Mohamad Alamin
{{short description|Malaysian politician}}
{{EngvarB|date=November 2018}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2020}}
{{Malay name|Mohamad|Alamin|note=on}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix = Yang Berhormat Datuk
| name = Mohamad Alamin
| native_name = {{nobold|محمد بن الأمين}}
| honorific-suffix = {{post-nominals|country=MYS|size=100|PGDK|JP|MP}}
| image = Mohamad Alamin 2023.jpg
| caption = Mohamad in 2023
| office = Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs
| term_start = 10 December 2022
| term_end =
| minister = Zambry Abdul Kadir
{{small|(2022–2023)}}
Mohamad Hasan
{{small|(since 2023)}}
| primeminister = Anwar Ibrahim
| monarch = Abdullah
{{small|(2022–2024)}}
Ibrahim Iskandar
{{small|(since 2024)}}
| predecessor = Kamaruddin Jaffar
| successor =
| constituency = Kimanis
| office1 = Deputy Minister of Education II
| term_start1 = 11 September 2021
| term_end1 = 24 November 2022
| minister1 = Radzi Jidin
| primeminister1 = Ismail Sabri Yaakob
| monarch1 = Abdullah
| predecessor1 = Muslimin Yahaya
| successor1 = Lim Hui Ying
{{small|(Deputy Minister of Education)}}
| constituency1 = Kimanis
| office2 = Chairman of the
Intellectual Property Corporation of Malaysia
| term_start2 = 1 May 2020
| term_end2 = 15 March 2022
| minister2 = Radzi Jidin
| 1blankname2 = Director General
| 1namedata2 = Mohd Roslan Mahayudin
| predecessor2 = Rozhan Othman
| successor2 = Razali Ibrahim
| constituency_MP3 = Kimanis
| parliament3 = Malaysian
| term_start3 = 18 January 2020
| term_end3 =
| predecessor3 = Anifah Aman
(BN–UMNO)
| successor3 =
| majority3 = 2,029 (2020)
3,307 (2022)
| constituency_AM4 = Bongawan
| assembly4 = Sabah State Legislative
| term_start4 = 5 May 2013
| term_end4 = 9 May 2018
| majority4 = 3,392 (2013)
| predecessor4 = Karim Bujang
(BN–UMNO)
| successor4 = Daud Yusof (WARISAN)
| office5 = Faction represented in Dewan Rakyat
| subterm5 = 2020–
| suboffice5 = Barisan Nasional
| office8 = Faction represented in Sabah State Legislative Assembly
| subterm8 = 2013–2018
| suboffice8 = Barisan Nasional
| party = United Malays National Organisation (UMNO)
| otherparty = Barisan Nasional (BN)
| occupation = Politician
| profession = Lawyer
| birth_name = Mohamad bin Alamin
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1972|11|23|df=y}}
| birth_place = Kg. Kelautan, Batu Enam Kimanis, Papar, Sabah, Malaysia
| residence =
| citizenship = Malaysian
| death_date =
| death_place =
| alma_mater = International Islamic University of Malaysia (IIUM)
| website =
| footnotes =
}}
Mohamad bin Alamin (Jawi: داتوق محمد بن حج الأمين) is a Malaysian politician and lawyer who has served as the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs in the Unity Government administration under Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim as well as Ministers Zambry Abdul Kadir and Mohamad Hasan since December 2022 and the Member of Parliament (MP) for Kimanis since January 2020. He served as the Deputy Minister of Education II in the Barisan Nasional (BN) administration under former Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob and former Minister Radzi Jidin from September 2021 to the collapse of the BN administration in November 2022 and Chairman of the Intellectual Property Corporation of Malaysia (MyIPO) from May 2020 to March 2022.{{cite web|url=https://m.malaysiakini.com/news/523831|language=ms|access-date=4 June 2020|publisher=Malaysiakini|date=4 June 2020|title=MP Kimanis dilantik pengerusi baru MyIPO}}{{cite web|url=https://www.nst.com.my/news/nation/2020/06/597612/12917-intellectual-property-applications-filed-between-jan-may|language=en|access-date=3 May 2020|publisher=New Straits Times|date=3 June 2020|title=12,917 intellectual property applications filed between Jan–May}} He is a member of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), a component party of the BN coalition.
Personal life
Mohamad was born in Kg. Kelatuan, Batu Enam Kimanis, Papar, Sabah. His father, Haji Alamin Abdullah is an ethnic Kadazandusun from Kg. Kelatuan, Kimanis, Papar with distant Tambunan ancestral roots whilst his mother is an ethnic Brunei Malay from Kg. Brunei, Membakut, Beaufort.{{cite web|url=https://m.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1794849983979937&id=338876812910602&set=pcb.1794850997313169&source=48|access-date=7 June 2020|date=1 January 2020|title=Biodata Calon BN, Datuk Mohamad Alamin. #PRKKimanis|website=Facebook }}
Education
He received his primary education at Kelatuan Primary School in Kimanis, Papar. He then continued his studies at Toh Puan Hajjah Rahmah Religious Secondary School in Kinarut, Papar.{{cite web|url=https://m.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1794849983979937&id=338876812910602&set=pcb.1794850997313169&source=48|access-date=7 June 2020|date=1 January 2020|title=Biodata Calon BN, Datuk Mohamad Alamin. #PRKKimanis|website=Facebook }}
After graduating from secondary school, he obtained a Law Degree from the International Islamic University of Malaysia.{{cite web|url=https://m.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1794849983979937&id=338876812910602&set=pcb.1794850997313169&source=48|access-date=7 June 2020|date=1 January 2020|title=Biodata Calon BN, Datuk Mohamad Alamin. #PRKKimanis|website=Facebook }}
Career
In 1997, he was accepted as an advocate & solicitor of the Sabah & Sarawak High Court.{{cite web|url=https://m.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1794849983979937&id=338876812910602&set=pcb.1794850997313169&source=48|access-date=7 June 2020|date=1 January 2020|title=Biodata Calon BN, Datuk Mohamad Alamin. #PRKKimanis|website=Facebook }}
Political career
Mohamad has held various positions throughout his political career such as President of Sabahan Affairs Council, Youth Chief of UMNO Kimanis (2004–2013), and Vice Leader of UMNO Kimanis (2013–2018). He is currently the division leader of UMNO Kimanis.{{cite web|url=https://m.facebook.com/photo.php?fbid=1794849983979937&id=338876812910602&set=pcb.1794850997313169&source=48|access-date=7 June 2020|date=1 January 2020|title=Biodata Calon BN, Datuk Mohamad Alamin. #PRKKimanis|website=Facebook }}
In 2013 general election, Mohamad contested for Bongawan state assembly seat for the first time. He won the seat by majority of 3,392 votes.
