Abd. Aziz Mat Kiram

Abd Aziz bin Mat Kiram is a Malaysian politician who has served as Member of the Pahang State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Batu Talam since January 2007, succeeding Tengku Paris Tengku Razlan who died in December 2006. He served as Member of the Pahang State Executive Council (EXCO) in the Barisan Nasional (BN) state administration under Menteri Besar Wan Rosdy Wan Ismail from May 2018 to November 2022. He is a member and the Division Chief of Raub of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), a component party of the BN coalition.

In this Malay name, there is no surname or family name. The name Mat Kiram is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by their given name, Abdul Aziz.

Yang Berhormat Dato' Abd Aziz Mat Kiram DSAP DIMP SMP KMN MLA
عَبْدٱلْعَزِيز مَت كِرَام‎
Member of the Pahang State Executive Council
In office 5 June 2018 – 28 November 2022 (Rural Development and Aboriginal Affairs)
Monarchs	Ahmad Shah (2018–2019) Abdullah (2019–2022)
Menteri Besar	Wan Rosdy Wan Ismail
Preceded by	Shafik Fauzan Sharif (Rural Development) Adnan Yaakob (Aboriginal Affairs)
Succeeded by	Syed Ibrahim Syed Ahmad
Constituency	Batu Talam
Member of the Pahang State Legislative Assembly for Batu Talam
Incumbent
Assumed office 28 January 2007
Preceded by	Tengku Paris Tengku Razlan (BN–UMNO)
Majority	5,857 (2007) 2,425 (2008) 4,137 (2013) 4,320 (2018) 2,869 (2022)
Personal details
Born	Abdul Aziz Mat Kiram Pahang, Malaysia
Citizenship	Malaysian
Political party	United Malays National Organisation (UMNO)
Other political affiliations	Barisan Nasional (BN)
Occupation	Politician

Election results

Pahang State Legislative Assembly^{[1][2][3][4][5][6][7][8]}

Year	Constituency	Candidate		Votes	Pct	Opponent(s)		Votes	Pct	Ballots cast	Majority	Turnout
2007	N06 Batu Talam		Abd. Aziz Mat Kiram (UMNO)	6,276	93.74%		Ng Chee Pang (IND)	419	6.26%	7,080	5,857	67.32%
2008			Abd. Aziz Mat Kiram (UMNO)	5,632	63.65%		Abdullah Suhaimin Sa`at (PAS)	3,217	36.35%	9,086	2,425	79.00%
2013			Abd. Aziz Mat Kiram (UMNO)	7,852	67.88%		Khairul Hakimin Mohd Ali (PKR)	3,715	32.12%	11,851	4,137	84.80%
2018			Abd. Aziz Mat Kiram (UMNO)	6,922	57.85%		Tengku Abdul Rahman Tengku Ja'afar (PAS)	2,602	21.75%	12,362	4,320	81.40%
							Dasimah Zainudin (PKR)	2,441	20.40%
2022			Abd. Aziz Mat Kiram (UMNO)	7,992	52.98%		Ahmad Sabri Mat Dui (BERSATU)	5,123	33.96%	15,372	2,869	78.1%
							Shahuddin Abdul Rahman (PKR)	1,969	13.05%

Honours

• Malaysia
  • Officer of the Order of the Defender of the Realm (KMN) (2007)
• Pahang
  • Knight Companion of the Order of Sultan Ahmad Shah of Pahang (DSAP) – Dato' (2018)
  • Knight Companion of the Order of the Crown of Pahang (DIMP) – Dato' (2009)
  • Companion of the Order of the Crown of Pahang (SMP) (2007)^[9]