Idris Ahmad (politician)

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{{short description|Malaysian politician}}
{{Malay name|Idris|Ahmad}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix = [[Malay styles and titles#Honorary styles|Yang Berhormat]] [[Dewan Negara|Senator]] [[Malay titles#Datuk|Datuk]] [[Ustad|Ustaz]] [[Hajji|Haji]]
| name = Idris Ahmad
| native_name = {{lang|ms|{{Script|Arab|إدريس أحمد}}}}
| honorific-suffix = {{small|[[Orders, decorations, and medals of the Malaysian states and federal territories#Federal Territories|PMW]]}}
| image =
| office2 = Ministerial roles
| subterm2 = 2021–
| suboffice2 = [[Minister in the Prime Minister's Department]] (Religious Affairs)
| office6 = Faction represented in [[Dewan Negara]]
| subterm6 = 2020
| suboffice6 = [[Malaysian Islamic Party]]
| subterm7 = 2020–
| suboffice7 = [[Perikatan Nasional]]
| office4 = Faction represented in [[Dewan Rakyat]]
| subterm4 = 2013–2018
| suboffice4 = [[Malaysian Islamic Party]]
| party = [[Malaysian Islamic Party]] (PAS)
| otherparty = [[Perikatan Nasional]] (PN)<br />[[Muafakat Nasional]] (MN)<br />[[Gagasan Sejahtera]] (GS)<br />[[Pakatan Rakyat]] (PR)<br />[[Barisan Alternatif]] (BA)
| occupation = Politician
| birth_name = Idris bin Ahmad
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1963|10|19|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Perak]], [[Malaysia]]
| residence =
| citizenship = [[Malaysian people|Malaysian]]
| death_date =
| death_place =
| spouse = Kamariah Mat Ali
| education = [[Sultan Alam Shah Islamic College]]
| alma_mater = [[National University of Malaysia]]
| website =
| footnotes =
}}

'''Idris bin Ahmad''' ([[Jawi alphabet|Jawi]]: إدريس أحمد; born 19 October 1963) is a [[Malaysian people|Malaysian]] politician who has served as [[Minister in the Prime Minister's Department]] for Religious Affairs in the [[Barisan Nasional]] (BN) administration under Prime Minister [[Ismail Sabri Yaakob]] since August 2021 and [[Senator]] since June 2020. He is a member and vice-president of the [[Malaysian Islamic Party]] (PAS), a component party of the [[Perikatan Nasional]] (PN) coalition.<ref>{{cite news|title=Rais Yatim among five sworn senators|url= https://www.nst.com.my/news/nation/2020/06/601014/rais-yatim-among-five-sworn-senators-today|accessdate=23 December 2020|agency=NST|date=16 June 2020}}</ref>

