Dzulkefly Ahmad


Dzulkefly bin Ahmad is a Malaysian politician. He had served in the Cabinet of Malaysia as the Minister of Health from 2018 to 2020.
He is currently the Member of the Parliament for Kuala Selangor for the second time since 2018. Presently he is a member of the National Trust Party or Parti Amanah Negara, a component party in Pakatan Harapan coalition.
Dzulkefly previously held the same parliamentary seat of Kuala Selangor the first time for one term from 2008 until 2013 but under Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party. He was one of the moderate and progressive G18 prominent members who were also referred as the "Erdogan" faction of PAS which was ousted at the 2015 PAS Muktamar.

Early life

Dzulkefly holds a bachelor's degree from the University of Birmingham and a master's degree from the University of Surrey. He later completed his doctorate in toxicology from the Imperial College in 1993.

Career

Dzulkefly Ahmad was a lecturer at the Faculty of Medical Sciences, Universiti Sains Malaysia in Penang and HUSM, Kelantan. He became a lecturer of Islamic civilization at USM. Dzulkefly is a former member of the British Toxicology Society and the former Asia Pacific Association of Medical Toxicology.
He is also the founder and Chairman of Jaiputra College Management Board, Kelantan, the first IPTS fully accredited by the Ministry of Education which conducts an integrated course of professionalism and religion. He is also a Consultant in an asset management company in Kuala Lumpur, a former Director of a Public-Listed Company. Senior Advisor of a Saudi-owned real estate company in Kuala Lumpur. International Education Company director, based in Oman.

Political Thinkers and Political Analysts

Dr Dzulkefly has been the leader of the Student Movement in the United Kingdom, Jamaah Islah Malaysia, Director of Pusat PAS Research Center, Central PAS Work Committee, AJK Lujnah Central Politics, AJK Guides for the Clean and Fair Elections.
He has also been able to write and comment on current issues in the print and electronic media and presents work at national and international levels. Since his involvement has resulted in several books in English and Bahasa Malaysia such as 'Blindspot', Striving For Change, Pergelutan Demi Perubahan and Najibnomiks: Rahmat atau Malapetaka?.
He has led the Pas Research Center and after out of PAS, the Youth of AMANAH, and later assumed the position as Strategy Director of the AMANAH. As part of PAS think tank, he has helped produced "Negara Berkebajikan" book of PAS. He also produced the "Belanjawaan Alternatif" every year and Orange Book when in Pakatan Rakyat.
Members of the Thinking Group in Pakatan Harapan who produced Alternative Belties and the publication of the Pakatan Harapan Manifesto namely "Buku Harapan". In addition he is also active in writing as a columnist in The Edge magazine and media portals such as Malaysiakini, The Malaysian Insight, TMI, Free Malaysia Today.
Internationally and nationally, he is often invited to share his thoughts and experiences in 'Political Islam', the socio-economic development agenda and inter-religious issues and between civilizations.

Politics

Dzulkefly made his debut in the 1999 general election, contesting the Kapar parliamentary seat in Selangor for PAS but lost. In the 2004 general election, he contested the Rembau parliamentary seat in Negeri Sembilan but lost again. He was elected to Parliament in the 2008 general election, winning the seat of Kuala Selangor, which had been held by the ruling Barisan Nasional coalition.
In January 2010, Dr Dzulkefly publicly supported the controversial decision of the Malaysian High Court to allow a Catholic publication to use the term "Allah".
He lost his parliamentary seat in the 2013 general election, tallying 460 votes fewer than the Barisan Nasional candidate Irmohizam Ibrahim. Despite the loss, he was re-elected to the party's central committee. In the 2018 general election, he was re-elected again to the Parliament but as an AMANAH candidate.

Election results

Honours