Abdullah Jusoh

In this Malay name, there is no surname or family name. The name Jusoh is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by their given name, Abdullah. The word "bin" or "binti"/"binte" means 'son of' or 'daughter of', respectively.

Abdullah bin Jusoh is a Malaysian politician. He has served as Member of the Kedah State Executive Council (EXCO) in Pakatan Rakyat (PR) administration under Menteri Besar Azizan Abdul Razak from 2008 to 2010 as well as Member of the Kedah State Legislative Assembly for Pantai Merdeka from March 2008 to May 2013. He is a member of Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS), a component party of Perikatan Nasional (PN), formerly Pakatan Rakyat (PR) and Gagasan Sejahtera (GS) coalitions.^[1]

Haji Abdullah Jusoh AMK JP
Member of the Kedah State Executive Council
In office 2009 – 2010 (Science and Innovation, Information, Communication Technology, Entrepreneur Development)
Monarch	Abdul Halim
Menteri Besar	Azizan Abdul Razak
Constituency	Pantai Merdeka
In office 12 March 2008 – 2009 (Education, Cooperatives, Information and Communication Technology)
Monarch	Abdul Halim
Menteri Besar	Azizan Abdul Razak
Constituency	Pantai Merdeka
Member of the Kedah State Legislative Assembly for Pantai Merdeka
In office 8 March 2008 – 5 May 2013
Preceded by	Shahabudin Jaafar (BN–UMNO)
Succeeded by	Ali Yahaya (BN–UMNO)
Majority	503 (2008)
Personal details
Political party	Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS)
Other political affiliations	Pakatan Rakyat (PR) (2008–2015 Gagasan Sejahtera (GS) (2018–2020) Perikatan Nasional (PN) (2020–present)

Political career

Abdullah Jusoh first elected as Pantai Merdeka assemblyman in 2008 state election, he later appointed as Member of the Kedah State Executive Council and held the portfolio of Education, Cooperative, Information and Communication Technology until 2009. In 2009, he held the portfolio of Science and Innovation, Information, Communication Technology, Entrepreneur Development. He was removed from his post in 2010 and was replaced by Abdul Ghani Ahmad.^[2]

Election results

Kedah State Legislative Assembly^[3][4]

Year	Constituency	Candidate		Votes	Pct	Opponent(s)		Votes	Pct	Ballots cast	Majority	Turnout
2008	N27 Pantai Merdeka		Abdullah Jusoh (PAS)	11,654	51.10%		Shuib Saedin (UMNO)	11,151	48.90%	23,139	503	83.28%
2013			Abdullah Jusoh (PAS)	13,686	46.46%		Ali Yahaya (UMNO)	15,393	52.37%	29,763	1,707	89.40%
							Mohd Yusof Lazim (IND)	316	1.17%

Honours

• Kedah
  • Member of the Order of the Crown of Kedah (AMK) (2010)^[5]
  • Justice of the Peace (JP) (2011)^[5]