Amirudin Shari

He grew up in Pontian, Johor.{{cite web|url=https://thecoverage.my/news/young-capable-amiruddin-shari-better-choice-selangor-chief-minister-remote-controlled-older-idris-ahmad/|title=Why The Young and Capable Amiruddin Shari Is The Better Choice For Selangor Chief Minister Than The "Remote-Controlled Older Idris Ahmad?|publisher=The Coverage|date=June 10, 2018 |access-date=June 10, 2018}} He received his secondary education at Sekolah Menengah Benut in Pontian and furthered his studies at University of Putra Malaysia, graduated with a bachelor's degree in Social Science.{{cite web |title=Profil |url=https://www.amirudinshari.com/amirudin-shari |website=YAB DATO’ SERI AMIRUDIN SHARI |access-date=7 August 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210807134735/https://www.amirudinshari.com/amirudin-shari |archive-date=7 August 2021}} He was actively involved in student activism during his campus days and was known as a skilled debater.{{cite web |title=Wujudkan budaya debat dalam kalangan pelajar - MB Selangor |url=https://www.bharian.com.my/berita/wilayah/2019/04/553300/wujudkan-budaya-debat-dalam-kalangan-pelajar-mb-selangor |website=BH Online |access-date=7 August 2021}}

After leaving university, Amirudin worked as program coordinator at Institute for Policy Research (Institut Kajian Dasar), a non-governmental organisation (NGO) dedicated to the cause of cultural revivalism and the construction of civil society.

Throughout his career at the Institute for Policy Research, Amirudin carried out the drafting and supervision of social awareness programs including politics with series under his management such as Public Intellectual Forum, Tanwiri Islam Program and also Sekolah Politik, a program that enlightens politics for youngsters.

In addition, Amirudin acquired special training on electoral preparations titled 'How to Do a Campaign' under Konrad Adenauer Stiftung which was held in Berlin and Munich, Germany. These experiences are vital as Amirudin has always been given tasks on logistics, communications, and mobilisation in his early involvement in PKR.

In March 2005, Amirudin married Masdiana Muhamad. The couple have six children.

Due to his active involvement in People's Justice Party Youth's Wing since 2004, he had been chosen as the Vice Chief of the division. On 4 January 2014, Amirudin announced his candidacy for the Keadilan Youth Chief's post with a team up alongside Afif Bahardin in AMK Baru line ups for the upcoming party polls before losing to Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad on the most excruciating campaign to date.

In the three-way competition, AMK Baru faction led by Amirudin obviously dominated the party polls with landslide victories in popular states for Keadilan such as Selangor and Sabah while receiving good number of polls in Penang, Kedah, Kelantan, and Perak. However, final results showed that Nik Nazmi won the post for Chief of Keadilan's Youth Wing in a black history after several branches objected into recounting the ballots resulting in Amirudin's victory into losses by previously won ballot boxes.

For the record, the Deputy Chief AMK post, 3 Vice Chiefs AMK, and 16 out of 20 Central AMK Committee Members are won by representatives from AMK Baru.

Amirudin won his first attempt in the electoral campaign in 2008 General Election as a young candidate. He helped the Pakatan Rakyat (PR) coalition, which consisted of People's Justice Party (PKR), Democratic Action Party (DAP), and Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS) defeat the Barisan Nasional coalition for the first time in Selangor electoral history. Amirudin toppled the favourite candidate, Mohan Thangarasu from Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC) with a majority of 3,639.

He successfully retained his position after the 2013 General Election with a win over his contender, Rawisandran Narayanan in a high voter turnout at 85.7% and Amirudin still manages to keep 55.03% popular votes with a majority of 3,261.

In September 2014, with the appointment of the new Menteri Besar of Selangor, Azmin Ali, Amirudin was appointed the State Executive Councillor in charge of Youth Development, Sports, Cultural and Entrepreneurship Development which was preceded by Ahmad Yunus Bin Hairi. Even before being appointed the Selangor State Executive Councillor, Amirudin was involved with policy making and state programmes for youths and sports. He was unofficially named Vice President of the Selangor State Executive Council along with Ahmad Yunus Hairi and Jenice Lee. They founded together the Penggerak Belia Tempatan (PeBT) (English: Local Youth Movement) initiative together, which engineered many of the youth programmes in Selangor. Amirudin was also appointed the Vice Chairman of the Selangor Sports Council during Abdul Khalid Ibrahim's tenure as Menteri Besar of Selangor, holding the position from 2008 until 2010.

Youth Development

As the appointed youth to represent Generasi Muda, Amirudin continues the efforts to fortify Generasi Muda by launching Ten Fundamentals of Selangor Youth which contains the guidelines and direction of the youth development completely and focusing on major fields. Amirudin also continues Youth Marriage Incentives which give handful of incentive towards Selangor's newly-wed couples.

The existence of Youth Development Department under the wing of Selangor Sport Council also embarks on organized Generasi Muda programs. Penggerak Belia Tempatan (PeBT) has been updated and recent programs are fresher than ever and involving bigger communities. On the other hand, the programs embarked by Amirudin are becoming trend setters as Selangor International Cybergames being claimed one of the best in this region. E-Sport is one agenda that he lays his eyes upon for building new generation of youth in the interactive world.

Amirudin also launched Selangor Plus Campaign in effort to promote a healthy lifestyle for the youth. As for early initiative, Selangor Plus started from 2015 and persisted until today to fork out the best talent from the youth in futsal, basketball, sepak takraw, and netball.

Amirudin was appointed the MB of Selangor following Azmin's appointment as a federal minister. Amirudin's term as MB was marked by several controversies. These included questions raised over a plan to demolish and rebuild the Shah Alam Stadium,{{Cite web |last=IDRIS |first=ABDUL RAZAK |date=2022-07-14 |title=Amirudin tidak faham peruntukan khusus Stadium Shah Alam- Noh Omar |url=https://www.utusan.com.my/nasional/2022/07/amirudin-tidak-faham-peruntukan-khusus-stadium-shah-alam-noh-omar/ |access-date=2023-03-07 |website=Utusan Malaysia |language=ms-MY}} the excision and development of the Shah Alam Community Forest, and plans to quarry part of the Bukit Lagong forest reserve.{{Cite web |last=Chyuan |first=Low Choon |date=2022-09-27 |title=27 quarries to open up in Bukit Lagong Forest, Selangor GLCs involved |url=https://www.malaysiakini.com/news/637165 |access-date=2023-03-07 |website=Malaysiakini}} Another issue raised was in Amirudin's own constituency, where land parcels were given out from the Batu Caves reserve.{{Cite web |last=Reporters |first=F. M. T. |date=2021-09-10 |title=Explain land grants within Batu Caves reserve, NGOs tell Selangor |url=https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2021/09/10/explain-land-grants-within-batu-caves-reserve-ngos-tell-selangor/ |access-date=2024-03-12 |website=Free Malaysia Today |language=en}}

In 2022, Amirudin was elected to the federal seat of Gombak defeating his former mentor Azmin Ali.

In the 2022 party election, he contested and successfully got elected as one of the Vice Presidents of PKR after securing 46,075 votes, thus making him the highest ranked Vice President and third highest position in the party.

• {{flag|Malaysia}} :
• 50px Recipient of the 17th Yang di-Pertuan Agong Installation Medal (2024)
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• 50px Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Crown of Selangor (SPMS) – Dato' Seri (2019){{cite web|url=https://www.malaysiakini.com/news/503176|work=Malaysiakini|date=11 December 2019|access-date=11 December 2019|title=Selangor MB heads list of state award recipients|author=Bernama|author-link=Bernama}}

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