Abdul Ghani Ahmad

Abd Ghani bin Ahmad (born 3 June 1970) is a Malaysian politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Jerlun since November 2022. He served as Member of the Kedah State Executive Council (EXCO) in the Pakatan Rakyat (PR) state administration under former Menteri Besar Azizan Abdul Razak from March 2010 to the collapse of the PR state administration in May 2013 as well as Member of the Kedah State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Ayer Hitam from November 1999 to March 2004 and again from March 2008 to May 2018. He is a member of the Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS), a component party of the Perikatan Nasional (PN) and formerly PR coalitions.

He holds Doctor of Philosophy in industry and Bachelor's Degree in Islamic Studies (Syariah) at the Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM).

Political career Abd Ghani was first elected to the Kedah Assembly for Ayer Hitam in the 1999 state election, but was defeated in 2004 by Othman Aziz of Barisan Nasional (BN).

In the 2008 state election, Abd Ghani regained the seat in a rematch against Othman. With PR defeating BN in the 2008 state election and seeing the first ever transition of power in the history of Kedah as well as ending the 60-year rule of BN of the state, Abdul Ghani was appointed as an Kedah EXCO Member by Menteri Besar Azizan in March 2010. |Year |Constituency

|Votes |Pct

|Votes |Pct |Ballots cast |Majority |Turnout 1999

| (PAS)

49.34% | Abdul Rahman Ariffin (UMNO)

48.51% 17,346 144 78.30% 2004 | Abd Ghani Ahmad (PAS)

47.28% | Othman Aziz (UMNO)

51.39% 20,935 860 83.94% 2008 | Abd Ghani Ahmad (PAS)

50.31% | Othman Aziz (UMNO)

47.92% 21,171 506 82.24% 2013 | Abd Ghani Ahmad (PAS)

|45.07% | (UMNO)

54.55% 26,200 2,446 88.61%

Honours Honours of Malaysia

Justice of the Peace (JP) (2011)