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Mohd Shahar Abdullah
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Mohd Shahar bin Abdullah (Jawi: محمد شاهر بن عبدﷲ; born 6 December 1980[1]) is a Malaysian politician[2] who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Paya Besar since May 2018. He served as the Deputy Minister of Finance I in the Barisan Nasional (BN) administration under former Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob and former Minister Tengku Zafrul Aziz from August 2021 to the collapse of the BN administration in November 2022 and the Deputy Minister of Finance II in the Perikatan Nasional (PN) administration under former Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin and former Minister Tengku Zafrul from March 2020 to the collapse of BN administration in August 2021. He is a member of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), a component party of the BN coalition.
Mohd Shahar Abdullah | |
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محمد شاهر عبدﷲ | |
![]() Shahar in 2020 | |
Deputy Minister of Finance I | |
In office 30 August 2021 – 24 November 2022 | |
Monarch | Abdullah |
Prime Minister | Ismail Sabri Yaakob |
Minister | Tengku Zafrul Aziz |
Preceded by | Abdul Rahim Bakri |
Succeeded by | Ahmad Maslan |
Constituency | Paya Besar |
Deputy Minister of Finance II | |
In office 10 March 2020 – 16 August 2021 | |
Monarch | Abdullah |
Prime Minister | Muhyiddin Yassin |
Minister | Tengku Zafrul Aziz |
Preceded by | Amiruddin Hamzah (Deputy Minister of Finance) |
Succeeded by | Yamani Hafez Musa |
Constituency | Paya Besar |
Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Paya Besar | |
Assumed office 9 May 2018 | |
Preceded by | Abdul Manan Ismail (BN–UMNO) |
Majority | 5,742 (2018) 1,317 (2022) |
Faction represented in Dewan Rakyat | |
2018– | Barisan Nasional |
Personal details | |
Born | Mohd Shahar bin Abdullah (1980-12-06) 6 December 1980 (age 43) Paya Besar, Kuantan, Pahang, Malaysia |
Citizenship | Malaysian |
Political party | United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) |
Other political affiliations | Barisan Nasional (BN) Perikatan Nasional (PN) (aligned: 2020-2022) Muafakat Nasional (MN) Pakatan Harapan (PH) (aligned: since 2022) |
Alma mater | Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (DipEng, BEng, MEng) |
Occupation | Politician |