1. Mohamed Azmin bin Ali is a Malaysian politician who has served as the State Leader of the Opposition of Selangor and Member of the Selangor State Legislative Assembly for Hulu Kelang since August 2023.
35 Facts About Azmin Ali
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Formerly a member of the Malaysian Parliament for Gombak from 2008 to 2022, Azmin served in the cabinets of Muhyiddin Yassin and Ismail Sabri Yaakob as Senior Minister of the Economic Cluster and Minister of International Trade and Industry from 2020 to 2022.
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Azmin Ali served as MLA for Bukit Antarabangsa from 2008 to 2023 and for Hulu Kelang from 1999 to 2004.
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Azmin Ali has served as the 2nd Secretary-General of PN since December 2024 and 4th Secretary-General of BERSATU since November 2024.
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Azmin Ali served as the Information Chief of PN and Member of the Supreme Council of BERSATU.
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Mohamed Azmin Ali was born on 25 August 1964 in Singapore to Ali Omar and Che Tom Yahaya.
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Azmin Ali's father worked for the British Army as a clerk.
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Azmin Ali began his education at Gurney Road Primary School, then Setapak High School, and ended it at Jalan Cheras Technical Institute.
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Azmin Ali studied at the University of Minnesota before earning a degree in economics and mathematics, and later continued his master's degree.
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Azmin Ali received Bachelor of Science in Economics and Mathematics from the University of Minnesota.
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Azmin Ali later completed his Master of Education's degree from the same institute where he met Shamsidar Taharin, his future wife.
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Azmin Ali attended an executive training programme at the University of Oxford.
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In 1987, following advice from the Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, Azmin Ali started working for Anwar Ibrahim, who was then a Minister in Mahathir's Barisan Nasional government.
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Azmin Ali served as Anwar's personal secretary through Anwar's appointment as Deputy Prime Minister in 1993 and until Mahathir sacked Anwar in 1998.
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Azmin Ali remained close to Anwar following the dismissal and they both became founders of the opposition Parti Keadilan Nasional, which later became the People's Justice Party or Parti Keadilan Rakyat.
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Azmin Ali was unable to defend the seat in the 2004 election after being barred for allegedly lying in court during the trial against Anwar.
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Azmin Ali returned to national politics in the 2008 general elections, winning the Gombak parliamentary seat and Bukit Antarabangsa state seat in Selangor.
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Azmin Ali replaced Syed Husin, who did not seek re-election.
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Azmin Ali was reelected as the party's deputy president in 2018 after a close election against Rafizi Ramli.
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Azmin Ali lost the Gombak seat in the 2022 election.
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Azmin Ali did not contest the Bukit Antarabangsa state seat in the 2023 Selangor state election and instead contest the Hulu Kelang state seat, which he won.
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Azmin Ali was reelected as the Menteri Besar of Selangor in the aftermath of 2018 Malaysian general election after defending his Bukit Antarabangsa state seat.
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Azmin Ali was sworn into title on the evening of 11 May 2018 at Istana Alam Shah.
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Azmin Ali is to head the newly established Ministry of Economic Affairs.
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Azmin Ali was sworn in as the Minister of Economic Affairs on 21 May 2018 at Istana Negara.
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Azmin Ali's term ended on 24 February 2020 after the dissolution of cabinet following the resignation of Mahathir Mohamad as Malaysia's Prime Minister per article 43 of the Constitution of Malaysia, that allowed the Yang di-Pertuan Agong to revoke the appointment of ministers.
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Azmin Ali later announced that he will be forming an independent bloc at the parliament along with Zuraida and other nine MPs who had decided to exit the party following his expulsion.
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Azmin Ali said he doubted the full pardon status granted by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong against Anwar.
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Azmin Ali added that he was still committed to fighting and eliminating corruption even though he had joined Bersatu.
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Azmin Ali was named as one of the four senior ministers alongside Ismail Sabri Yaakob, Fadillah Yusof and Mohd Radzi Md Jidin in Muhyiddin cabinet on 9 March 2020.
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On 12 June 2019, it was reported that Azmin Ali was filmed being intimate with another man, his own political aide Haziq Abdul Aziz, in a video circulating on social media.
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Azmin Ali stated that the group of individuals who made the video were paid thousand of Ringgits, and the video circulation was masterminded by a leader of a political party, with the intention to degrade and defame someone's reputation.
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In particular, Azmin Ali approved the issuance of quarry licences to his political aids.
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The plaintiffs claim that Mohamed Azmin Ali's representations were false and that he only wanted their votes.
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Azmin Ali is married to Shamshida Tahrin, a finance graduate from the University of Minnesota.