Sulaiman Md Ali

Sulaiman bin Md Ali (; born 20 December 1966) is a Malaysian politician who has served as Member of the Malacca State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Lendu since May 2013. He served as the 12th Chief Minister of Malacca from March 2020 to his resignation in March 2023, Deputy Member of the Malacca State Executive Council (EXCO) in the Barisan Nasional (BN) state administration under former Chief Minister and former Member Idris Haron from May 2013 to the collapse of the BN state administration in May 2018. He is a member, State Secretary of Malacca and Division Deputy Chief of Masjid Tanah of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), a component party of the BN coalition.

Political career Chief Minister of Malacca (2020–2023) Attempt to overthrow him and 2021 Malacca state election On 4 October 2021, former Chief Minister of Malacca and Sungai Udang MLA Idris Haron and three other MLAs declared loss of confidence and support for him as Chief Minister and claimed that the state government had therefore collapsed. However, the state government remained in office as the Sulaiman did not resign as chief minister and lose the vote of a motion of confidence in the state legislative assembly. Following this, the Malacca State Legislative Assembly was instead dissolved the same day following his loss of majority support in the assembly and his state government stayed in power in caretaker capacity before the next state government was formed after the 2021 Malacca state election on 20 November 2021. In the election, Barisan Nasional (BN) gained a landslide victory and two-thirds majority in the assembly by winning 21 out of 28 state seats, he remained as chief minister in the new government. The next day, Sulaiman was sworn in as chief minister.

Resignation On 29 March 2023, Deputy Prime Minister and BN Chairman Ahmad Zahid Hamidi confirmed that Sulaiman had tendered his resignation letter to the Yang di-Pertua Negeri of Melaka Mohd Ali Rustam and informed him of his intention to resign as the Chief Minister of Malacca. On 30 March 2023, Ahmad Zahid nominated Ab Rauf Yusoh, the State Chairman of BN of Malacca and MLA for Tanjung Bidara as his successor. On 31 March 2023, Ab Rauf was sworn in and appointed as the new and 13th Chief Minister.

Personal life & education Sulaiman Md. Ali is married to Munira M Yusop and has 3 children. |Year |Constituency

|Votes |Pct

|Votes |Pct |Ballots cast |Majority |Turnout 2013

| (UMNO)

66.65% | Asri Shaik Abdul Aziz (PAS)

33.35% 7,613 2,503 86.04%

| Ridhuan Affandi Abu Bakar (BERSATU)

39.56%

| Arshad Mohamad Som (PAS)

13.57%

| Abdullah Mahadi (BERSATU)

19.68%

| Mohamad Asri Ibrahim (PKR)

16.45%

Honours Honours of Malaysia