Mansor bin Othman (Jawi: منصور بن عثمان) is a Malaysian politician who served as the Deputy Minister of Environment and Water in the Barisan Nasional (BN) administration under former Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob and former Minister Tuan Ibrahim from August 2021 to the collapse of the BN administration in November 2022, Deputy Minister of Higher Education in the Perikatan Nasional (PN) administration under former Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin and former Minister Noraini Ahmad from March 2020 to the collapse of the PN administration in August 2021, Member of Parliament (MP) for Nibong Tebal from May 2013 to November 2022, Deputy Chief Minister I of Penang, Member of the Penang State Executive Council (EXCO), Member of the Penang State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Penanti from June 2009 to May 2018 as well as Chairman of the Defence and Home Affairs Select Committee from December 2018 to December 2019. He is a member of the Malaysian United Indigenous Party (BERSATU), a component party of the PN coalition and was a member of the People's Justice Party (PKR), a component party of the Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalition. [1][2][3]
Mansor Othman | |
|---|---|
| منصور عثمان | |
| Deputy Minister of Environment and Water | |
| In office 30 August 2021 – 24 November 2022 | |
| Monarch | Abdullah |
| Prime Minister | Ismail Sabri Yaakob |
| Minister | Tuan Ibrahim Tuan Man |
| Constituency | Nibong Tebal |
| Deputy Minister of Higher Education | |
| In office 10 March 2020 – 16 August 2021 | |
| Monarch | Abdullah |
| Prime Minister | Muhyiddin Yassin |
| Minister | Noraini Ahmad |
| Constituency | Nibong Tebal |
| Exco roles (Penang) | |
| 2009–2013 | Deputy Chief Minister |
| Chairman of the Religious Affairs, Entrepreneur and Co-operatives Development, Information and Community Relations | |
| Faction represented in Dewan Rakyat | |
| 2013–2018 | People's Justice Party |
| 2018–2020 | Pakatan Harapan |
| 2020 | Malaysian United Indigenous Party |
| 2020–2022 | Perikatan Nasional |
| Faction represented in Penang State Legislative Assembly | |
| 2009–2013 | People's Justice Party |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Mansor bin Othman 12 March 1950 Federation of Malaya (now Malaysia) |
| Citizenship | Malaysian |
| Political party | People's Justice Party (PKR) (1999–2020) Malaysian United Indigenous Party (BERSATU) (2020–present) |
| Other political affiliations | Barisan Alternatif (BA) (1999–2004) Pakatan Rakyat (PR) (2008–2015) Pakatan Harapan (PH) (2015–2020) Perikatan Nasional (PN) (2020–present) |
| Alma mater | University of Science Malaysia Yale University |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Profession | Lecturer |
| Website | mansorothman |
Political career
editHe was also chairman of PKR Penang liaison committee. He served Anwar Ibrahim as political secretary after leaving his service as senior lecturer at University of Science Malaysia. He was picked by PKR to contest the Penang State Legislative Assembly seat of Penanti in the 2009 by-election and won. In the 2013 Malaysian general election, he was nominated to contest the parliamentary seat of Nibong Tebal and won. He was re-elected in the 2018 Malaysian general election.
