Mansor Othman

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

Mansor bin Othman (Jawi: منصور بن عثمان) is a Malaysian politician who served as the Deputy Minister of Environment and Water in the Barisan Nasional (BN) administration under former Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob and former Minister Tuan Ibrahim from August 2021 to the collapse of the BN administration in November 2022, Deputy Minister of Higher Education in the Perikatan Nasional (PN) administration under former Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin and former Minister Noraini Ahmad from March 2020 to the collapse of the PN administration in August 2021, Member of Parliament (MP) for Nibong Tebal from May 2013 to November 2022, Deputy Chief Minister I of Penang, Member of the Penang State Executive Council (EXCO), Member of the Penang State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Penanti from June 2009 to May 2018 as well as Chairman of the Defence and Home Affairs Select Committee from December 2018 to December 2019. He is a member of the Malaysian United Indigenous Party (BERSATU), a component party of the PN coalition and was a member of the People's Justice Party (PKR), a component party of the Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalition. ^[1][2][3]

Yang Berbahagia Dato' Mansor Othman DMPN
منصور عثمان‎
Deputy Minister of Environment and Water
In office 30 August 2021 – 24 November 2022
Monarch	Abdullah
Prime Minister	Ismail Sabri Yaakob
Minister	Tuan Ibrahim Tuan Man
Constituency	Nibong Tebal
Deputy Minister of Higher Education
In office 10 March 2020 – 16 August 2021
Monarch	Abdullah
Prime Minister	Muhyiddin Yassin
Minister	Noraini Ahmad
Constituency	Nibong Tebal
Exco roles (Penang)
2009–2013	Deputy Chief Minister
	Chairman of the Religious Affairs, Entrepreneur and Co-operatives Development, Information and Community Relations
Faction represented in Dewan Rakyat
2013–2018	People's Justice Party
2018–2020	Pakatan Harapan
2020	Malaysian United Indigenous Party
2020–2022	Perikatan Nasional
Faction represented in Penang State Legislative Assembly
2009–2013	People's Justice Party
Personal details
Born	Mansor bin Othman (1950-03-12) 12 March 1950 (age 75) Federation of Malaya (now Malaysia)
Citizenship	Malaysian
Political party	National Justice Party (keADILan) (1999–2003) People's Justice Party (PKR) (2003–2020) Malaysian United Indigenous Party (BERSATU) (2020–present)
Other political affiliations	Barisan Alternatif (BA) (1999–2004) Pakatan Rakyat (PR) (2008–2015) Pakatan Harapan (PH) (2015–2020) Perikatan Nasional (PN) (2020–present)
Alma mater	University of Science Malaysia Yale University
Occupation	Politician
Profession	Lecturer
Website	mansorothman.com

Political career

He was also chairman of PKR Penang liaison committee. He served Anwar Ibrahim as political secretary after leaving his service as senior lecturer at University of Science Malaysia. He was picked by PKR to contest the Penang State Legislative Assembly seat of Penanti in the 2009 by-election and won. In the 2013 Malaysian general election, he was nominated to contest the parliamentary seat of Nibong Tebal and won. He was re-elected in the 2018 Malaysian general election.

Health issue

On 21 October 2019, Othman collapsed while debating the 2020 Malaysian federal budget, later revealed to be the result of a reflex syncope.^[4][5] He was caught by Subang MP Wong Chen and Ledang MP Syed Ibrahim Syed Noh before being attended to by Bandar Kuching MP Kelvin Yii Lee Wuen, who is also a doctor, and later discharged from hospital after his condition stabilised.^[6]

Election results

Penang State Legislative Assembly

Year	Constituency	Candidate		Votes	Pct	Opponent(s)		Votes	Pct	Ballots cast	Majority	Turnout
2004	N10 Seberang Jaya		Mansor Othman (PKR)	5,649	35.84%		Arif Shah Omar Shah (UMNO)	10,113	64.16%	15,762	4,464	79.48%
2008	N39 Pulau Betong		Mansor Othman (PKR)	4,696	48.50%		Muhamad Farid Saad (UMNO)	4,990	51.50%	9,686	294	80.90%
2009	N12 Penanti		Mansor Othman (PKR)	6,052	85.20%		Nai-Khan Ari (IND)	494	6.90%	7,100	5,558	46.10%
							Aminah Abdullah (IND)	392	5.50%
							Kamarul Ramizu Idris (IND)	56	0.70%

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

Year	Constituency	Candidate		Votes	Pct	Opponent(s)		Votes	Pct	Ballots cast	Majority	Turnout
1999	P051 Balik Pulau		Mansor Othman (keADILan)	18,467	39.83%		Mohd Zain Omar (UMNO)	27,901	60.17%	46,368	9,434	76.84%
2013	P047 Nibong Tebal		Mansor Othman (PKR)	30,003	58.03%		Zainal Abidin Osman (UMNO)	21,405	41.40%	52,599	8,598	88.63%
							Teng Kok Pheng (IND)	297	0.57%
2018			Mansor Othman (PKR)	35,395	56.92%		Shaik Hussein Mydin (UMNO)	19,578	31.49%	63,199	15,817	86.12%
							Mohd Helmi Haron (PAS)	6,875	11.06%
							Tan Tee Beng (IND)	331	0.53%
2022			Mansor Othman (BERSATU)	25,895	32.65%		Fadhlina Sidek (PKR)	42,188	53.20%	80,477	16,293	79.26%
							Thanenthiran Ramankutty (MMSP)	10,660	13.44%
							Goh Kheng Huat (IND)	565	0.71%

Honours

• Penang :
  • Companion of the Order of the Defender of State (DMPN) – Dato' (2010)^[12][13]

See also

• Defence and Home Affairs Select Committee
• 2009 Penanti by-election
• Nibong Tebal (federal constituency)
• Penanti (state constituency)