Mohd Anuar Mohd Tahir

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

Mohd Anuar bin Mohd Tahir (Jawi: محمد انوار بن محمد طاهر) is a Malaysian politician who served as Deputy Minister of Works in the Pakatan Harapan (PH) administration under former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad and former Minister Baru Bian from July 2018 to the collapse of the PH administration in February 2020 and Member of Parliament (MP) for Temerloh from May 2018 to November 2022. He is a member of the National Trust Party (AMANAH), a component party of the PH coalition and was a member of the Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS), then component party of the Pakatan Rakyat (PR) coalition, the People's Justice Party (PKR), then component party of the Barisan Alternatif (BA) coalition as well as the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), a component party of the Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition. He also served as the 1st and founding Secretary-General of AMANAH from September 2015 to December 2019.^[1]

Yang Berbahagia Datuk Wira Mohd Anuar Mohd Tahir DCSM
محمد انوار بن محمد طاهر
Deputy Minister of Works
In office 2 July 2018 – 24 February 2020
Monarchs	Muhammad V (2018–2019) Abdullah (2019–2020)
Prime Minister	Mahathir Mohamad
Minister	Baru Bian
Preceded by	Rosnah Shirlin
Succeeded by	Shahruddin Md Salleh
Constituency	Temerloh
1st Secretary-General of the National Trust Party
In office 16 September 2015 – 11 December 2019
President	Mohamad Sabu
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Mohd Hatta Ramli
Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Temerloh
In office 9 May 2018 – 19 November 2022
Preceded by	Nasrudin Hassan (PR–PAS)
Succeeded by	Salamiah Mohd Nor (PN–PAS)
Majority	1,904 (2018)
Faction represented in Dewan Rakyat
2018–2022	Pakatan Harapan
Personal details
Born	Mohd Anuar bin Mohd Tahir 1952 (age 72–73) Beseri, Perlis, Federation of Malaya (now Malaysia).
Citizenship	Malaysian
Political party	United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) (–1998) People's Justice Party (PKR) (1999–2003) Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS) (2003–2015) National Trust Party (AMANAH) (since 2015)
Other political affiliations	Barisan Nasional (BN) (–1998) Barisan Alternatif (BA) (1999–2004) Pakatan Rakyat (PR) (2008–2015) Pakatan Harapan (PH) (since 2015)
Alma mater	MARA Institute of Technology Morehead State University
Occupation	Politician
Website	Official website

Educations

Mohd Anuar was born in 1952 at Beseri, Perlis, and received his early education at Sekolah Kebangsaan (SK) Beseri. He studied and graduated his bachelor's degree in Business Administration at MARA Institute of Technology (ITM). He later obtained his master's degree in Sociology at Morehead State University, United States (1985–1986).^[2]

During his time as a student at ITM, Mohd Anuar started involving in youth Non-governmental organizations (NGO) like Muslim Youth Movement of Malaysia (ABIM) and others.^[2]

Politics

Mohd Anuar was a United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) before quits following dismissal of Anwar Ibrahim from the party in 1998. He was then appointed as the first secretary general of People's Justice Party (KeADILan) in 1999, but somehow he shifted by joining Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS) in 2003 and was selected as a Central Working Committee member of PAS.^[2]

However Mohd Anuar was one of the moderate and progressive PAS leaders referred to as G18 who were ousted at the 2015 PAS leadership election^[3][4][5] that led them to launch the new splinter party, AMANAH with Mohd Anuar as its first secretary general.^[6][7][8][9]

Elections

Mohd Anuar made his debut contesting in the 1999 general election as a KeADILan candidate the parliamentary seat of Padang Besar, Perlis. He also contested before the Perlis State Legislative Assembly seats of Beseri in the 2004 general election, Bintong in the 2008 general election and Santan in the 2013 general election representing PAS. But he lost in all his attempts until he contested and won in the 2018 general election the parliamentary seat of Temerloh in Pahang as an AMANAH candidate.^[2]

Election results

Perlis State Legislative Assembly^[10][11][12]

Year	Constituency	Candidate		Votes	Pct	Opponent(s)		Votes	Pct	Ballots cast	Majority	Turnout
2004	N02 Beseri		Mohd Anuar Mohd Tahir (PAS)	1,621	31.04%		Zahidi Zainul Abidin (UMNO)	3,492	66.87%	5,222	1,871	78.59%
2008	N06 Bintong		Mohd Anuar Mohd Tahir (PAS)	2,772	36.22%		Md Isa Sabu (UMNO)	4,882	63.78%	7,864	2,110	83.78%
2013	N05 Santan		Mohd Anuar Mohd Tahir (PAS)	3,125	42.61%		Sabry Ahmad (UMNO)	4,209	57.39%	7,449	1,084	88.63%

Parliament of Malaysia^{[10][11][13][14]}

Year	Constituency	Candidate		Votes	Pct	Opponent(s)		Votes	Pct	Ballots cast	Majority	Turnout
1999	P001 Padang Besar		Mohd Anuar Mohd Tahir (KeADILan)	9,867	40.68%		Azmi Khalid (UMNO)	14,386	59.32%	25,347	4,519	78.04%
2018	P088 Temerloh		Mohd Anuar Mohd Tahir (AMANAH)	23,998	39.31%		Mohd Sharkar Shamsudin (UMNO)	22,094	36.19%	62,204	1,904	82.85%
							Md Jusoh Darus (PAS)	14,734	24.13%
							Mohd Khaidir Ahmad (IND)	178	0.29%
							Muhd Fakhrudin Abu Hanipah (IND)	46	0.08%

Honours

• Malacca :
  • Knight Commander of the Exalted Order of Malacca (DCSM) – Datuk Wira (2019)^[15]

See also

Seventh Mahathir cabinet