== Election results ==

{| class="wikitable" style="margin:0.5em ; font-size:95%"
|+ '''[[Dewan Rakyat|Parliament of Malaysia]]'''<ref name ="myundi pru 13">{{cite web |url=http://www.myundi.com.my/pru13/region.aspx |title=my undi : Kawasan & Calon-Calon PRU13 : Keputusan PRU13 (Archived copy) |website=www.myundi.com.my|accessdate=9 April 2014 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140331000718/http://www.myundi.com.my/pru13/region.aspx |archivedate=30 March 2014 }}</ref><ref name="Utusan PRU 13 results">{{cite web|url=http://ww2.utusan.com.my/utusan/special.asp?pr=PilihanRaya2013&pg=keputusan.htm|title=Keputusan Pilihan Raya Umum ke-13|work=[[Utusan Malaysia]]|accessdate=26 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180321134049/http://ww2.utusan.com.my/utusan/special.asp?pr=PilihanRaya2013&pg=keputusan.htm|archive-date=21 March 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="GE14 results">{{cite web|url=https://keputusan.spr.gov.my/|title=Semakan Keputusan Pilihan Raya Umum ke – 14|publisher=[[Election Commission of Malaysia]] |language=Malay|accessdate=17 May 2018}} Percentage figures based on total turnout.</ref><ref name="The Star GE14">{{cite web|url=https://election.thestar.com.my/|title=The Star Online GE14|work=[[The Star (Malaysia)|The Star]]|accessdate=24 May 2018}} Percentage figures based on total turnout.</ref>
!|Year
!|Constituency
!colspan=2|
!|Votes
!|Pct
!colspan=2|Opponent(s)
!|Votes
!|Pct
!|Ballots cast
!|Majority
!|Turnout
|-
|[[2004 Malaysian general election|2004]]
| rowspan=2|'''P005 [[Jerlun (federal constituency)|Jerlun]], Kedah'''
|{{Party shading/PAS}} |
|Idris Ahmad ([[Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party|PAS]])
|align="right" |16,981
|47.03%
|{{Party shading/Barisan Nasional}} |
|{{nowrap|''' Abdul Rahman Ariffin'''}} ([[United Malays National Organisation|'''UMNO''']])
|align="right" |'''19,123'''
|'''52.97%'''
|36,822
|2,142
|83.41%
|-
|[[2008 Malaysian general election|2008]]
|{{Party shading/PAS}} |
|Idris Ahmad ([[Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party|PAS]])
|align="right" |17,219
|46.99%
|{{Party shading/Barisan Nasional}} |
|{{nowrap|'''[[Mukhriz Mahathir]]'''}} ([[United Malays National Organisation|'''UMNO''']])
|align="right" |'''19,424'''
|'''53.01%'''
|37,242
|2,205
|81.95%
|-
|[[2013 Malaysian general election|2013]]
|rowspan=3|'''P059 [[Bukit Gantang (federal constituency)|Bukit Gantang]], Perak'''
|{{Party shading/PAS}} |
|{{nowrap|'''Idris Ahmad'''}} ('''[[Malaysian Islamic Party|PAS]]''')
|align="right" |'''30,563'''
|'''50.82%'''
|{{Party shading/Barisan Nasional}} |
|Ismail Saffian ([[United Malays National Organisation|UMNO]])
|align="right" |29,577
|49.18%
|61,018
|986
|85.63%
|-
| rowspan=2|[[2018 Malaysian general election|2018]]
| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/PAS}} |
| rowspan=2|Idris Ahmad ([[Malaysian Islamic Party|PAS]])
| rowspan=2 align="right"| 16,052
| rowspan=2| 28.23%
|{{Party shading/Barisan Nasional}} |
| '''[[Syed Abu Hussin Hafiz|Syed Abu Hussin Hafiz Syed Abdul Fasal]]''' ([[United Malays National Organisation|'''UMNO''']])
|align="right" | '''22,450'''
| '''39.48%'''
| rowspan=2| 57,867
| rowspan=2| 4,089
| rowspan=2| 82.82%
|-
|{{Party shading/Keadilan}} |
|Khadri Khalid ([[Malaysian United Indigenous Party|PPBM]])
|align="right" | 18,361
| 32.29%
|}

==Honour==
* {{Flag|Federal Territory (Malaysia)}} :
** [[File:MY-FED Darjah Mahkota Wilayah - Knight Commander - PMW.svg|50px]] Knight Commander of the [[Orders, decorations, and medals of the Malaysian states and federal territories#Federal Territories|Order of the Territorial Crown]] (PMW) – '''Datuk''' (2022)<ref>{{Cite web|date=8 February 2022|title=Johor's Hasni Mohammad leads list of 2022 Federal Territory Day award recipients|url=https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2022/02/08/johor039s-hasni-mohammad-leads-list-of-2022-federal-territory-day-award-recipients|url-status=live|access-date=8 February 2022|website=[[The Star (Malaysia)|The Star]]}}</ref>

==References==
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[[Category:1963 births]]
[[Category:Living people]]
[[Category:People from Perak]]
[[Category:Malaysian people of Malay descent]]
[[Category:Malaysian Muslims]]
[[Category:Malaysian Islamic Party politicians]]
[[Category:Members of the Dewan Rakyat]]
[[Category:Members of the Dewan Negara]]
[[Category:21st-century Malaysian politicians]]

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