Noor Effandi Ahmad

In this Malay name, there is no surname or family name. The name Ahmad is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by their given name, Noor Effandi.
Yang Berbahagia Datuk
Noor Effandi Ahmad
DMSM
نور افندي أحمد‎
Exco roles (Malacca)
2018–2020Chairman of the Education, Green Technology, Science, Technology and Innovation
2020–2021Chairman of the Education, Higher Education, Technical, Vocational, Science and Innovation
Faction represented in Malacca State Legislative Assembly
2018–2020Pakatan Harapan
2020–2021Perikatan Nasional
Personal details
BornMalacca, Malaysia
CitizenshipMalaysian
Political partyMalaysian United Indigenous Party (BERSATU) (2016-2021)
Independent (2021-2022)
National Trust Party (Malaysia) (AMANAH) (2022–present)
Other political
affiliations		Pakatan Harapan (PH) (2017-2020, 2022–present)
Perikatan Nasional (PN) (2020–2021)
OccupationPolitician
ProfessionLecturer (2004-2018)
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Noor Effandi bin Ahmad is a Malaysian politician who served as Member of the Melaka State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Telok Mas from May 2018 to November 2021 and Member of the Malacca State Executive Council (EXCO) from May 2018 to March 2020 for the first time and again from March 2020 to his resignation in October 2021.[1]

He is an independent politician and was a member of the Malaysian United Indigenous Party (BERSATU), a component party of the Perikatan Nasional (PN) coalition and previously Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalition. The 2020 Malaysian political crisis dubbed 'Sheraton Move', which overthrew the PH state administration, which he had followed suit.[2][3] During his only MLA tenure, he served two times as member of EXCO, from May 2018 to March 2020 for the first time under PH[4] and again from March 2020 to October 2021 for the second time under BN-PN administrations.[5]

On 5 October 2021, BERSATU membership of Noor Effandi was automatically dropped for blatantly stating his loss of support for the BN state government under Chief Minister Sulaiman Md Ali.[6][7] He and three other MLAs also withdrew support for the Malacca state government,[8] triggering the state assembly dissolution and subsequent snap 2021 Malacca state election.[9][10] His attempt to return to PH and contest in the state election under its banner was rejected by the coalition, he decided not to defend the seat and remain as an Independent after his twice defections.[11][12] On 19 May 2022, he join Amanah.[13]

  1. ^ "Noor Effandi Ahmad". PRU Di Sinar (in Malay). Sinar Harian. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
  2. ^ Syamilah Zulkifli (6 October 2021). "Bekas ADUN Telok Mas akui buat silap sertai 'Langkah Sheraton'" (in Malay). Sinar Harian. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
  3. ^ Muhd Shahizam Tazali (12 October 2021). "Kerajaan negeri pernah cuba singkir Norhizam, Noor Effandi". Utusan Malaysia (in Malay). Retrieved 10 November 2021.
  4. ^ Fairuz Zaidan (16 May 2018). "10 EXCO Melaka angkat sumpah jawatan" (in Malay). Berita Harian. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
  5. ^ "Melaka CM announces state exco line-up". Bernama (in Malay). Astro Awani. 13 March 2020. Retrieved 10 November 2021.
  6. ^ Shuhada Abdul Kadir (5 October 2021). "Keahlian Noor Effandi yang berpaling tadah, gugur secara automatik-Mohd Rafiq" (in Malay). Astro Awani. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
  7. ^ RSN Murali (5 October 2021). "Bersatu terminates membership of Telok Mas rep Noor Effandi for exiting Melaka govt". The Star. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
  8. ^ "Four Melaka assemblymen declare loss of confidence in Chief Minister's leadership". Astro Awani. 2021-10-04. Retrieved 2021-11-09.
  9. ^ Fareez Azman (5 October 2021). "Dun Melaka dibubar-Speaker" (in Malay). Astro Awani. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
  10. ^ "Governor dissolves Melaka state assembly". Daily Express. 5 October 2021. Retrieved 5 October 2021.
  11. ^ "Ex-Umno duo, others seek to contest in state polls under Pakatan banner". The Vibes. 19 October 2021. Retrieved 10 November 2021. The four have met with Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim, other PH leaders to discuss the matter
  12. ^ Danial Dzulkifly (11 November 2021). "Five hot seats to watch in the Melaka state election". Malay Mail. Retrieved 12 November 2021.
  13. ^ Bekas ADUN Melaka, Noor Effandi sertai Amanah Astro Awani. 19 May 2022