Muslimin Yahaya

In this Malay name, there is no surname or family name. The name Yahaya is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by their given name, Muslimin.

Muslimin bin Yahaya (Jawi مسلمين بن يحيى; born 13 July 1967) is a Malaysian politician who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Sungai Besar since May 2018. He served as the Deputy Minister of Entrepreneur Development and Cooperative in the Barisan Nasional (BN) administration under former Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob and former Minister Noh Omar from August 2021 to the collapse of the BN administration in November 2022 and Deputy Minister of Education I in the Perikatan Nasional (PN) administration under former Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin and former Minister Mohd Radzi Md Jidin from March 2020 to the collapse of PN administration in August 2021. He is a member of the Malaysian United Indigenous Party (BERSATU), a component party of the PN coalition and former component party of the Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalition and was a member of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), a component party of the Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition. After the defeat of BN to PH in 2018 general election, he resigned from UMNO in 2018 and joined BERSATU in 2019. In the 2022 Malaysian General Election, he alongside Muhyiddin Yassin are the only BERSATU MPs in Malaysian history to have been re-elected with the same party despite changing coalitions in the process.

Yang Berhormat Datuk Muslimin Yahaya PMW AMN MP
مسلمين يحيى‎
Deputy Minister of Entrepreneur Development and Cooperative
In office 30 August 2021 – 24 November 2022
Monarch	Abdullah
Prime Minister	Ismail Sabri Yaakob
Minister	Noh Omar
Preceded by	Mas Ermieyati Samsudin
Succeeded by	Saraswathy Kandasami
Constituency	Sungai Besar
Deputy Minister of Education I
In office 10 March 2020 – 16 August 2021 Serving with Mah Hang Soon (Deputy Minister of Education I)
Monarch	Abdullah
Prime Minister	Muhyiddin Yassin
Minister	Radzi Jidin
Preceded by	Teo Nie Ching
Succeeded by	Mohamad Alamin
Constituency	Sungai Besar
Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Sungai Besar
Incumbent
Assumed office 9 May 2018
Preceded by	Budiman Mohd Zohdi (BN–UMNO)
Majority	714 (2018) 2,721 (2022)
Faction represented in Dewan Rakyat
2018–2020	Pakatan Harapan
2020	Malaysian United Indigenous Party
2020–	Perikatan Nasional
Personal details
Born	Muslimin bin Yahaya (1967-07-13) 13 July 1967 (age 57) Parit 8 Gambut Sungai Panjang, Sungai Besar, Selangor
Citizenship	Malaysian
Political party	UMNO (until 2018) BERSATU (2018–present)
Other political affiliations	Barisan Nasional (until 2018) Pakatan Harapan (2018–2020) Perikatan Nasional (since 2020)
Spouse	Hanisah Paiman
Occupation	Politician
Website	https://cikgumusliminyahaya.blogspot.com/

Personal life

He was born in Parit 8 Gambut, Sungai Panjang, Sungai Besar, Selangor on 13 July 1967 and married his partner, Hanisah Paiman.

Career

He was previously appointed Senior Secretariat to Tan Sri Noriah Kasnon in Ministry of Plantation Industries and Commodities in 2014.^[1]

Election results

Parliament of Malaysia^[2][3][4]

Year	Constituency	Candidate		Votes	Pct	Opponent(s)		Votes	Pct	Ballots cast	Majority	Turnout
2018	P093 Sungai Besar		Muslimin Yahaya (BERSATU)	17,350	42.11%		Budiman Mohd Zohdi (UMNO)	16,636	40.37%	41,878	714	85.92%
							Mohamed Salleh M Husin (PAS)	7,220	17.52%
2022			Muslimin Yahaya (BERSATU)	19,791	38.75%		Saipolyazan Mat Yusop (PKR)	17,070	33.42%	51,070	2,721	79.32%
							Jamal Yunos (UMNO)	13,984	27.38%
							Asmawar Samat @Samad (PEJUANG)	225	0.44%

Honours

•  Malaysia :
  • Member of the Order of the Defender of the Realm (AMN) (2015)^[5]
•  Federal Territory (Malaysia) :
  • Commander of the Order of the Territorial Crown (PMW) – Datuk (2022)^[6]

References

1. Tindakan Muslimin sertai PPBM bermotifkan peribadi, kecewa tidak dicalonkan – Jamal
2. "SEMAKAN KEPUTUSAN PILIHAN RAYA UMUM KE – 14" (in Malay). Election Commission of Malaysia. Retrieved 17 May 2018. Percentage figures based on total turnout.
3. "The Star Online GE14". The Star. Retrieved 24 May 2018. Percentage figures based on total turnout.
4. "The Star Online GE15 Selangor". The Star. Percentage figures based on total turnout.
5. "Senarai Penerima Ahli Mangku Negara Tahun 2015" (PDF). www.istiadat.gov.my.
6. "Hasni dahului 263 penerima darjah kebesaran Hari Wilayah Persekutuan 2022". Berita Harian (in Malay). 8 February 2022. Retrieved 23 December 2022.