Mohd Johari Baharum
Malaysian politician / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dato' Sri Mohd Johari bin Baharum (born 13 April 1954) is a Malaysian politician and was a three-term Member of the Parliament of Malaysia for the Kubang Pasu constituency in Kedah, Malaysia from 2004 to 2018. He was elected to Parliament at the 2004 election, replacing former fourth Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, who was retiring then. Mohd Johari is a member of United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) party, a component party of the previous governing Barisan Nasional coalition.
Mohd Johari Baharum | |
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Ministerial roles | |
2004–2006 | Parliamentary Secretary in the Prime Minister's Department |
2006–2008 | Deputy Minister of Internal Security |
2008–2009 | Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister's Department |
2009–2013 | Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Agro-based Industry |
2015–2018 | Deputy Minister of Defence |
Faction represented in Dewan Rakyat | |
2004–2018 | Barisan Nasional |
Personal details | |
Born | Mohd Johari bin Baharum (1954-04-13) 13 April 1954 (age 70) Johor, Federation of Malaya (now Malaysia) |
Citizenship | Malaysian |
Political party | United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) |
Other political affiliations | Barisan Nasional (BN) Perikatan Nasional (PN) Muafakat Nasional (MN) |
Spouse | Marziah Mohd. Hashim |
Children | 4 |
Occupation | Politician |
In the 2018 election, Johari lost to Amiruddin Hamzah, of the Malaysian United Indigenous Party (PPBM), in a three-corner fight with Norhafiza Fadzil of Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS) for the Kubang Pasu parliamentary seat.
Until 2018 election before the downfall of BN as the ruling federal government and his failure in retaining his parliamentary seat, he was a deputy minister in the federal Cabinet.[1]