Hamizan Hassan

Hamizan bin Hassan is a Malaysian politician who served as Member of the Perlis State Executive Council (EXCO) in the Barisan Nasional (BN) state administration under former Menteri Besar Azlan Man from June 2018 to the collapse of the BN state administration in November 2022 as well as Member of the Perlis State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Kayang from May 2018 to November 2022. He is a member of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), a component party of the BN coalition.

Political career Member of the Perlis State Executive Council (2018–2022) On 13 June 2018, Hamizan was appointed as the Perlis State EXCO Member in charge of Utilities, Public Facilities, Transport, Youth, Sports and Non-governmental Organisations (NGOs) by Menteri Besar Azlan.

On 22 November 2022, Hamizan lost his position after the BN state administration collapsed following the huge defeat of BN in the 2022 Perlis state election that wiped BN out of the assembly.

Member of the Perlis State Legislative Assembly (2018–2022) 2018 Perlis state election In the 2018 Perlis state election, Hamizan made his electoral debut after being nominated by BN to contest for the Kayang state seat. He won the seat and was elected into the Perlis State Legislative Assembly as the Kayang MLA after narrowly defeating Abdul Hannaan Khairy of Pakatan Harapan (PH) and Md Radzi Hassan of Gagasan Sejahtera (GS) by a majority of only 435 votes.

2022 Perlis state election In the 2022 Perlis state election, Hamizan was renominated by BN to defend the Kayang seat. He lost the seat and was not reelected as the Kayang MLA after losing to Asrul Aimran Abdul Jalil of Perikatan Nasional (PN) by a minority of 3,261 votes.

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