Reezal Merican Naina Merican

Reezal Merican Naina Merican
ريزال ماريکان ناينا ماريکان
Reezal Merican in 2022
9th Chairman of the Malaysia External Trade Development Corporation
Assumed office
1 May 2023
MinisterTengku Zafrul Aziz
Chief Executive OfficerMohd Mustafa Abdul Aziz
Minister of Housing and Local Government
In office
30 August 2021 – 24 November 2022
MonarchAbdullah
Prime MinisterIsmail Sabri Yaakob
DeputyIsmail Muttalib
Preceded byZuraida Kamaruddin
Succeeded byNga Kor Ming
(Minister of Local Government Development)
ConstituencyKepala Batas
Minister of Youth and Sports
In office
10 March 2020 – 16 August 2021
MonarchAbdullah
Prime MinisterMuhyiddin Yassin
DeputyWan Ahmad Fayhsal Wan Ahmad Kamal
Preceded bySyed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman
Succeeded byAhmad Faizal Azumu
ConstituencyKepala Batas
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office
29 July 2015 – 10 May 2018
MonarchsAbdul Halim
(2015–2016)
Muhammad V
(2016–2018)
Prime MinisterNajib Razak
MinisterAnifah Aman
Preceded byHamzah Zainudin
Succeeded byMarzuki Yahya
ConstituencyKepala Batas
Chief of the Elections Department of the
United Malays National Organisation
Assumed office
22 March 2023
PresidentAhmad Zahid Hamidi
Member of the Penang State Legislative Assembly
for Bertam
Assumed office
12 August 2023
Preceded byKhaliq Mehtab Mohd Ishaq
(PHBERSATU)
Majority2,321 (2023)
Member of the Malaysian Parliament
for Kepala Batas
In office
5 May 2013 – 19 November 2022
Preceded byAbdullah Ahmad Badawi
(BNUMNO)
Succeeded bySiti Mastura Mohamad
(PNPAS)
Majority4,176 (2013)
4,736 (2018)
Faction represented in Penang State Legislative Assembly
2023–Barisan Nasional
Faction represented in Dewan Rakyat
2013–2022Barisan Nasional
Personal details
Born
Reezal Merican bin Naina Merican

(1972-07-29) 29 July 1972 (age 52)
Kepala Batas, Seberang Perai Utara, Penang, Malaysia
CitizenshipMalaysian
Political partyUnited Malays National Organisation (UMNO)
Other political
affiliations
Barisan Nasional (BN)
Spouse(s)Ismalina Ismail, Sharifah Norhaslinda
Alma materInternational Islamic University Malaysia

Reezal Merican bin Naina Merican (Jawi: ريزال ماريکان بن ناينا ماريکان;[1] born 29 July 1972) is a Malaysian politician and banker who has served as 9th Chairman of the Malaysia External Trade Development Corporation (MATRADE) since May 2023 and Member of the Penang State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Bertam since August 2023.[2] He served as the Minister of Housing and Local Government in the Barisan Nasional (BN) administration under former Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob from August 2021 to the collapse of the BN administration in November 2022, the Minister of Youth and Sports in the Perikatan Nasional (PN) administration under former Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin from March 2020 to the collapse of the PN administration in August 2021 and the Member of Parliament (MP) for Kepala Batas from the retirement of 5th and former Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi as the MP from politics in May 2013 to his electoral defeat in November 2022. He is also a member and Division Chief of Kepala Batas of the Supreme Council of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), a component party of the BN coalition and one of the only two Penang BN and UMNO MLAs alongside MLA for Sungai Acheh Rashidi Zinol. He has also served as Chief of the Elections Department of UMNO since March 2023. He is an ethnic Malay of mixed Indian descent.

  1. ^ "Malaysia intends to join the Executive Board of the United Nations Human Settlements Programe". Malaysia National News Agency (Bernama) - Arabic (in Arabic). 30 June 2022. Retrieved 20 October 2022.
  2. ^ "Reezal Merican is new MATRADE chairman". The Star. 2 May 2023. Retrieved 2 May 2023.