Sheikh Umar Bagharib Ali

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

Sheikh Umar bin Bagharib Ali (born 12 February 1985) is a Malaysian politician who has served as Chairman of the Malaysian Pineapple Industry Board (MPIB) since May 2023. He served as Member of the Johor State Executive Council (EXCO) in the Pakatan Harapan (PH) state administration under former Menteris Besar Osman Sapian and Sahruddin Jamal from May 2018 to the collapse of the PH state administration in February 2020 as well as Member of the Johor State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Paloh from May 2018 to March 2022. He is a member of the Democratic Action Party (DAP), a component party of the PH coalition. He is the Member of the Central Executive Committee (CEC) of DAP and State Vice Chairman of DAP of Johor.

Sheikh Umar Bagharib Ali
شيخ عمر باغريب علي‎
Chairman of the Malaysian Pineapple Industry Board
Incumbent
Assumed office 10 May 2023
Minister	Mohamad Sabu
Director General	Khairuzamri M. Salleh
Preceded by	Sahruddin Jamal
Member of the Johor State Executive Council (Information, Entrepreneur Development, Co-operatives and Creative Economy : 16 May 2018–21 April 2019) (Youth, Sports, Entrepreneur Development and Co-operatives : 22 April 2019–27 February 2020)
In office 16 May 2018 – 27 February 2020
Monarch	Ibrahim Iskandar
Menteri Besar	Osman Sapian (2018–2019) Sahruddin Jamal (2019–2020)
Preceded by	Ayub Rahmat (Information) Ismail Mohamed (Entrepreneur Development, Co-operatives and Creative Economy)
Succeeded by	Onn Hafiz Ghazi (Youth and Sports) Mohammad Izhar Ahmad (Entrepreneur Development and Co-operatives)
Constituency	Paloh
Member of the Johor State Legislative Assembly for Paloh
In office 9 May 2018 – 12 March 2022
Preceded by	Teoh Yap Kun (BN–MCA)
Succeeded by	Lee Ting Han (BN–MCA)
Majority	783 (2018)
State Vice Chairman of the Democratic Action Party of Johor
Incumbent
Assumed office 2 May 2021 Serving with Ramakrishnan Suppiah (2021–2024) Gan Peck Cheng (since 2024)
Secretary-General	Lim Guan Eng (2021–2022) Anthony Loke Siew Fook (since 2022)
State Chairman	Liew Chin Tong (2015–2024) Teo Nie Ching (since 2024)
Personal details
Born	Sheikh Umar bin Bagharib Ali (1985-02-12) 12 February 1985 (age 40) Kluang, Johor, Malaysia
Citizenship	Malaysian
Party	Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS) (until 2015) Democratic Action Party (DAP) (since 2015)
Other political affiliations	Pakatan Rakyat (PR) (until 2015) Pakatan Harapan (PH) (since 2015)
Alma mater	University of Malaya (UM)
Occupation	Politician

Election results

Johor State Legislative Assembly^[1][2][3]

Year	Constituency	Candidate		Votes	Pct	Opponent(s)		Votes	Pct	Ballots cast	Majority	Turnout
2018	N30 Paloh		Sheikh Umar Bagharib Ali (DAP)	8,958	52.10%		Teoh Yap Kun (MCA)	8,175	47.55%	17,633	783	82.40%
							Shamugam Munusamy (IND)	61	0.35%
2022			Sheikh Umar Bagharib Ali (DAP)	4,901	33.41%		Lee Ting Han (MCA)	8,077	55.05%	14,671	3,176	56.80%
							Selvendran Velu (PAS)	1,512	10.31%
							Aminuddin Johari (PEJUANG)	181	1.23%

Parliament of Malaysia

Year	Constituency	Candidate		Votes	Pct	Opponent(s)		Votes	Pct	Ballots cast	Majority	Turnout
2022	P148 Ayer Hitam		Sheikh Umar Bagharib Ali (DAP)	15,948	34.16%		Wee Ka Siong (MCA)	18,911	40.50%	47,172	2,963	76.49%
							Muhammad Syafiq A Aziz (BERSATU)	11,833	25.34%