Arif Shah Omar Shah

{{Short description|Malaysian politician}}

{{more footnotes|date=October 2022}}

{{Malay name|note=on|Arif Shah|Omar Shah}}

Arif Shah bin Omar Shah (born 2 November 1956) is a Malaysian politician. He had served as Member of Penang State Legislative Assembly for Seberang Jaya from 2004 to 2013. He is a member of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), a component party of Barisan Nasional (BN).

{{Infobox_Politician

| honorific-prefix = Yang Berbahagia Datuk

| name = Arif Shah Omar Shah

| honorific-suffix = DMSM PJK

| image =

| imagesize =

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1956|11|2|df=y}}

| birth_place =

| residence = Persiaran Tenggiri, Seberang Jaya

| death_date =

| death_place =

| office =

| term_start =

| predecessor =

| office2 =

| constituency_AM1 = Seberang Jaya

| assembly1 = Penang State Legislative

| majority1 = 4,464 (2004)
533 (2008)

| term_start1 = 2004

| term_end1 = 2013

| predecessor1 = Raden Muhamad Amin Raden Hadi Munir
(BNUMNO)

| successor1 = Afif Bahardin
(PRPKR)

| party = {{flagicon image|UMNO (Malaysia).svg}} United Malays National Organisation (UMNO)

| religion =

| occupation =

| relations =

| spouse = Datin Latifah Asmawi

| children = Izhar Shah Arif Shah

| website =

| footnotes =

| native_name = {{lang|ms|{{Script|Arab|عارف شاه عمر شاه}}}}

| otherparty = Barisan Nasional (BN)

| citizenship = {{MAS}}

}}

He was nicknamed by the local Chinese community as "pek moh" (白毛), meaning "white hair" in Hokkien, because he was full of white hair.

Early life and education

Arif Shah was born on 2 November 1956. Arif Shah can speak Mandarin and Hokkien due to his early education at SRJK(C) Hun Lian, Taiping, Perak and followed by primary school extension at SRJK(C) Chong Hwa Wei Sin, Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu. He then continued his education at SMJK(C) Chong Hwa Wei Sin, Kuala Terengganu and continued his studies at Chong Hwa High School, Gombak, Kuala Lumpur. His ability to speak Mandarin and Hokkien abled him to understand the problems of the Chinese community and be able to communicate with them.

Next he studied at the Federal Institute of Technology majoring in civil engineering, then to Graber International, California, United States in the department of building materials.

Misidentification

On 15 March 2008, a demonstration was held in front of the Komtar building, Penang. The demonstration was broadcast by TV3 and RTM. They were orchestrated by the opposition in the Penang State Legislative Assembly. There was a newspaper that wrongly reported that Arif Shah was also present in this gathering, because the picture showed a white-haired man who was thought to be Arif Shah, but was actually {{ill|Musa Sheikh Fadzir|ms}}. They objected to the announcement of then-Chief Minister of Penang, Lim Guan Eng to abolish the New Economic Policy and replaced it with the Malaysian Economic Agenda.[http://msomelayu.blogspot.com/2008/03/reaksi.html Tugas Tunjuk Perasaan Diambil Umno]

Election results

class="wikitable" style="margin:0.5em ; font-size:95%"

|+ Penang State Legislative Assembly

!|Year

!|Constituency

!colspan=2|Candidate

!|Votes

!|Pct

!colspan=2|Opponent(s)

!|Votes

!|Pct

!|Ballots cast

!|Majority

!|Turnout

2004

|rowspan=2|N10 Seberang Jaya

|{{Party shading/Barisan Nasional}} |

|{{nowrap|Arif Shah Omar Shah}} (UMNO)

| align=right|10,113

|64.16%

|{{Party shading/Keadilan}} |

|Mansor Othman (PKR)

| align=right|5,649

|35.84%

|15,962

|4,464

|79.48%

2008

|{{Party shading/Barisan Nasional}} |

|{{nowrap|Arif Shah Omar Shah}} (UMNO)

|align=right|9,395

|51.50%

|{{Party shading/Keadilan}} |

|Ramli Bulat (PKR)

| align=right|8,862

|48.50%

|18,493

|533

|81.54%

class="wikitable" style="margin:0.5em ; font-size:95%"

|+ Parliament of Malaysia{{cite web|url=http://semak.spr.gov.my/spr/laporan/5_KedudukanAkhir.php |title=Keputusan Pilihan Raya Umum Parlimen/Dewan Undangan Negeri |publisher=Election Commission of Malaysia |language=ms}} Percentage figures based on total turnout.

!|Year

!|Constituency

!colspan=2|Candidate

!|Votes

!|Pct

!colspan=2|Opponent(s)

!|Votes

!|Pct

!|Ballots cast

!|Majority

!|Turnout

rowspan=2|2008

|rowspan=2|P044 Permatang Pauh

|rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Barisan Nasional}} |

|rowspan=2|Arif Shah Omar Shah (UMNO)

|rowspan=2 align="right" |15,524

|rowspan=2|33.16%

|{{Party shading/Keadilan}} |

|{{nowrap|Anwar Ibrahim}} (PKR)

|align="right" |31,195

|66.64%

|rowspan=2|47,258

|rowspan=2|15,671

|rowspan=2|80.84%

{{Party shading/Independent}} |

|{{ill|Hanafi Mamat|ms|vertical-align=sup}} (AKIM)

|align=right|92

|align=right|0.20%

Honours

References

{{Reflist}}