Mohd Akmal Kamaruddin

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

Mohd Akmal bin Kamaruddin is a Malaysian politician who has served as Member of the Perak State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Selama since May 2018. He served as Member of the Perak State Executive Council (EXCO) for the second term in the Barisan Nasional (BN) state administration under Menteri Besar Saarani Mohamad from December 2020 to November 2022 and the first term in the Perikatan Nasional (PN) state administration under former Menteri Besar Ahmad Faizal Azumu from March to the collapse of the PN state administration in December 2020. He is a member of the Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS), a component party of the Perikatan Nasional (PN) coalition. He is also the son-in-law of Abdul Hadi Awang, the President of PAS and Member of Parliament (MP) for Marang.

Yang Berhormat Tuan Mohd Akmal Kamaruddin MLA
محمد أكمل بن قمرالدين
Member of the Perak State Executive Council
In office 15 December 2020 – 21 November 2022
Monarch	Nazrin Shah
Menteri Besar	Saarani Mohamad
Portfolio	Health, Science, Environment and Green Technology
Preceded by	Ahmad Saidi Mohamad Daud
Succeeded by	Sivanesan Achalingam (Health) Teh Kok Lim (Science, Environment and Green Technology)
Constituency	Selama
In office 31 March 2020 – 5 December 2020
Monarch	Nazrin Shah
Menteri Besar	Ahmad Faizal Azumu
Portfolio	Islamic Religious and Information
Preceded by	Asmuni Awi (Islamic Religious) Abdul Aziz Bari (Information)
Succeeded by	Saarani Mohamad (Islamic Religion) Portfolio abolished (Information)
Constituency	Selama
Member of the Perak State Legislative Assembly for Selama
Incumbent
Assumed office 9 May 2018
Preceded by	Mohamad Daud Mohd Yusoff (BN–UMNO)
Majority	289 (2018) 5,358 (2022)
Faction represented in Perak State Legislative Assembly
2018–2020	Malaysian Islamic Party
2020–	Perikatan Nasional
Personal details
Born	Mohd Akmal bin Kamaruddin Perak, Malaysia
Citizenship	Malaysian
Political party	Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS)
Other political affiliations	Perikatan Nasional (PN)
Relations	Abdul Hadi Awang (father-in-law)
Occupation	Politician

Election results

Perak State Legislative Assembly^[1][2]

Year	Constituency	Candidate		Votes	Pct	Opponent(s)		Votes	Pct	Ballots cast	Majority	Turnout
2013	N05 Selama		Mohd Akmal Kamaruddin (PAS)	6,235	47.64%		Mohamad Daud Mohd Yusoff (UMNO)	6,854	52.36%	16,826	619	82.00%
2018			Mohd Akmal Kamaruddin (PAS)	5,516	41.28%		Faizul Arby Mohd Shohor (UMNO)	5,227	39.12%	13,653	289	82.80%
							Razali Ismail (AMANAH)	2,618	19.60%
2022			Mohd Akmal Kamaruddin (PAS)	10,358	58.32%		Faizul Rizal (UMNO)	5,000	28.15%	17,762	5,358	79.51%
							Razali Ismail (AMANAH)	2,343	13.19%
							Osman Sidek (IND)	61	0.34%