He contested again in 2018 general election to retain the same seat. However, he was defeated by WARISAN candidate, Daud Yusof who is appointed as State Minister of Education.
=2020 Kimanis by-election=
In January 2020, Mohamad first contested to become an MP in Kimanis by-election. The election was held after the seat was declared vacant after the Federal Court on 2 December 2019 upheld the Election Court's ruling earlier on 16 August, nullifying the sitting Member of Parliament (MP), Anifah Aman's victory in the 2018 general election (GE14).{{Cite news|url=https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2019/12/16/kimanis-by-election-set-for-january-18|title=Kimanis by-election set for January 18|work=The Star Online|author=JOSEPH KAOS Jr|date=16 December 2019|access-date=16 December 2019}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2019/12/14/sabah-umno-confirms-taking-part-in-kimanis-by-election/|title=Sabah Umno confirms taking part in Kimanis by-election|publisher=Free Malaysia Today|date=14 December 2019|access-date=16 December 2019}} BN decided to field Mohamad Alamin as their candidate for the by-election.{{Cite news|url=https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2020/01/01/umno-to-field-former-bongawan-rep-alamin-in-kimanis-polls/|title=Umno to field former Bongawan rep Alamin in Kimanis polls|publisher=Free Malaysia Today|author=Jason Santos|date=1 January 2020|access-date=1 January 2020}}
He won the by-election after defeating Karim Bujang from Sabah Heritage Party (WARISAN), by majority 2,029 votes.{{Cite news|url=https://m.malaysiakini.com/news/507580|title=Sabah Umno sees revival after BN takes Kimanis with bigger majority|publisher=Malaysiakini|author=Malaysiakini Team|date=18 January 2020|access-date=8 June 2020}}
Election results
| class="wikitable" style="margin:0.5em ; font-size:95%"
|+ Parliament of Malaysia{{cite web|url=https://keputusan.spr.gov.my/|title=SEMAKAN KEPUTUSAN PILIHAN RAYA UMUM KE – 14|publisher=Election Commission of Malaysia |language=ms|access-date=17 May 2018}} Percentage figures based on total turnout.{{cite web|url=https://election.thestar.com.my/|title=The Star Online GE14|work=The Star|access-date=24 May 2018}} Percentage figures based on total turnout. !|Year !|Constituency !colspan=2|Candidate !|Votes !|Pct !colspan=2|Opponent(s) !|Votes !|Pct !|Ballots cast !|Majority !|Turnout |
| 2020
| rowspan="5" |P176 Kimanis | {{Party shading/Barisan Nasional}} | |{{nowrap|Mohamad Alamin}} (UMNO) | align="right" |12,706 | 54.34% | {{Party shading/Sabah Heritage Party}} | | align="right" |10,677 |45.66% |23,703 |2,029 |79.92% |
| rowspan="4" |2022
| rowspan="4" {{Party shading/Barisan Nasional}} | | rowspan="4" |Mohamad Alamin (UMNO) | rowspan="4" align="right" |13,004 | rowspan="4" |41.86% | {{Party shading/Sabah Heritage Party}} | |align="right" |9,967 |32.08% | rowspan="4" |31,068 | rowspan="4" |3,037 | rowspan="4" |76.22% |
| bgcolor="{{party color|Social Democratic Harmony Party}}" |
|Amat Md Yusof (KDM) |align="right" |4,013 |12.92% |
| {{Party shading/PH}} |
|Rowindy Lawrence Odong (UPKO) |align="right" |3,931 |12.65% |
| bgcolor="{{Party of Homeland's Fighters/meta/shading}}" |
|Yusop Osman (PEJUANG) |align="right" |153 |align="right" |0.49% |
Honours
- {{flag|Malaysia}} :
- 50px Recipient of the 17th Yang di-Pertuan Agong Installation Medal (2024)
- {{Flag|Sabah}} :
- 50px Grand Star of the Order of Kinabalu (BSK) (2004){{cite web|url=https://sabah.gov.my/gazette/docs/001807.pdf|title=Senarai Penerima Darjah Kebesaran, Bintang dan Pingat Sabah Tahun 2005|website=www.sabah.gov.my}}
- Justice of the Peace (JP) (2011){{cite web|url=https://www.sabah.gov.my/gazette/docs/002184.pdf|title=Senarai Penerima Darjah Kebesaran, Bintang dan Pingat Sabah Tahun 2011|website=www.sabah.gov.my}}
- 50px Commander of the Order of Kinabalu (PGDK) – Datuk (2016)
References
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