Mohd Rafiq Mohd Abdullah

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

Mohd Rafiq bin Mohd Abdullah is a Malaysian politician who has served as Member of the Selangor State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Kuang since August 2023. He is a member of the Malaysian United Indigenous Party (BERSATU), a component party of the Perikatan Nasional (PN) and formerly Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalitions. He has served as Member of the Supreme Council of BERSATU since August 2020 and Division Chief of BERSATU of Sungai Buloh since October 2018.^[2]

Yang Berhormat Tuan Mohd Rafiq Mohd Abdullah BCM MLA
Member of the Selangor State Legislative Assembly for Kuang
Incumbent
Assumed office 12 August 2023
Preceded by	Sallehudin Amiruddin (PH–BERSATU)
Majority	4,875 (2023)
Member of the Supreme Council of the Malaysian United Indigenous Party
Incumbent
Assumed office 23 August 2020
President	Muhyiddin Yassin
Division Chief of the Malaysian United Indigenous Party of Sungai Buloh
Incumbent
Assumed office 12 October 2018
President	Muhyiddin Yassin
Chairman	Mahathir Mohamad (2018–2020) Muhyiddin Yassin (Acting, 24 February–23 August 2020)
Preceded by	Zulkafperi Hanapi
Personal details
Born	Mohd Rafiq bin Mohd Abdullah (1975-08-07) 7 August 1975 (age 49)[1] Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Citizenship	Malaysian
Political party	Malaysian United Indigenous Party (BERSATU)
Other political affiliations	Pakatan Harapan (PH) (–2020) Perikatan Nasional (PN) (since 2020)
Occupation	Politician

Political career

Member of the Selangor State Legislative Assembly (since 2023)

2023 Selangor state election

In the 2023 Selangor state election, Mohd Rafiq made his electoral debut after being nominated by PN to contest the Kuang state seat. Mohd Rafiq won the seat and was elected to the Selangor State Legislative Assembly as the Kuang MLA for the first term after defeating Hasnal Rezua Merican Habib Merican of Barisan Nasional (BN) and independent candidate Sallehudin Amiruddin who was defending the seat by a majority of 4,875 votes.^[3]

On 19 August 2023, Mohd Rafiq, as the Kuang MLA, characterised that a government is the government that acts fairly towards all the elected representatives. He attributed the excessive politicking in Malaysia to the issue of unfair government allocations given to the elected representatives and highlighted that fair government allocations would be able to solve the political problems. He further said that it was hard for the elected representatives to serve the people without enough allocations where there was a double standard in the issue. He also called for an end to the politics of revenge where the opposition elected representatives were not given government allocations and the people were victimised. Furthermore, he pointed out that there were government allocations but were not given to the elected representatives but the coordinators to carry out activities. Moreover, he revealed that the salaries of the opposition elected representatives went to help the people but they were far from enough and the elected representatives were forced to find other financial sources. Furthermore, he stated that the 22 opposition Selangor MLAs would voice loud and clear opposition in the state legislative assembly if the fair government allocations were not given to the opposition MLAs.^[4]

Election results

Selangor State Legislative Assembly^[5]

Year	Constituency	Candidate		Votes	Pct	Opponent(s)		Votes	Pct	Ballots cast	Majority	Turnout
2023	N13 Kuang		Mohd Rafiq Mohd Abdullah (BERSATU)	18,494	55.37%		Hasnal Rezua Merican Habib Merican (UMNO)	13,619	40.78%	33,400	4,875	73.24%
							Sallehudin Amiruddin (IND)	1,287	3.85%

Honours

• Malacca :
  • Recipient of the Distinguished Service Star (BCM) (2019)^[1]