Mohd Rafiq Naizamohideen

Mohd Rafiq bin Naizamohideen is a Malaysian politician who served as Member of the Melaka State Executive Council (EXCO) for the second term in the Barisan Nasional (BN) state administration under Chief Minister Sulaiman Md Ali from March 2020 to November 2021 and for the first term in the Pakatan Harapan (PH) state administration under former Chief Minister Adly Zahari from May 2018 to the collapse of the PH state administration in March 2020 as well as Member of the Melaka State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Paya Rumput from May 2018 to November 2021. He is also a member of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), a component party of the BN coalition. He was a member of the Malaysian United Indigenous Party (BERSATU), a component party of the Perikatan Nasional (PN) coalition and previously PH coalition. He served as the Vice President of BERSATU from August 2020 to his resignation in October 2022, State Chairman of PN and BERSATU of Melaka from January 2021 to his resignations in November 2021.[1]

In this Malay name, there is no family name. The name Naizamohideen is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Mohd Rafiq. The Arabic-derived word "bin" or "binti"/"binte", if used, means 'son of' or 'daughter of', respectively.
Yang Berbahagia Datuk Wira
Mohd Rafiq Naizamohideen
DCSM DMSM
محمد رفيق بن نظام موحي الدين
Vice-President of the
Malaysian United Indigenous Party
In office
23 August 2020 – 30 October 2022
PresidentMuhyiddin Yassin
Preceded byHamidah Osman
Exco roles (Malacca)
2018–2020Chairman of the Industry, Trade and Investment
2020–2021Chairman of the Non-governmental Organizations, Youth and Sports
Faction represented in Malacca State Legislative Assembly
2018–2020Pakatan Harapan
2020Malaysian United Indigenous Party
2020–2021Perikatan Nasional
Personal details
Born (1986-03-15) 15 March 1986
Malacca, Malaysia
CitizenshipMalaysian
Political party
Other political
affiliations
OccupationPolitician

On 30 October 2022, Rafiq resigned from the BERSATU party positions and left the party over his disappointment of the seat distribution for the 2022 general election.[2] On 16 February 2023, Rafiq rejoined UMNO after leaving it seven years ago.[3]

Election results
Malacca State Legislative Assembly[4][5][6]
Year Constituency Votes Pct Opponent(s) Votes Pct Ballots cast Majority Turnout
2018 N13 Paya Rumput,
P136 Tangga Batu		 Mohd Rafiq Naizamohideen (BERSATU) 12,102 56.30% Abu Bakar Mohamad Diah (UMNO) 7,843 36.48% 21,782 4,259 87.00%
Rafie Ahmad (PAS) 1,552 7.22%
2021 N23 Telok Mas,
P138 Kota Melaka		 Mohd Rafiq Naizamohideen (BERSATU) 3,976 28.25% Abdul Razak Abdul Rahman (UMNO) 6,052 43.01% 14,072 2,076 67.94%
Asyraf Mukhlis Minghat (AMANAH) 3,891 27.65%
Muhammad Ariff Adly Mohammad (IND) 153 1.09%

Honours

References
  1. "Mohd Rafiq umum letak jawatan dalam Bersatu, PN Melaka". Astro Awani (in Malay). Retrieved 28 January 2022.
  2. https://www.hmetro.com.my/mutakhir/2022/10/897807/mohd-rafiq-umum-keluar-bersatu
  3. https://www.bharian.com.my/berita/nasional/2023/02/1065526/mohd-rafiq-sahkan-sertai-semula-umno
  4. "SEMAKAN KEPUTUSAN PILIHAN RAYA UMUM KE – 14" (in Malay). Election Commission of Malaysia. Retrieved 17 May 2018. Percentage figures based on total turnout.
  5. "The Star Online GE14". The Star. Retrieved 24 May 2018. Percentage figures based on total turnout.
  6. "N.23 TELOK MAS". SPR Dashboard. 7 November 2021. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
  7. "Semakan Penerima Darjah Kebesaran, Bintang dan Pingat". Bahagian Istiadat dan Urusetia Persidangan Antarabangsa. Prime Minister's Department (Malaysia).
  8. "Rina heads list of 419 recipients of Malacca state awards". Bernama. Malaysiakini. 13 October 2018. Retrieved 13 October 2018.


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