Jalaluddin Alias

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

Jalaluddin bin Alias (born 5 September 1963, Jawi: جلال الدين بن ألياس) is a Malaysian politician who has served as Senior Member of the Negeri Sembilan State Executive Council (EXCO) in the Pakatan Harapan (PH) state administration under Menteri Besar Aminuddin Harun since August 2023, Member of Parliament (MP) for Jelebu since May 2018 and Member of the Negeri Sembilan State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Pertang from May 2013 to May 2018 and again since August 2023. He served as the Deputy Minister of Federal Territories in the Barisan Nasional (BN) administration under former Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob and former Minister Shahidan Kassim from August 2021 to the collapse of the BN administration in November 2022, Chairman of the UDA Holdings Berhad from May 2020 to November 2021, Member of the Negeri Sembilan State EXCO in the BN state administration under former Menteri Besar Mohamad Hasan from May 2013 to the collapse of the BN state administration in May 2018 and MLA for Klawang from March 2004 to March 2008. He is a member and the Division Chief of Jelebu of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), a component party of the BN coalition. He has also served as the State Chairman of UMNO of Negeri Sembilan since March 2023.^[1]

Yang Berhormat Datuk Seri Jalaluddin Alias SMW DPNS PGDK DNS JP MP MLA
جلال الدين ألياس‎
Deputy Minister of Federal Territories
In office 30 August 2021 – 24 November 2022
Monarch	Abdullah
Prime Minister	Ismail Sabri Yaakob
Minister	Shahidan Kassim
Preceded by	Edmund Santhara Kumar Ramanaidu
Succeeded by	Position abolished
Constituency	Jelebu
Senior Member of the Negeri Sembilan State Executive Council (Rural Development, Plantation and Commodities, Agriculture and Food Security & Costs of Living)
Incumbent
Assumed office 24 August 2023
Monarch	Muhriz
Menteri Besar	Aminuddin Harun
Preceded by	Ismail Ahmad (Member, Rural Development) Chew Seh Yong (Member, Plantation) Bakri Sawir (Member, Agriculture) Portfolios established (Commodities, Food Security & Costs of Living)
Constituency	Pertang
Member of the Negeri Sembilan State Executive Council (Urban Wellbeing, Housing and Local Government)
In office 22 May 2013 – 12 May 2018
Monarch	Muhriz
Menteri Besar	Mohamad Hasan
Preceded by	Siow Chen Pin
Succeeded by	Teo Kok Seong
Constituency	Pertang
Chairman of the UDA Holdings Berhad
In office 13 May 2020 – 8 November 2021
Minister	Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar (2020–2021) Noh Omar (2021)
Chief Executive Officer	Mohd Salem Kailany
Preceded by	Hisham Hamdan
Succeeded by	Norliza Abdul Rahim
Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Jelebu
Incumbent
Assumed office 9 May 2018
Preceded by	Zainudin Ismail (BN–UMNO)
Majority	2,045 (2018) 8,125 (2022)
Member of the Negeri Sembilan State Legislative Assembly for Pertang
Incumbent
Assumed office 12 August 2023
Preceded by	Noor Azmi Yusof (BN–UMNO)
Majority	2,790 (2023)
In office 5 May 2013 – 9 May 2018
Preceded by	Razak Mansor (BN–UMNO)
Succeeded by	Noor Azmi Yusof (BN–UMNO)
Majority	2,163 (2013)
Member of the Negeri Sembilan State Legislative Assembly for Klawang
In office 21 March 2004 – 8 March 2008
Preceded by	Shamsul Bahari Mat (BN–UMNO)
Succeeded by	Yunus Rahmat (BN–UMNO)
Majority	1,308 (2004)
State Chairman of the United Malays National Organisation of Negeri Sembilan
Incumbent
Assumed office 22 March 2023
President	Ahmad Zahid Hamidi
Deputy	Hasim Rusdi
Preceded by	Mohamad Hasan
Faction represented in Dewan Rakyat
2018–	Barisan Nasional
Faction represented in the Negeri Sembilan State Legislative Assembly
2004–2008	Barisan Nasional
2013–2018	Barisan Nasional
2023–	Barisan Nasional
Personal details
Born	Jalaluddin bin Alias (1963-09-05) 5 September 1963 (age 62) Jelebu, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia
Nationality	Malaysia
Political party	United Malay National Organisation (UMNO)
Other political affiliations	Barisan Nasional (BN)
Occupation	Politician
Profession	Teacher

Politics

Jalaluddin contested and won the Pertang state assembly state in the 2013 general election. After the election, he was appointed as state executive councillor for Urban Wellbeing, Housing and Local Government under the leadership of Menteri Besar, Mohamad Hasan.^[2]

He contested and won the Jelebu parliamentary seat in 2018. He succeeded Zainudin Ismail, who died due to complications from a brain tumour he suffered in the previous year.^[3]

Election results

Negeri Sembilan State Legislative Assembly^[4]

Year	Constituency	Candidate		Votes	Pct	Opponent(s)		Votes	Pct	Ballots cast	Majority	Turnout
2004	N04 Klawang		Jalaluddin Alias (UMNO)	3,555	61.27%		Sharman Abu (PAS)	2,247	38.73%	5,959	1,308	69.76%
2013	N02 Pertang		Jalaluddin Alias (UMNO)	5,090	63.49%		Muhamad Syamwill Mertadza (PKR)	2,927	36.51%	8,140	2,163	83.60%
2023			Jalaluddin Alias (UMNO)	5,634	66.45%		Amiruddin Hassan (PAS)	2,844	33.55%	8,561	2,790	66.38%

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

Year	Constituency	Candidate		Votes	Pct	Opponent(s)		Votes	Pct	Ballots cast	Majority	Turnout
2018	P126 Jelebu		Jalaluddin Alias (UMNO)	19,062	48.93%		Mustafar Ab Kadir (AMANAH)	17,017	43.68%	39,733	2,045	81.89%
							Norman Ipin (PAS)	2,878	7.39%
2022			Jalaluddin Alias (UMNO)	21,805	48.10%		Zulkefly Mohamad Omar (AMANAH)	13,680	30.18%	45,334	8,125	76.11%
							Zaharuddin Baba Samion (BERSATU)	9,596	21.17%
							Ahmad Fakri Abu Samah (PUTRA)	253	0.56%

Honours

Honours of Malaysia

• Malaysia
  • Recipient of the 17th Yang di-Pertuan Agong Installation Medal (2025)
• Federal Territory (Malaysia)
  • Grand Commander of the Order of the Territorial Crown (SMW) – Datuk Seri (2021)^[11][12]
• Negeri Sembilan
  • Knight Commander of the Order of Loyalty to Negeri Sembilan (DPNS) – Dato' (2014)^[13]
  • Companion of the Order of Loyalty to Negeri Sembilan (DNS) (2001)^[14]
• Sabah
  • Commander of the Order of Kinabalu (PGDK) – Datuk (2007)^[15]