Othman Aziz

Othman bin Aziz (born 15 May 1959) is a Malaysian politician. He was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Jerlun from 5 May 2013 to 9 May 2018 and had served as a Senator from 2020 until 2022. He had served one term as Member of the Kedah State Legislative Assembly for Ayer Hitam from 21 March 2004 to 8 March 2008 and was the Chairman of the Kedah Tourism Action Council. He is a member and the Division Chief of Jerlun of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), a component party of the Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition.

Early life, education and early career Othman was born in Alor Setar, Kedah. He received his primary education at the Sekolah Kebangsaan Ayer Hitam, Kedah. He continued his secondary education in Kolej Sultan Abdul Hamid and later went to University Technology of MARA to study a Diploma in Business Administration. After completing his diploma he went to the National University of Malaysia and graduated with Bachelor of Marketing Studies. He subsequently held a number of positions in corporate enterprises. During this time he also managed the Kedah Football Association. He was a casualty of the Barisan Nasional state government's defeat in the 2008 election, as he lost his seat by 506 votes to his predecessor, Abdul Ghani. | Year |Constituency

| Votes | Pct

| Votes | Pct |Ballot cast |Majority |Turnout 2004

| (UMNO)

52.08% | Abd Ghani Ahmad (PAS)

47.92% 20,934 860 83.94% 2008 | (UMNO)

48.78% | (PAS)

51.22% 21,170 506 82.24%

Honours

Companion of the Ahli Cemerlang Semangat Jerai Kedah (ASK) (2008)