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Reezal Merican Naina Merican

Reezal Merican Naina Merican

Malaysian politician and banker

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.

In this Malay name, there is no surname or family name. The name Naina Merican is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by their given name, Reezal Merican. The word "bin" or "binti"/"binte" means 'son of' or 'daughter of', respectively.
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Early and political career

Before entering Parliament, Reezal worked in the bank sector.[3] Reezal took over Abdullah as the party's Division Head of Kepala Batas and as the Barisan Nasional (BN) candidate for the parliamentary seat.[4] 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.[5] In October 2013, he was elected to Supreme Council of UMNO, the highest-ranking body of the party.[6] In a cabinet reshuffle on 28 July 2015, Reezal was picked 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. At the 2023 Penang state election, he alongside Rashidi Zinol are the only Malay representatives in the PH-BN Unity Government elected from the mainland Seberang Perai part of Penang.

Controversy

On 29 August 2015, Reezal intimidated Malaysians participating in the Bersih 4 demonstrations abroad that the Foreign Ministry would gather their information for eventual legal action against them, without even citing which law the citizen abroad violated.[7]

Personal life

After first wife Ismalina Ismail and second wife Sharifah Norhaslinda which once filed for divorce with Reezal but retracted.[8]

Election results

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Honours

See also

References

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    "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.
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    "Reezal Merican is new MATRADE chairman". The Star. 2 May 2023. Retrieved 2 May 2023.
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    "Reezal Merican appointed chairman of Amanah Raya Berhad". The Star. 24 January 2014. Retrieved 8 December 2014.
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    "Kepala Batas Umno division plans to set up Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi Leadership Development Institute". ABN News. 20 October 2013. Archived from the original on 8 December 2014. Retrieved 8 December 2014.
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    "Maklumat Terperinci Keputusan Pilihan Raya Umum" (in Malay). Election Commission of Malaysia. Archived from the original on 22 December 2014. Retrieved 8 December 2014.
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    Zain, Irwan Muhammad (20 October 2013). "Three UMNO Youths in supreme council". Astro Awani. Retrieved 8 December 2014.
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    "BERNAMA - Foreign Ministry Identifying Malaysian Protestors Abroad - Reezal Merican". www.bernama.com. Retrieved 31 August 2015.
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    "Sinarharian - Sharifah Haslinda tarik balik permohonan cerai". www.sinarharian.com.my (in Malay). Retrieved 31 August 2015.
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    "Keputusan Pilihan Raya Umum Parlimen/Dewan Undangan Negeri" (in Malay). Election Commission of Malaysia. Retrieved 26 May 2010. Percentage figures based on total turnout.
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    "Malaysia General Election". undiinfo Malaysian Election Data. Malaysiakini. Retrieved 4 February 2017. Results only available from the 2004 election.
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    "KEPUTUSAN PILIHAN RAYA UMUM 13". Sistem Pengurusan Maklumat Pilihan Raya Umum (in Malay). Election Commission of Malaysia. Retrieved 24 March 2017.Results only available for the 2013 election.
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    "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.
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    "Keputusan Pilihan Raya Umum ke-13". Utusan Malaysia. Archived from the original on 21 March 2018. Retrieved 26 October 2014.
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    "SEMAKAN KEPUTUSAN PILIHAN RAYA UMUM KE - 14" (in Malay). Election Commission of Malaysia. Archived from the original on 13 September 2020. Retrieved 17 May 2018. Percentage figures based on total turnout.
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    "SEMAKAN PENERIMA DARJAH KEBESARAN, BINTANG DAN PINGAT". Prime Minister's Department (Malaysia). Retrieved 25 October 2018.
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    "PM ketuai penerima darjah Pahang". Utusan Malaysia (in Malay). 24 October 2006. Archived from the original on 17 October 2018. Retrieved 30 October 2018.
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    "PKR, DAP veterans among 30 new 'Datuk Seri' in Penang". Free Malaysia Today. 13 October 2023.


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