Rizam Ismail

Rizam bin Ismail (Jawi: رزم إسماعيل‎; born 30 January 1981) is a Malaysian politician who has served as Member of the Selangor State Executive Council (EXCO) in the Pakatan Harapan (PH) state administration under Menteri Besar Amirudin Shari since August 2023 and Political Secretary to the Minister of Investment, Trade and Industry Tengku Zafrul Aziz since April 2023 as well as Member of the Selangor State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Sungai Air Tawar since May 2018. He served as Leader of the Opposition of Selangor from June 2018 to June 2023 and Political Secretary to the Minister of International Trade and Industry Tengku Zafrul from January to April 2023. He is a member of the United Malay National Organisation (UMNO), a component party of the Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition. He is also presently the sole Selangor BN and UMNO EXCO Member and the first one since 2008.[1]

In this Malay name, there is no family name. The name Ismail is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Rizam.
Yang Berhormat Datuk
Rizam Ismail
PMW MLA
رزم إسماعيل
Member of the
Selangor State Executive Council
(Rural Development, Traditional Village and National Unity)
Assumed office
21 August 2023
MonarchSharafuddin
Menteri BesarAmirudin Shari
Preceded byBorhan Aman Shah (Malay Culture and Heritage and Rural Development and Traditional Village)
Siti Mariah Mahmud (National Unity)
ConstituencySungai Air Tawar
Political Secretary to the
Minister of Investment, Trade and Industry
In office
5 April 2023 – 20 August 2023
MonarchAbdullah
Prime MinisterAnwar Ibrahim
MinisterTengku Zafrul Aziz
Preceded byPosition established
Political Secretary to the
Minister of International Trade and Industry
In office
27 January 2023 – 5 April 2023
MonarchAbdullah
Prime MinisterAnwar Ibrahim
MinisterTengku Zafrul Aziz
Preceded byHilman Idham
Succeeded byPosition abolished
Leader of the Opposition of Selangor
In office
26 June 2018 – 23 June 2023
MonarchSharafuddin
Menteri BesarAmirudin Shari
Preceded byMohd Shamsudin Lias
Succeeded byAzmin Ali
ConstituencySungai Air Tawar
Member of the Selangor State Legislative Assembly
for Sungai Air Tawar
Assumed office
9 May 2018
Preceded byKamarol Zaki Abdul Malik
(BN–UMNO)
Majority1,440 (2018)
846 (2023)
Personal details
Born (1981-01-30) 30 January 1981
Selangor, Malaysia
Political partyUnited Malays National Organisation (UMNO)
Other political
affiliations		Barisan Nasional (BN)

Election results
Selangor State Legislative Assembly[2][3]
Year Constituency Candidate Votes Pct Opponent(s) Votes Pct Ballots cast Majority Turnout
2018 N01 Sungai Air Tawar Rizam Ismail (UMNO) 5,437 40.71% Zamri Yahya (PAS) 3,997 29.93% 13,605 1,440 83.60%
Mohd Hamizar Sulaiman (BERSATU) 3,921 29.36%
2023 Rizam Ismail (UMNO) 7,870 52.84% Mohamad Zaidi Selamat (BERSATU) 7,024 47.16% 14,986 846 74.83%

Honours

References
  1. "Barisan Nasional assemblymen to be a strong opposition". New Straits Times. Archived from the original on 7 July 2018. Retrieved 27 June 2018.
  2. "SEMAKAN KEPUTUSAN PILIHAN RAYA UMUM KE - 14" (in Malay). Election Commission of Malaysia. Retrieved 13 December 2020. Percentage figures based on total turnout.
  3. "14th General Election Malaysia (GE14 / PRU14) - Selangor". election.thestar.com.my. Retrieved 22 November 2020.


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