Mohamad Alamin

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. 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, Hajjah Juliah Saman is an ethnic Brunei Malay from Kg. Brunei, Membakut, Beaufort.

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. BN decided to field Mohamad Alamin as their candidate for the by-election.

He won the by-election after defeating Karim Bujang from Sabah Heritage Party (WARISAN), by majority 2,029 votes.

Election results

+ Parliament of Malaysia Justice of the Peace (JP) (2011)