Mohd Shahar Abdullah

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

Mohd Shahar bin Abdullah (Jawi: محمد شاهر بن عبدﷲ; born 6 December 1980^[1]) is a Malaysian politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Paya Besar since May 2018 and Chairman of the Government Backbenchers Club since March 2024. He served as the Deputy Minister of Finance I in the Barisan Nasional (BN) administration under former prime minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob and former minister Tengku Zafrul Aziz from August 2021 to the collapse of the BN administration in November 2022 and the Deputy Minister of Finance II in the Perikatan Nasional (PN) administration under former prime minister Muhyiddin Yassin and former Minister Tengku Zafrul from March 2020 to the collapse of BN administration in August 2021. He is a member and the Division Chief of Paya Besar of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), a component party of the BN coalition.^[2]

Yang Berhormat Dato' Indera Mohd Shahar Abdullah SIMP MP
محمّد شاهر عبدﷲ‎
Shahar in 2020
Deputy Minister of Finance I
In office 30 August 2021 – 24 November 2022 Serving with Yamani Hafez Musa (Deputy Minister of Finance II)
Monarch	Abdullah
Prime Minister	Ismail Sabri Yaakob
Minister	Tengku Zafrul Aziz
Preceded by	Abdul Rahim Bakri
Succeeded by	Ahmad Maslan
Constituency	Paya Besar
Deputy Minister of Finance II
In office 10 March 2020 – 16 August 2021 Serving with Abdul Rahim Bakri (Deputy Minister of Finance I)
Monarch	Abdullah
Prime Minister	Muhyiddin Yassin
Minister	Tengku Zafrul Aziz
Preceded by	Amiruddin Hamzah (Deputy Minister of Finance)
Succeeded by	Yamani Hafez Musa
Constituency	Paya Besar
Chairman of the Government Backbenchers Club
Incumbent
Assumed office 7 March 2024
Monarch	Ibrahim Iskandar
Prime Minister	Anwar Ibrahim
Deputy	Khoo Poay Tiong
Preceded by	Johari Abdul Ghani
Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Paya Besar
Incumbent
Assumed office 9 May 2018
Preceded by	Abdul Manan Ismail (BN–UMNO)
Majority	5,742 (2018) 1,317 (2022)
Faction represented in Dewan Rakyat
2018–	Barisan Nasional
Personal details
Born	Mohd Shahar bin Abdullah (1980-12-06) 6 December 1980 (age 44) Paya Besar, Kuantan, Pahang, Malaysia
Citizenship	Malaysian
Political party	United Malays National Organisation (UMNO)
Other political affiliations	Barisan Nasional (BN)
Alma mater	Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (DipEng, BEng, MEng)
Occupation	Politician

Political career

Shahar contested seat in Paya Besar in 2018 Malaysian general election, defeating candidates from Pakatan Harapan (PH) and Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS).^[3]

Shahar was also appointed the Youth Information Chief of UMNO after being elected in 2018.

On 9 March 2020, he was appointed Deputy Minister of Finance II to Muhyiddin cabinet of the PN administration. He also held the position with Abdul Rahim Bakri.^[4]

In 2018, he contested for the UMNO Youth Chief position but lost to Asyraf Wajdi Dusuki. In July 2018, he was appointed as UMNO Youth Communication Chief by Asyraf Wajdi. He contested and lost again during the 2023 election.

Election results

Parliament of Malaysia ^[5][6]

Year	Constituency	Candidate		Votes	Pct	Opponent(s)		Votes	Pct	Ballots cast	Majority	Turnout
2018	P084 Paya Besar		Mohd Shahar Abdullah (UMNO)	19,033	43.16%		Mohamad Azhar Mohd Noor (PAS)	13,291	30.14%	44,942	5,742	81.51%
							Mohd Ashraf Mustaqim Badrul Munir (BERSATU)	11,776	26.70%
2022			Mohd Shahar Abdullah (UMNO)	26,899	43.40%		Aireroshairi Roslan (PAS)	25,582	41.27%	61,983	1,317	77.73%
							Ahmad Azam Mohd Salleh (AMANAH)	9,192	14.83%
							Rosaminhar Mohd Amin (PEJUANG)	310	0.50%

Honours

Honours of Malaysia

• Malaysia :
  • Recipient of the 17th Yang di-Pertuan Agong Installation Medal (2024)
• Pahang :
  • Grand Knight of the Order of the Crown of Pahang (SIMP) – Dato' Indera (2021)^[7]