Nizar Najib

Mohamad Nizar bin Mohamad Najib (born 11 May 1978) is a Malaysian politician who has served as Member of the Pahang State Executive Council (EXCO) in the Barisan Nasional (BN) state administration under Menteri Besar Wan Rosdy Wan Ismail since December 2022 and Member of the Pahang State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Peramu Jaya since November 2022. He is a member of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), a component party of the BN coalition.[1] He is also the son of Najib Razak, the 6th and former Prime Minister.

In this Malay name, there is no family name. The name Mohamad Najib is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Mohamad Nizar. The Arabic-derived word "bin" or "binti"/"binte", if used, means 'son of' or 'daughter of', respectively.
Yang Berhormat Dato'
Nizar Najib
DSAP MLA
نذار نجيب
Member of the
Pahang State Executive Council
(Investment, Industry, Science, Technology and Innovation : since 14 December 2022)[note 1]
Assumed office
2 December 2022
MonarchAbdullah
Menteri BesarWan Rosdy Wan Ismail
Preceded byWan Rosdy Wan Ismail
(Investment & Industry)
Mohd. Fakhruddin Mohd. Arif
(Science)
ConstituencyPeramu Jaya
Member of the Pahang State Legislative Assembly
for Peramu Jaya
Assumed office
19 November 2022
Preceded bySh Mohmed Puzi Sh Ali
(BN–UMNO)
Majority7,823 (2022)
Personal details
Born
Mohamad Nizar bin Mohamad Najib

(1978-05-11) 11 May 1978
NationalityMalaysian
Political partyUnited Malays National Organisation (UMNO)
Other political
affiliations		Barisan Nasional (BN)
Pakatan Harapan (PH)
(aligned:since 2022)
Parents
  • Najib Razak (father)
  • Tengku Puteri Zainah Tengku Eskandar (mother)
RelativesNazifuddin Najib (brother)
Abdul Razak Hussein (grandfather)
Rahah Noah (grandmother)
Nazir Razak (uncle)
Onn Hafiz Ghazi (second cousin)
Nazir Razak (uncle)
Hussein Onn (great-uncle)
Suhailah Noah (great-aunt)
Hishammuddin Hussein (uncle; first cousin once removed)
Alma materUniversity of Nottingham

Political career

He was UMNO Youth Chief of Jalan Daud Branch, Kampung Baru zone in Titiwangsa.[2]

Nizar is the UMNO Youth Chief of Pekan since 2018.[3]

He has been coined as a potential Barisan Nasional candidate of the 2020 Chini by-election,[4] before the party decided to nominate Mohd Sharim Md Zain. In the 2022 Malaysian general election, after speculation that Nizar might be contesting his first election in Pekan in place of his father, who has recently sentenced to jail, he instead were selected by his party to contest the state seat of Peramu Jaya in the 2022 Pahang state election.[5][6] He won the seat, defeating 3 other candidates with a majority of 7,823 votes.

In the Pahang coalition government between BN and Pakatan Harapan after the 2022 election, Nizar was appointed state EXCO member under portfolio of investment, industries, science, technology and innovation.[7]

Personal life

Nizar is the son of the sixth Prime Minister of Malaysia, Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak with his first wife, Tengku Puteri Zainah Tengku Eskandar. He is the eldest of five siblings, including the two children of Najib's second wife Rosmah Mansor. His younger brother Nazifuddin Najib is a businessman and secretary-general of Olympic Council of Malaysia (OCM) since 2018.

He has worked as a consultant and accountant, residing in Jalan Maktab, Kuala Lumpur. He is married to Nur Sharmila Shaheen, the daughter of Wanita UMNO exco member Maznah Hamid in 2004, with five children. [8]

On 18 November 2020, Nizar was ordered to pay RM13.16 million in unpaid taxes from 2011 to the Malaysia Inland Revenue Board by the Shah Alam High Court.[9]

Election results
Pahang State Legislative Assembly[10]
Year Constituency Candidate Votes Pct Opponent(s) Votes Pct Ballots cast Majority Turnout
2022 N21 Peramu Jaya Mohamad Nizar Mohamad Najib (UMNO) 19,337 57.63% Abu Talib Muhammad (BERSATU) 11,514 34.31% 33,555 7,823 81.00%
Tugimon Abdul Hamid (AMANAH) 2,511 7.48%
Tengku Zainul Hisham Tengku Hisham (Independent) 193 0.58%

Honours

Notes
  1. Assumed portfolios 12 days after taking office.

References
  1. "Keputusan | Pilihan Raya Umum Malaysia Ke-15".
  2. Archived 21 October 2008 at the Wayback Machine, "Nizar Najib nak kenali UMNO dari bawah", Agenda Daily, 29 Oktober 2006.
  3. Anak Najib menang Ketua Pemuda Pekan
  4. "Support for Najib's son to join Chini by-election". The Star. 30 May 2020. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
  5. "Najib's son Nizar to make electoral debut in Malaysia GE | the Straits Times". 2 November 2022.
  6. "In Pahang, Nizar is set to win state seat to carry on the Razak family's political legacy". 17 November 2022.
  7. Ong Han Sean (14 December 2022). "Pahang exco members get their portfolios". The Star. Retrieved 19 December 2022.
  8. ""Najib Menimbang Cucu Pertama"". Bernama Online. 23 September 2006. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
  9. "Najib's son Nizar ordered to pay RM13m in owed taxes".
  10. "Keputusan:Pilihan Raya Umum Malaysia Ke-15". Astro Awani. Retrieved 27 November 2022.
  11. Semakan Penerima Darjah Kebesaran dan Pingat Negeri Pahang
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