Shamsul Anuar Nasarah

In this Malay name, there is no family name. The name Nasarah is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Shamsul Anuar. The Arabic-derived word "bin" or "binti"/"binte", if used, means 'son of' or 'daughter of', respectively.

Shamsul Anuar bin Nasarah (Jawi: شمس الأنوار بن نصرة; born 1 June 1967) is a Malaysian politician who has served as the Deputy Minister of Home Affairs in the Pakatan Harapan (PH) administration under Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim and Minister Saifuddin Nasution Ismail since December 2022 and the Member of Parliament (MP) for Lenggong since March 2008. He served as the Minister of Energy and Natural Resources^[1] in the Perikatan Nasional (PN) administration under former Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin from March 2020 to his resignation in August 2021. He is a member of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) party in the Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition.^[2] He has also served as President of the Malaysian Youth Council. His appointment as a deputy minister in December 2022 is a demotion as he was previously appointed as a minister in March 2020. This has rarely happened in the Malaysian politics.^[3]

Yang Berhormat Datuk Seri Dr. Shamsul Anuar Nasarah SMW DPMP DJMK SMS PPN PPT MP
شمس الأنوار نصرة
Deputy Minister of Home Affairs
Incumbent
Assumed office 10 December 2022
Monarch	Abdullah
Prime Minister	Anwar Ibrahim
Minister	Saifuddin Nasution Ismail
Preceded by	Ismail Mohamed Said Jonathan Yasin
Constituency	Lenggong
Minister of Energy and Natural Resources
In office 10 March 2020 – 3 August 2021
Monarch	Abdullah
Prime Minister	Muhyiddin Yassin
Deputy	Ali Biju
Preceded by	Yeo Bee Yin (Minister of Energy, Science, Technology, Climate Change and Environment) Xavier Jayakumar Arulanandam (Minister of Water, Land and Natural Resources)
Succeeded by	Takiyuddin Hassan
Constituency	Lenggong
Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Lenggong
Incumbent
Assumed office 8 March 2008
Preceded by	Khamsiyah Yeop (BN–UMNO)
Majority	4,919 (2008) 3,453 (2013) 5,773 (2018) 879 (2022)
Other roles
2013–2018	Chairman of Perbadanan Tabung Pendidikan Tinggi Nasional
Personal details
Born	Shamsul Anuar bin Nasarah (1967-06-01) 1 June 1967 (age 56) Lenggong, Perak, Malaysia
Citizenship	Malaysian
Political party	United Malays National Organisation (UMNO)
Other political affiliations	Barisan Nasional (BN) Perikatan Nasional (PN) (aligned:2020–2022) Muafakat Nasional (MN) Pakatan Harapan (PH) (aligned:since 2022)
Spouse	Hamisah Hussin
Children	3
Alma mater	University of Malaya Northern University of Malaysia
Occupation	Politician
Profession	Teacher
Website	parlimenlenggong.com/profail/

Election results

Parliament of Malaysia^{[4][5][6][7][8][9][10][11]}

Year	Constituency	Candidate		Votes	Pct	Opponent(s)		Votes	Pct	Ballots cast	Majority	Turnout
2008	P055 Lenggong, Perak		Shamsul Anuar Nasarah (UMNO)	10,992	64.41%		Muhd Zulkifli Mohd Zakaria (PAS)	6,073	35.59%	17,436	4,919	75.08%
2013			Shamsul Anuar Nasarah (UMNO)	13,285	57.47%		Razman Zakaria (PAS)	9,832	42.53%	23,736	3,453	84.92%
2018			Shamsul Anuar Nasarah (UMNO)	12,523	53.97%		Muhd Mujahid Mohd Fadzil (PAS)	6,750	29.09%	23,719	5,773	79.72%
							Amirul Fairuzzeen Jamaluddin (BERSATU)	3,932	16.94%
2022			Shamsul Anuar Nasarah (UMNO)	12,588	45.48%		Muhammad Rifaat Razman (PAS)	11,709	42.30%	27,679	879	74.91%
							Jurey Latiff Mohd Rosli (PKR)	3,382	12.22%

Honours

Honours of Malaysia

•   Malaysia :
  •   Medal of the Order of the Defender of the Realm (PPN) (2004)^[12][13]
•   Perak :
  •   Distinguished Conduct Medal (PPT) (2000)^[14]
  •   Knight Commander of the Order of the Perak State Crown (DPMP) – Dato' (2007)^[12][15]
•   Selangor :
  •   Companion of the Order of the Crown of Selangor (SMS)
•   Federal Territory (Malaysia) :
  •   Grand Commander of the Order of the Territorial Crown (SMW) – Datuk Seri (2021)^[16][17]
•   Kelantan :
  •   Knight Commander of the Order of the Life of the Crown of Kelantan (DJMK) – Dato' (2022)^[18]

See also

• Lenggong (federal constituency)

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