Nawawi Ahmad

In this Malay name, there is no surname or family name. The name Ahmad is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by their given name, Nawawi. The word "bin" or "binti"/"binte" means 'son of' or 'daughter of', respectively.

Dato' Ir. Haji Nawawi bin Ahmad (3 May 1961 – 28 November 2022) was a Malaysian politician and engineer who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Langkawi from May 2013 to May 2018, Member of the Kedah State Executive Council (EXCO) in the Barisan Nasional (BN) state administration under former Menteris Besar Syed Razak Syed Zain Barakbah and Mahdzir Khalid from March 2004 to March 2008 as well as Member of the Kedah State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Kuah from March 2004 to May 2013. A member of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), he was the Division Chief of UMNO of Langkawi.^[1][2]

Yang Berbahagia Dato' Ir. Haji Nawawi Ahmad DSDK AMK
Member of the Kedah State Executive Council
In office 26 November 2007 – 9 March 2008 (Works, Energy, Information, Information Technology and Environment)
Monarch	Abdul Halim
Menteri Besar	Mahdzir Khalid
Preceded by	Himself (Works, Energy, Environment) Khalidah Adibah Ayob (Information) Azimi Daim (Information Technology)
Succeeded by	Amiruddin Hamzah (Works) Phahrolrazi Zawawi (Energy) Abdul Ghani Ahmad (Information) Ismail Salleh (Information Technology) Tan Wei Shu (Environment)
Constituency	Kuah
In office 29 December 2005 – 26 November 2007 (Works, Energy and Environment)
Monarch	Abdul Halim
Menteri Besar	Mahdzir Khalid
Preceded by	Fong Chok Gin (Works, Energy) Ahmad Bashah Md Hanipah (Environment)
Succeeded by	Himself
Constituency	Kuah
In office 28 March 2004 – 29 December 2005 (Culture, Arts and Tourism)
Monarch	Abdul Halim
Menteri Besar	Syed Razak Syed Zain Barakbah
Preceded by	Osman Md Aji
Succeeded by	Fong Chok Gin
Constituency	Kuah
Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Langkawi
In office 5 May 2013 – 9 May 2018
Preceded by	Abu Bakar Taib (BN–UMNO)
Succeeded by	Mahathir Mohamad (PH–BERSATU)
Majority	11,861 (2013)
Member of the Kedah State Legislative Assembly for Kuah
In office 21 March 2004 – 5 May 2013
Preceded by	Sanusi Junid (BN–UMNO)
Succeeded by	Nor Saidi Nanyan (BN–UMNO)
Majority	6,175 (2004) 3,324 (2008)
Personal details
Born	Nawawi bin Ahmad (1961-05-03)3 May 1961 Langkawi, Kedah, Federation of Malaya
Died	28 November 2022(2022-11-28) (aged 61) Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany
Citizenship	Malaysian
Political party	United Malays National Organisation (UMNO)
Other political affiliations	Barisan Nasional (BN) Perikatan Nasional (PN) Muafakat Nasional (MN)
Occupation	Politician
Profession	Engineer

In 2016, police are investigating Nawawi Ahmad’s claim that the ‘Malaysian Official 1', which the Department of Justice (DOJ) said received US$731 million from 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB), is the Agong.^[3]

Controversy

In 2014, Nawawi apologised to the family of Karpal Singh, a leading opposition politician who had died in a car accident, for posting photos of Karpal's corpse on Facebook.^[4][5]

Death

Nawawi died in Frankfurt, Germany at about 3 am on 28 November 2022 on a working visit in his capacity as the Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB) board member. He was accompanied by his wife and buried in Frankfurt, Germany as well.^[6]

Election results

Kedah State Legislative Assembly^[7][8]

Year	Constituency	Candidate		Votes	Pct	Opponent(s)		Votes	Pct	Ballots cast	Majority	Turnout
2004	N02 Kuah		Nawawi Ahmad (UMNO)	8,065	79.18%		Mazlan Ahmad (PAS)	1,890	18.56%	10,186	6,175	79.78%
2008			Nawawi Ahmad (UMNO)	6,660	64.52%		Hasrul Muhaimin Hasbi (PKR)	3,336	32.32%	10,322	3,324	76.49%

Parliament of Malaysia^{[8][9][10][11]}

Year	Constituency	Candidate		Votes	Pct	Opponent(s)		Votes	Pct	Ballots cast	Majority	Turnout
2013	P004 Langkawi, Kedah		Nawawi Ahmad (UMNO)	21,407	68.76%		Ahmad Abdullah (PKR)	9,546	30.66%	32,096	11,861	85.51%
							Marina Hussein (IND)	180	0.58%
2018			Nawawi Ahmad (UMNO)	10,061	29.14%		Mahathir Mohamad (BERSATU)	18,954	54.90%	34,527	8,893	80.87%
							Zubir Ahmad (PAS)	5,512	15.96%

Honours

•  Kedah :
  • Member of the Exalted Order of the Crown of Kedah (AMK) (2004)^[12]
  • Knight Companion of the Order of Loyalty to the Royal House of Kedah (DSDK) – Dato' (2006)

See also

• Kuah (state constituency)
• Langkawi (federal constituency)

References

1. MMK.Kedah."Ahli Dewan Undangan Negeri" Archived 10 May 2013 at the Wayback Machine, Pejabat Dewan Undangan Negeri Kedah", 15 October 2008. Retrieved on 27 April 2013.
2. Langkawi MP Datuk Nawawi Ahmad
3. Zulkifli, Shakira Buang & Zulaikha (19 August 2016). "Cops to quiz Nawawi over 'MO1' remark, Perkasa wants datukship revoked". Malaysiakini.
4. "Langkawi BN MP pokes fun at Karpal Singh's remains". The Malaysian Insider. 17 April 2014. Archived from the original on 19 April 2014.
5. "Umno MP admits to Facebook photos of Karpal in death". Malay Mail Online. 19 April 2014. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
6. "Former Langkawi MP Nawawi Ahmad passes away". The Star. 28 November 2022. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
7. "Keputusan Pilihan Raya Umum Parlimen/Dewan Undangan Negeri". Election Commission of Malaysia. Retrieved 11 May 2013. Percentage figures based on total turnout, excluding informal votes.
8. "Malaysia General Election". undiinfo Malaysian Election Data. Malaysiakini. Retrieved 11 March 2017. Results only available from the 2004 election.
9. "KEPUTUSAN PILIHAN RAYA UMUM 13". Sistem Pengurusan Maklumat Pilihan Raya Umum (in Malay). Election Commission of Malaysia. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
10. "my undi : Kawasan & Calon-Calon PRU13 : Keputusan PRU13 (Archived copy)". www.myundi.com.my. Archived from the original on 31 March 2014. Retrieved 9 April 2014.
11. "Keputusan Pilihan Raya Umum ke-13". Utusan Malaysia. Archived from the original on 21 March 2018. Retrieved 26 October 2014.
12. "Carian Penerima Darjah Kebesaran, Bintang dan Pingat". eservices.kedah.gov.my.