Mohd Ali Rustam


Mohd Ali bin Mohd Rustam is a Malaysian politician who has served as the Yang di-Pertua Negeri of the Malaysian state of Melaka since 4 June 2020. He is a member of the United Malays National Organisation, a major component party of Barisan Nasional coalition. Mohd Ali was the ninth Chief Minister of the state of Melaka from 1999 till 2013.

Biography

Mohd Ali was born in Kampung Bukit Katil, Melaka on 24 August 1949. He got his first education at Sekolah Kebangsaan Bukit Katil and Sekolah Kebangsaan Semabok and continued his secondary education at Melaka High School. He got his tertiary education with Bachelor of Degree of Social Science at Universiti Sains Malaysia.

Career

Mohd Ali joined UMNO in 1968 and became its vice-president from 2004 to 2009. He has been an elected representative in Melaka since 1986 and became Chief Minister on 3 December 1999 for fourteen years.
He was a member of the Dewan Rakyat for Batu Berendam from 1995 to 1999 and tried to contest in Bukit Katil in 2013 and 2018 general elections but lost both to Shamsul Iskandar Md Akin from People's Justice Party.
Mohd Ali is also president of the Malaysian Silat Federation, Malaysian Karate Federation and of Dunia Melayu Dunia Islam.

Chief Minister of Melaka (1999-2013)

Melaka became a fully developed state in 2010 under the leadership of Mohd Ali. This news came after Melaka fulfilled 32 indicators of development specified by Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development. Other contributions done by Mohd Ali include Melaka River Cruise, Melaka Straits Mosque and Taming Sari Tower.

Governor of Melaka (since 2020)

Mohd Ali entered the office the Yang di-Pertua Negeri of Melaka on 5 June 2020 replacing Mohd Khalil Yaakob who ended his sixteen-year tenure as the Yang di-Pertua Negeri of Melaka.

Election results

Honours

Mohd Ali was awarded: