Salbiah Mohamed

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

Salbiah binti Mohamed (born 7 May 1978) is a Malaysian politician who has served as Member of the Perak State Executive Council (EXCO) in the Barisan Nasional (BN) state administration under Menteri Besar Saarani Mohamad since November 2022 and Member of the Perak State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Temengor since May 2013. She is a member of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), a component party of the BN coalition. She served as Women Chief of UMNO of Gerik, Women Chief of UMNO of Perak and Women Committee Member of UMNO.

Yang Berhormat Dato' Salbiah Mohamed DPMP MLA
سلبية محمد
Member of the Perak State Executive Council (Women, Family, Social Welfare & Entrepreneur Development : since 23 November 2022)[note 1]
Incumbent
Assumed office 22 November 2022
Monarch	Nazrin Shah
Menteri Besar	Saarani Mohamad
Preceded by	Wan Norashikin Wan Noordin (Women, Family & Social Welfare) Zainol Fadzi Paharudin (Entrepreneur Development)
Constituency	Temengor
Member of the Perak State Legislative Assembly for Temengor
Incumbent
Assumed office 5 May 2013
Preceded by	Hasbullah Osman (BN–UMNO)
Majority	3,215 (2013) 3,935 (2018) 1,048 (2022)
Personal details
Born	Salbiah binti Mohamed (1978-05-07) 7 May 1978 (age 46) Gerik, Perak, Malaysia
Citizenship	Malaysian
Political party	United Malays National Organisation (UMNO)
Other political affiliations	Barisan Nasional (BN)
Spouse	Mohd Faizal Malek
Children	4
Occupation	Politician

Politics

In 2004, she was appointed the Women's Chief of UMNO Gerik branch. In 2013, she was appointed the Women's Chief of UMNO Perak and also Committee Member of UMNO Women's Wing. She was the Communication Supervisor of KEMAS Pengkalan Hulu and Chairman of Public Library Institution of Perak from 2014 to 2019.^[1]

Family

She is the fifth child out of the 11 of her parents and she is now the mother of 4 children and is married to Mohd Faizal Malek.^[1]

Election results

Perak State Legislative Assembly^{[2][3][4][5][6]}

Year	Constituency	Candidate		Votes	Pct	Opponent(s)		Votes	Pct	Ballots cast	Majority	Turnout
2013	N02 Temengor		Salbiah Mohamed (UMNO)	9,331	59.05%		Mhd Supian Nordin (PKR)	6,116	38.70%	15,803	3,215	84.10%
2018			Salbiah Mohamed (UMNO)	7,823	49.18%		Md Pozi Md Sani (PAS)	3,888	24.44%	10,910	3,935	77.47%
							Mohd Fadzil Abdul Aziz (BERSATU)	3,806	23.93%
2022			Salbiah Mohamed (UMNO)	8,468	43.12%		Mohd Noor Abdul Rahman (PAS)	7,420	37.79%	19,637	1,048	71.65%
							Ahmad Safwan Mohamad (PKR)	3,749	19.09%

Honours

•  Perak :
  • Knight Commander of the Order of the Perak State Crown (DPMP) – Dato' (2023)^[7]

Notes

1. Assumed portfolios a day after taking office.