Fairul Nizam Roslan

Fairul Nizam bin Roslan (born 2 August 1978), familiarly known as Along,^[1] is a Malaysian politician who has served as a Member of the Malacca State Executive Council (EXCO) in the Barisan Nasional (BN) state administration under Chief Minister Ab Rauf Yusoh since April 2023 and Member of the Malacca State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Asahan since November 2021. He is a member and the Division Chief Alor Gajah of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), a component party of the BN coalition. He was also the State Youth Chief of UMNO of Malacca.

Yang Berhormat Datuk Fairul Nizam Roslan DMSM PPN PJK MLA
فائِر النظام رسلان‎
Member of the Malacca State Executive Council
Incumbent
Assumed office 5 April 2023 (Science, Technology, Innovation and Digital Communications)
Governor	Mohd Ali Rustam
Chief Minister	Ab Rauf Yusoh
Deputy	Mohd Noor Helmy Abdul Halem
Preceded by	Rais Yasin (Science, Technology and Innovation) Portfolio established (Digital Communications)
Constituency	Asahan
Member of the Malacca State Legislative Assembly for Asahan
Incumbent
Assumed office 20 November 2021
Preceded by	Abdul Ghafar Atan (BN–UMNO)
Majority	2,993 (2021)
Faction represented in Malacca State Legislative Assembly
2021–	Barisan Nasional
Personal details
Born	(1978-08-02) 2 August 1978 (age 47) Malacca, Malaysia
Political party	United Malays National Organisation (UMNO)
Other political affiliations	Barisan Nasional (BN)
Occupation	Politician
Nickname	Along

Political career

Fairul Nizam was elected to the Malacca State Legislative Assembly in the 2021 Melaka state election on 20 November 2021, winning the seat of Asahan from Abdul Ghafar Atan also of the BN coalition who was retiring as an MLA and defeating Idris Haron, the former Chief Minister of Malacca and the Pakatan Harapan (PH) candidate for the seat.^[2] He was later appointed as Malacca State EXCO in charge of Science, Technology, Innovation and Digital Communications by the 13th Chief Minister Ab Rauf on 5 April 2023.^[3]

Election results

Malacca State Legislative Assembly^[4]

Year	Constituency	Candidate		Votes	Pct	Opponent(s)		Votes	Pct	Ballots cast	Majority	Turnout
2021	N10 Asahan		Fairul Nizam Roslan (UMNO)	5,659	65.77%		Idris Haron (PKR)	2,666	30.99%	8,604	2,993	65.18%
							Dhanesh Basil (BERSATU)	1,364	15.83%
							Mohd Akhir Ayob (IND)	136	1.58%
							Azmar Ab Hamid (IND)	99	1.15%
							Mohd Noor Salleh (IND)	44	0.51%

Honours

• Malaysia :
  • Medal of the Order of the Defender of the Realm (PPN) (2021)^[5]
• Malacca :
  • Companion I of the Exalted Order of Malacca (DMSM) – Datuk (2023)^[6]
  • Recipient of the Meritorious Service Medal (PJK) (2014)^[7]