Reezal Merican Naina Merican (original) (raw)

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Reezal Merican bin Naina Merican (Jawi: ريزال ماريکان بن ناينا ماريکان‎; born 29 July 1972) is a Malaysian politician and banker who 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 May 2013 after the retirement of 5th and former Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi as the MP from politics to his electoral defeat in November 2022. He is also a member of the Supreme Council of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO). He is an ethnic Malay of mixed Indian descent. Before entering Parliament, Reezal worked in the bank sector. Reezal took over Abdullah as the party's Division Head of Kepala Batas and as the Barisan Nasional (BN) candidate for the parliamentary seat. Reezal won the seat in the 2013 Malaysian general election while defeated a candidate from the Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS) by 4,176 majority of the votes. In October 2013, he was elected to Supreme Council of UMNO, the highest-ranking body of the party.In a Cabinet reshuffle on 28 July 2015, Reezal was handpicked as Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs by former Prime Minister Najib Razak. Despite winning the majority to defend his seat in his parliamentary constituency, Reezal lost his Cabinet post following the results of the 2018 Malaysian general election. (en)
Dato' Sri Reezal Merican bin Naina Merican (Jawi: ريزال ماريکان بن ناينا ماريکان; lahir 29 Juli 1972) adalah seorang politikus asal Malaysia yang pernah menjabat sebagai Menteri Perumahan Rakyat dan Pemerintahan Daerah dari 2021 sampai 2022 dan mantan anggota parlemen untuk daerah pemilihan Kepala Batas sejak Mei 2013 hingga kekalahannya pada Pemilu Legislatif 2022. Sebelum menjadi anggota Parlemen, Reezal bekerja di sektor perbankan. Reezal mengambil alih posisi Abdullah Ahmad Badawi sebagai Ketua UMNO Kepala Batas dan sebagai calon Barisan Nasional (BN) untuk kursi parlemen Kepala Batas. Reezal memenangkan kursi Kepala Batas pada Pemilu Legislatif 2013 setelah berhasil mengalahkan calon dari Partai Islam Se-Malaysia (PAS) dengan selisih suara 4,176 suara. Pada Oktober 2013, ia terpilih menjadi anggota Dewan Tertinggi UMNO. Pada perombakan kabinet pada 29 Juli 2015, ia ditunjuk menjadi Wakil Menteri Luar Negeri oleh mantan Perdana Menteri Najib Razak. Pada Pemilu Legislatif 2018, ia terpilih kembali sebagai anggota parlemen dan kembali menganggotai kabinet di bawah pemerintahan Muhyiddin Yassin dan Ismail Sabri Yaakob. (in)

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Ismalina Ismail, Sharifah Norhaslinda (en)

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Reezal Merican bin Naina Merican (Jawi: ريزال ماريکان بن ناينا ماريکان‎; born 29 July 1972) is a Malaysian politician and banker who 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 May 2013 after the retirement of 5th and former Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi as the MP from politics to his electoral defeat in November 2022. He is also a member of the Supreme Counci (en)
Dato' Sri Reezal Merican bin Naina Merican (Jawi: ريزال ماريکان بن ناينا ماريکان; lahir 29 Juli 1972) adalah seorang politikus asal Malaysia yang pernah menjabat sebagai Menteri Perumahan Rakyat dan Pemerintahan Daerah dari 2021 sampai 2022 dan mantan anggota parlemen untuk daerah pemilihan Kepala Batas sejak Mei 2013 hingga kekalahannya pada Pemilu Legislatif 2022. (in)

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