Hameed Mytheen Kunju Basheer

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

Hameed bin Mytheen Kunju Basheer^[1] is a Malaysian politician and teacher who has served as 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 Ayer Limau since November 2021. He is a member of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), a component party of the BN coalition. He is the Division Vice Chief and Youth Chief of UMNO of Masjid Tanah. He was a physical education teacher at the Alor Gajah Maktab Rendah Sains Mara (MRSM).^[2]

Yang Berhormat Datuk Hameed Mytheen Kunju Basheer DPSM PPN BKT MLA
Member of the Malacca State Executive Council
Incumbent
Assumed office 5 April 2023 (Works, Infrastructure, Public Facilities and Transport)
Governor	Mohd Ali Rustam
Deputy	Zahari Abd Khalil
Chief Minister	Ab Rauf Yusoh
Preceded by	Rahmad Mariman
Constituency	Ayer Limau
Member of the Malacca State Legislative Assembly for Ayer Limau
Incumbent
Assumed office 20 November 2021
Preceded by	Amiruddin Yusop (BN–UMNO)
Majority	1,085 (2021)
Faction represented in Malacca State Legislative Assembly
2021–	Barisan Nasional
Personal details
Born	(1973-02-08) 8 February 1973 (age 52) Ayer Limau, Malacca, Malaysia
Political party	United Malays National Organisation (UMNO)
Other political affiliations	Barisan Nasional (BN)
Occupation	Politician
Profession	Teacher
Hameed Mytheen Kunju Basheer on Facebook

Political career

Hameed Mytheen was elected to the Melaka State Legislative Assembly in the 2021 Melaka state election on 20 November 2021, winning the seat of Ayer Limau from Amiruddin Yusop also of the BN coalition who was retiring as an MLA. He was also appointed as Member of the Melaka State EXCO in charge of Works, Infrastructure, Public Facilities and Transport by the 13th Chief Minister Ab Rauf on 5 April 2023.

Election results

Malacca State Legislative Assembly^[3]

Year	Constituency	Candidate		Votes	Pct	Opponent(s)		Votes	Pct	Ballots cast	Majority	Turnout
2021	N03 Ayer Limau		Hameed Mytheen Kunju Basheer (UMNO)	3,838	51.94%		Noordina Abd Latif (BERSATU)	2,753	37.25%	7,389	1,085	66.71%
							Maznah Baharuddin (AMANAH)	798	10.80%

Honours

• Malaysia :
  • Medal of the Order of the Defender of the Realm (PPN) (2015)^[4]
• Malacca :
  • Companion Class II of the Exalted Order of Malacca (DPSM) – Datuk (2020)^[5]
  • Recipient of the Commendable Service Star (BKT) (2014)^[6]