Hasan Mohamed Ali

This is a Malay name; the name Mohamed Ali is a patronymic, not a family name, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Hasan.
Yang Berbahagia Dato' Dr.
Hasan Mohamed Ali
Member of the Selangor State Assembly
for Gombak Setia
Incumbent
Assumed office
8 March 2008
Preceded by Yuszahari Mohd Yusoff
Member of the Malaysian Parliament
for Parit Buntar
In office
1999–2004
Preceded by Abdul Rahman Sulaiman
Succeeded by Abdul Hamid Ngah @ Haji Zainal Abidin
Member of the Selangor State Assembly
for Sungai Burung
In office
1999–2004
Preceded by Mohd Aini Taib
Succeeded by Mohd Shamsudin Lias
Personal details
Born 28 November 1947
Klang, Selangor, Malayan Union (now Malaysia)
Political party Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (until 2012)
Occupation Politician
Religion Sunni Islam

Dato' Dr. Hasan bin Mohamed Ali (variant spellings include Hassan Mohd Ali, born 28 November 1947) is a Malaysian politician and currently the State Assemblyman for Gombak Setia in Selangor. He was a member of the Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS) and the Selangor State EXCO until his dismissal in January 2012.

Early life and career

Born in the town of Klang, Hasan graduated from the University of Malaya in 1971 and obtained his PhD from the University of Wisconsin–Madison in 1985. Before entering politics, he was a member of the public service nearly 20 years, and served various positions in the Selangor state government and Prime Minister's Department. He has also appeared as a panel member for various talk shows aired on RTM and TV3.[1]

Political career

Hasan joined the Islamic Party of Malaysia (PAS) after leaving public service and subsequently became a vice-president in 2001.[2] He was elected a central working committee member in 2009 and was the party's leader in Selangor until 2011.[3][4]

In the 1999 general elections, Hasan contested two seats: the Sungai Burung state seat in Selangor and the Parit Buntar parliamentary seat in Perak, and won both. However, he lost both of them in the next elections, as PAS suffered heavy losses throughout the nation.

In 2008, Hasan won the Gombak Setia state seat in Selangor. PAS went on to form a coalition government with Parti Keadilan Rakyat and the Democratic Action Party, and Hasan was appointed as a state executive councillor (EXCO), holding the Islamic Affairs, Malay Customs, Infrastructure and Public Amenities portfolio.[5] During his tenure, Hasan has openly criticised the state government on a few occasions, and has been accused of harbouring ambitions of becoming Menteri Besar of Selangor himself.[6][7] In 2011, he broke ranks with the Pakatan Rakyat state government again after speaking out in support of a raid on a church event.[8]

In December 2011, Hasan criticised PAS in UMNO-owned media for purportedly abandoning its Islamist credentials. On 8 January 2012, the PAS central working committee sacked Hasan from the party for "persistently going against [its] stand."[9] He was also dismissed from the state EXCO.[10]

Election results

Selangor State Assembly: N17 Gombak Setia[11]
Year Opposition Votes Pct Barisan Nasional Votes Pct
2008 Hasan Mohamed Ali (PAS) 14,391 55% Yuszahari Mohd Yusoff (UMNO) 11,594 45%
Parliament of Malaysia: Parit Buntar[11]
Year Opposition Votes Pct Barisan Nasional Votes Pct
1999 Hasan Mohamed Ali (PAS) 15,931 53% Abdul Rahman Suliman (UMNO) 13,837 46%
2004 Hasan Mohamed Ali (PAS) 14,623 42% Abdul Hamid Ngah (UMNO) 19,312 56%
Selangor State Assembly: Sungai Burung[11]
Year Opposition Votes Pct Barisan Nasional Votes Pct
1999 Hasan Mohamed Ali (PAS) 5,591 49% Mohd Aini Taib (UMNO) 5,500 48%
2004 Hasan Mohamed Ali (PAS) 4,801 33% Mohd Shamsudin Lias (UMNO) 9,321 65%

References

  1. ↑ ADUN Gombak Setia Service Centre official profile
  2. ↑ Naib presiden PAS baru – Dr Hassan Mohd Ali Malaysiakini. 3 June 2001
  3. ↑ PAS election results The Nut Graph. 6 June 2009
  4. ↑ Syed Mu'az Syed Putra (12 June 2011). "PAS names new chiefs for Selangor, four states". The Malaysian Insider. Retrieved 13 June 2011.
  5. ↑ Selangor State EXCO members
  6. ↑ Pemimpin PAS, DAP terkilan pendirian Hasan Ali mempertikai Selcat mStar Online. 24 September 2009
  7. ↑ "Selangor MB under pressure as discontent grows". The Malaysian Insider. 16 May 2009. Archived from the original on 21 December 2011.
  8. ↑ Chooi, Clara (5 August 2011). "Kit Siang: Hasan Ali breaking ranks with Selangor". The Malaysian Insider. Retrieved 5 August 2011.
  9. ↑ Chong, Debra (8 January 2012). "Hasan Ali says saddened by axing after 'championing Islam'". The Malaysian Insider. Retrieved 8 January 2012.
  10. ↑ Chong, Debra (8 January 2012). "Selangor to discuss Hasan Ali's replacement Wednesday". The Malaysian Insider. Retrieved 8 January 2012.
  11. ↑ 11.0 11.1 11.2 "Keputusan Pilihan Raya Umum Parlimen/Dewan Undangan Negeri" (in Malay). Election Commission of Malaysia. Retrieved 30 May 2010.

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