituencyTanjong Karang
Chairman of the Perbadanan Usahawan Nasional Berhad
In office
23 June 2020 – 1 September 2021
MinisterWan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar
Chief Executive OfficerIzwan Zainuddin
Preceded byHazimah Zainuddin
Succeeded byAhmad Nazlan Idris
Member of the Malaysian Parliament
for Tanjong Karang
In office
25 April 1995 – 19 November 2022
Preceded bySaidin Adam
(BN–UMNO)
Succeeded byZulkafperi Hanapi
(PN–BERSATU)
Majority15,818 (1995)
2,075 (1999)
9,008 (2004)
3,820 (2008)
4,394 (2013)
1,970 (2018)
Faction represented in Dewan Rakyat
1995–2022Barisan Nasional
Personal details
Born
Noh bin Omar

(1958-02-23) 23 February 1958 (age 66)
Sungai Burong, Tanjung Karang, Selangor, Federation of Malaya (now Malaysia)
Political partyUnited Malays National Organisation (UMNO)
(1995–2023)
Malaysian United Indigenous Party (BERSATU)
(since 2024)
Other political
affiliations		Barisan Nasional (BN)
(1995–2023)
Perikatan Nasional (PN)
(since 2024)
Spouse(s)Aishah Salleh
Nooraisha Farizan
RelationsMohd Jusnaidi Omar (younger brother)
Qal Qadri (maternal grandson)
Children7 (including Nurul Syazwani and Muhammad Nur Isyraff)
Alma materThames Valley University (LLB)
OccupationPolitician
ProfessionLawyer
Noh Omar on Facebook
Noh Omar on Parliament of Malaysia

Tan Sri Noh bin Haji Omar (Jawi: نوح بن عمر; born 23 February 1958) is a Malaysian politician and lawyer who served as the Minister of Entrepreneur Development and Cooperative for second term in the Barisan Nasional (BN) administration under former Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob from September 2021 to the collapse of the BN administration in November 2022 and the first term in the BN administration under former Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi from March 2008 to April 2009, Minister of Urban Wellbeing, Housing and Local Government from June 2016 to the collapse of the BN administration in May 2018, Chairman of the Perbadanan Usahawan Nasional Berhad (PUNB) from June 2020 to September 2021. He also served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Tanjong Karang from April 1995 to November 2022. He is a member of the Malaysian United Indigenous Party (BERSATU), a component party of the Perikatan Nasional (PN) coalition and was a member of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), a component party of the Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition. He was also the State Chairman of BN and UMNO of Selangor. He is also the father of Nurul Syazwani Noh, Member of the Selangor State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Permatang.[1]

Noh joined BERSATU on 4 July 2024.[2]

  1. ^ "Maklumat Ahli Parlimen: Noh Bin Haji Omar, YB Tan Sri" (in Malay). Portal Rasmi Parlimen Malaysia. Retrieved 7 September 2017.
  2. ^ "Noh Omar confirms joining Bersatu with immediate effect". www.thestar.com.my.