Ahmad Husni Hanadzlah


Ahmad Husni bin Mohamad Hanadzlah is the former Second Minister of Finance of Malaysia. He was appointed on 10 April 2009 when Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak became Prime Minister. He was also the Member of Parliament for Tambun for five terms from April 1995 to May 2018. He is a member of the United Malays National Organisation, a major component party in the Malaysia's opposition Barisan Nasional coalition.
Husni was educated at the University of Malaya. He entered the government sector in 1984 as general manager of the Perak State Islamic Economic Corporation. Ahmad Husni was a Deputy Minister of International Trade and Industry and Deputy Finance Minister before becoming a minister.

Career

In the 1999 Malaysian general election, Election Commission declared Ahmad Husni has won the Tambun parliamentary seat with a majority of 7,084. In the 2004 Malaysian general election, Ahmad Husni defeated Dr Khairuddin Abd Malek from PAS with a majority of 17,360. In the 2008 Malaysian general election, Ahmad Husni once again defended the Tambun parliamentary seat with 27,942 votes. His PKR opponent was the former Dermawan assemblyman Mohamad Asri Othman, who received 22,556 votes. The turnout percentage is 75%. The total of rejected ballots are 927.

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Honours