Ahmad Husni Hanadzlah

"Hanadzlah" redirects here. For people with similar names, see Hanzala (given name).

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

Ahmad Husni bin Mohamad Hanadzlah (Jawi: أحمد حسني بن محمد حنظلة‎; born 21 July 1951) is a former Second Minister of Finance of Malaysia.^[1] He was appointed on 10 April 2009 when Najib Razak became Prime Minister. He was also the Member of Parliament for Tambun for five terms from April 1995 to May 2018.^[2] He is a member of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), a major component party in the Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition.

Yang Berbahagia Dato' Seri Ahmad Husni Hanadzlah SPMP DPMP PPT JP
أحمد حسني حنظلة‎
Ahmad in 2013
Minister of Finance II
In office 10 April 2009 – 27 June 2016 Serving with Najib Razak (Minister of Finance I)
Monarch	Abdul Halim
Deputy	Awang Adek Hussin (Deputy Minister of Finance I) (2009–2013) Chor Chee Heung (Deputy Minister of Finance II) (2009–2010) Donald Lim Siang Chai (2010–2013) Ahmad Maslan (Deputy Minister of Finance I) (2013–2015) Johari Abdul Ghani (2015–2016) Chua Tee Yong (Deputy Minister of Finance II) (2014–2016)
Preceded by	Nor Mohamed Yakcop
Succeeded by	Johari Abdul Ghani
Constituency	Tambun
Deputy Minister of Finance I
In office 19 March 2008 – 9 April 2009 Serving with Kong Cho Ha (Deputy Minister of Finance II)
Monarch	Mizan Zainal Abidin
Prime Minister	Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
Minister	Abdullah Ahmad Badawi (March 2008–September 2008) Nor Mohamed Yakcop (2008–2009) Najib Razak (September 2008–April 2009)
Preceded by	Awang Adek Hussin
Succeeded by	Awang Adek Hussin
Constituency	Tambun
Deputy Minister of International Trade and Industry I
In office 27 March 2004 – 18 March 2008 Serving with Mah Siew Keong (Deputy Minister of International Trade and Industry II) (2004–2006) Ng Lip Yong (2006–2008)
Monarchs	Sirajuddin Mizan Zainal Abidin
Prime Minister	Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
Minister	Rafidah Aziz
Preceded by	Kerk Choo Ting
Succeeded by	Liew Vui Keong
Constituency	Tambun
Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Tambun
In office 25 April 1995 – 9 May 2018
Majority	26,639 (1995) 7,084 (1999) 17,360 (2004) 5,386 (2008) 9,325 (2013)
Faction represented in Dewan Rakyat
1995–2018	Barisan Nasional
Personal details
Born	Ahmad Husni bin Mohamad Hanadzlah (1951-07-21) 21 July 1951 (age 74) Perak, Federation of Malaya (now Malaysia)
Citizenship	Malaysian
Political party	United Malays National Organisation (UMNO)
Other political affiliations	Barisan Nasional (BN)
Spouse	Fauziah Kamarudin
Alma mater	University of Malaya Bachelor's degree (Economics)
Occupation	Politician, economist

Husni was educated at the University of Malaya. He entered the government sector in 1984 as general manager of the Perak State Islamic Economic Corporation.^[3] Ahmad Husni was a Deputy Minister of International Trade and Industry and Deputy Finance Minister before becoming a minister.^[3]

Career

• 1978 - Manager at AsiaVest Merchant bankers Berhad
• 1989 - General Manager of Perak Islamic Economic Development Corporation
• 1997 - Chairman of National Higher Education Fund Corporation (PTPTN)
• 2001 - Chairman of the Commercial Vehicle Licensing Board
• 2002 - MATRADE chairman
• 2003 - Public Accounts Committee (PAC)
• 2009 - Director of Khazanah Nasional Berhad

Politics

• 1983 - Started joining the UMNO branch of Sungai Rokam
• 1983 - Member of the UMNO Youth Division of the Tambun Youth Movement
• 1985 - Tambun Umno Division Youth Vice Chairman
• 1987 - Tambun Umno Division Youth Chief
• 1993 - Tambun Umno Division Chief

Elections

In the 1999 Malaysian general election, Election Commission (EC) declared Ahmad Husni has won the Tambun parliamentary seat with a majority of 7,084. In the 2004 Malaysian general election, Ahmad Husni defeated Dr Khairuddin Abd Malek from PAS with a majority of 17,360. In the 2008 Malaysian general election, Ahmad Husni once again defended the Tambun parliamentary seat with 27,942 votes. His PKR opponent was the former Dermawan assemblyman Mohamad Asri Othman, who received 22,556 votes. The turnout percentage is 75%. The total of rejected ballots are 927.

1MDB scandal

In October 2016, Husni being the only MP from the incumbent government to submit a question on 1Malaysia Development Berhad scandal (1MDB).^[4]

On 3 November 2016, Husni with 2 former cabinet ministers, Muhyiddin Yassin and Shafie Apdal were convicted of the Sedition Act 1948 for breaching and debating debt-laden companies, 1MDB.

Election results

Parliament of Malaysia^{[5][6][7][8][9][10][11][12]}

Year	Constituency	Candidate		Votes	Pct	Opponent(s)		Votes	Pct	Ballots cast	Majority	Turnout
1995	P060 Tambun		Ahmad Husni Hanadzlah (UMNO)	33,224	83.46%		Abd Rahman Md Nur (S46)	6,585	16.54%	42,732	26,639	72.96%
1999			Ahmad Husni Hanadzlah (UMNO)	24,595	58.41%		Khairuddin Abd Malik (PAS)	17,511	41.59%	44,832	7,084	70.74%
2004	P063 Tambun		Ahmad Husni Hanadzlah (UMNO)	31,824	68.75%		Khairuddin Abd Malik (PAS)	9,950	31.25%	47,571	17,360	72.94%
2008			Ahmad Husni Hanadzlah (UMNO)	27,942	55.33%		Mohd Asri Othman (PKR)	22,556	44.67%	51,844	5,386	75.17%
2013			Ahmad Husni Hanadzlah (UMNO)	42,093	56.23%		Siti Aishah Shaik Ahmad (PKR)	32,768	43.77%	76,275	9,325	85.29%
2018			Ahmad Husni Hanadzlah (UMNO)	33,341	38.35%		Ahmad Faizal Azumu (BERSATU)	38,661	44.46%	88,920	5,320	82.51%
							Muhd Zulkifli Mohd Zakaria (PAS)	14,948	17.19%

Honours

• Perak :
  • Recipient of the Distinguished Conduct Medal (PPT) (1988)^[13]
  • Justice of the Peace (JP) (1996)^[13]
  • Knight Commander of the Order of the Perak State Crown (DPMP) – Dato' (2000)^[14]
  • Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Perak State Crown (SPMP) – Dato' Seri (2009)^[15]

See also

• Malaysia portal

• Tambun (federal constituency)