Ariff Sabri Abdul Aziz

Yang Berhormat Dato'
Mohamad Ariff Sabri Abdul Aziz
MP
Member of the Malaysian Parliament
for Raub, Pahang
Incumbent
Assumed office
6 May 2013
Preceded by Ng Yen Yen
Majority 2,814
Member of the Pahang State Legislative Assembly
for Pulau Manis
In office
21 March 2004  8 March 2008
Succeeded by Khairuddin Mahmud
Personal details
Political party Democratic Action Party (2012–)
UMNO (until 2012)
Occupation Politician
Religion Islam
Website Blog

Dato' Mohamad Ariff Sabri Abdul Aziz, commonly known by his blogger name of Sakmongkol AK47, is a Malaysian politician and prominent blogger. He is the former Pahang assemblyman for Pulau Manis from 2004 to 2008. He is a member of UMNO until 2012 and served as the Pekan UMNO chief of information under Najib Razak from 2000 to 2004.

In early 2012, he and another prominent blogger, Aspan Alias left UMNO and joined the Democratic Action Party, citing UMNO's failure to eradicate corruption and increase the livelihood of Malays in general.[1] He won the Pahang parliamentary seat of Raub in the 2013 general election.

Personal life

Ariff Sabri graduated with a degree on economics from the University of Malaya and University of Manchester (Owens).

Election results

Parliament of Malaysia: P80 Raub, Pahang[2]
Year Pakatan Rakyat Votes Pct Barisan Nasional Votes Pct Ballots cast Turnout
2013 Ariff Sabri Abdul Aziz (DAP) 23,415 51.96% Hoh Khai Mun (MCA) 20,601 45.72% 45,060 83.10%

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