Health issue
editOn 21 October 2019, Othman collapsed while debating the 2020 Malaysian federal budget, later revealed to be the result of a reflex syncope.[4][5] He was caught by Subang MP Wong Chen and Ledang MP Syed Ibrahim Syed Noh before being attended to by Bandar Kuching MP Kelvin Yii Lee Wuen, who is also a doctor, and later discharged from hospital after his condition stabilised.[6]
Election results
edit| Year | Constituency | Candidate | Votes | Pct | Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | N10 Seberang Jaya | Mansor Othman (PKR) | 5,649 | 35.84% | Arif Shah Omar Shah (UMNO) | 10,113 | 64.16% | 15,762 | 4,464 | 79.48% | ||
| 2008 | N39 Pulau Betong | Mansor Othman (PKR) | 4,696 | 48.50% | Muhamad Farid Saad (UMNO) | 4,990 | 51.50% | 9,686 | 294 | 80.90% | ||
| 2009 | N12 Penanti | Mansor Othman (PKR) | 6,052 | 85.20% | Nai-Khan Ari (IND) | 494 | 6.90% | 7,100 | 5,558 | 46.10% | ||
| Aminah Abdullah (IND) | 392 | 5.50% | ||||||||||
| Kamarul Ramizu Idris (IND) | 56 | 0.70% | ||||||||||
| Year | Constituency | Candidate | Votes | Pct | Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1999 | P051 Balik Pulau | Mansor Othman (keADILan) | 18,467 | 39.83% | Mohd Zain Omar (UMNO) | 27,901 | 60.17% | 46,368 | 9,434 | 76.84% | ||
| 2013 | P047 Nibong Tebal | Mansor Othman (PKR) | 30,003 | 58.03% | Zainal Abidin Osman (UMNO) | 21,405 | 41.40% | 52,599 | 8,598 | 88.63% | ||
| Teng Kok Pheng (IND) | 297 | 0.57% | ||||||||||
| 2018 | Mansor Othman (PKR) | 35,395 | 56.92% | Shaik Hussein Mydin (UMNO) | 19,578 | 31.49% | 63,199 | 15,817 | 86.12% | |||
| Mohd Helmi Haron (PAS) | 6,875 | 11.06% | ||||||||||
| Tan Tee Beng (IND) | 331 | 0.53% | ||||||||||
| 2022 | Mansor Othman (BERSATU) | 25,895 | 32.65% | Fadhlina Sidek (PKR) | 42,188 | 53.20% | 80,477 | 16,293 | 79.26% | |||
| Thanenthiran Ramankutty (MMSP) | 10,660 | 13.44% | ||||||||||
| Goh Kheng Huat (IND) | 565 | 0.71% | ||||||||||
Honours
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Penang :
Companion of the Order of the Defender of State (DMPN) – Dato' (2010)[12][13]
See also
editReferences
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- ^ "Six new select committees announced, Anwar heads reforms caucus". Malaysiakini. 4 December 2018. Retrieved 26 April 2019.
- ^ Abdullah, Maria Chin (4 December 2019). "Maria Chin Abdullah". facebook.com. Retrieved 8 December 2019.
- ^ Carvalho, Martin; Sivanandam, Hemananthani; Rahim, Rahimy; Tan, Tarrence (21 October 2019). "Nibong Tebal MP collapses in Dewan Rakyat (updated)". The Star (Malaysia). Retrieved 23 October 2019.
- ^ Tong, Geraldine (21 October 2019). "Nibong Tebal MP recovering after mid-speech collapse in Parliament". Berita Harian. Retrieved 23 October 2019.
- ^ Adnan, Ahmad Suhael (21 October 2019). "Ahli Parlimen Nibong Tebal stabil – TPM" (in Malay). Berita Harian. Retrieved 23 October 2019.
- ^ "Malaysia General Election". undiinfo Malaysian Election Data. Malaysiakini. Retrieved 19 April 2013. Results only available from the 2004 election (GE11).
- ^ "KEPUTUSAN PILIHAN RAYA UMUM 13". Sistem Pengurusan Maklumat Pilihan Raya Umum (in Malay). Election Commission of Malaysia. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
- ^ "my undi : Kawasan & Calon-Calon PRU13 : Keputusan PRU13 (Archived copy)". www.myundi.com.my. Archived from the original on 31 March 2014. Retrieved 9 April 2014.
- ^ "Keputusan Pilihan Raya Umum ke-13". Utusan Malaysia. Archived from the original on 21 March 2018. Retrieved 26 October 2014.
- ^ "SEMAKAN KEPUTUSAN PILIHAN RAYA UMUM KE – 14" (in Malay). Election Commission of Malaysia. Retrieved 17 May 2018. Percentage figures based on total turnout.
- ^ Suthakar, K. (10 July 2010). "Mt Everest climbers get Datukships". Retrieved 23 October 2019.
- ^ "Penang Yang Di-Pertua Negri's Birthday Honours List". 12 July 2010. Retrieved 23 October 2019.