Mohd Shariff Omar

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

Mohd Shariff bin Omar is a Malaysian politician. He had served Member of Parliament of Tasek Gelugor from 1990 to 1995 and 1999 to 2004. He was a member of UMNO, a component party of Barisan Nasional (BN). He currently is a member of BERSATU, a component party of Perikatan Nasional (PN).

Yang Berbahagia Tan Sri Dato' Sri Mohd Shariff Omar PSM SPSK SSAP DGPN DPMK DMPN PPN
Permanent Chairman of the Malaysian United Indigenous Party
In office 30 December 2017 – 23 August 2020
Deputy	Azimi Daim
Succeeded by	Mohd Suhaimi Abdullah
Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Agro-based Industry I
In office 27 March 2004 – 18 March 2008 Serving with Kerk Choo Ting (2004–2006) Mah Siew Keong (2006–2008) (Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Agro-based Industry II)
Prime Minister	Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
Minister	Muhyiddin Yassin
Preceded by	Himself
Succeeded by	Rohani Abdul Karim
Deputy Minister of Agriculture
In office 15 December 1999 – 27 March 2004
Prime Minister	Mahathir Mohamad Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
Minister	Mohd Effendi Norwawi
Preceded by	Tengku Mahmud Tengku Mansor
Succeeded by	Himself
Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Tasek Gelugor
In office 1999–2008
Preceded by	Ibrahim Saad
Succeeded by	Nor Mohamed Yakcop
In office 1990–1995
Preceded by	Mohammed Yusoff Abdul Latib
Succeeded by	Ibrahim Saad
Personal details
Political party	United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) (until 2008) People's Justice Party (PKR) (2014–2016) Malaysian United Indigenous Party (BERSATU) (since 2016)
Other political affiliations	Barisan Nasional (until 2008) Pakatan Harapan (PH) (2014–2020) Perikatan Nasional (PN) (since 2020)
Relations	Mohsein Md Shariff (Son)

Political career

Mohd Shariff Omar political career started when he won the State Seat of Sungai Dua of Penang in the 1982 General Election. Prior to this, he had served as Assistant District Officer of Pekan, Pahang in 1972 and continued to serve the State of Perak and Penang until 1982. He then served as a member of the Penang State Legislative EXCO from 1982 until 1990. He was subsequently won the Parliamentary seat of Tasek Gelugor, Penang and appointed as the Parliamentary Secretary of Agriculture in 1990 until 1995. In 1995, he was appointed as Deputy Chief Minister of Penang following won the newly created state seat of Permatang Berangan. He returned as a Member of Parliament for another 2 terms from 1999 until 2008 and during that period, he was appointed as Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Agro-Based Industry I.^[1] Mohd Shariff was dismissed from UMNO after submitting nomination forms in the 2013 Malaysian general election as an independent candidate for running Parliamentary seat of Tasek Gelugor. Then, he joined the People's Justice Party in 2014.^[2] During the establishment of BERSATU in 2016, he was the party's coordinator in Penang. In 2017,^[3] he was elected as the permanent chairman of the Bersatu General Assembly until 2020.

Post career

Mohd Shariff Omar currently served as Independent Non-Executive Director of Serba Dinamik Holding Berhads appointed on 9 June 2022.^[1][4]

Election results

Penang State Legislative Assembly^[5][6]

Year	Constituency	Candidate		Votes	Pct	Opponent(s)		Votes	Pct	Ballots cast	Majority	Turnout
1982	N07 Sungai Dua		Mohd Shariff Omar (UMNO)	5,379	70.62%		Zabidi Ali (PAS)	2,238	29.38%	7,764	3,599	75.27%
1986	N05 Sungai Dua		Mohd Shariff Omar (UMNO)	5,922	71.83%		Mohd Salleh (PAS)	2,323	28.17%	8,494	3,599	76.45%
1995	N04 Permatang Berangan		Mohd Shariff Omar (UMNO)	7,526	77.99%		Mohd Salleh Man (PAS)	1,855	19.22%	9,650	5,671	79.10%
2018			Mohd Shariff Omar (BERSATU)	5,021	26.96%		Nor Hafizah Othman (UMNO)	6,870	36.89%	18,622	646	88.17%
							Mohd Sobri Saleh (PAS)	6,224	33.42%
							Azman Shah Othman (PRM)	24	0.13%

Parliament of Malaysia^[7][8]

Year	Constituency	Candidate		Votes	Pct	Opponent(s)		Votes	Pct	Ballots cast	Majority	Turnout
1990	P039 Tasek Gelugor		Mohd Shariff Omar (UMNO)	20,379	75.32%		Shuaib Jaafar (PAS)	6,679	24.68%	27,881	13,700	79.15%
1999	P042 Tasek Gelugor		Mohd Shariff Omar (UMNO)	16,936	57.15%		Ahmad Rosli Ayob (keADILan)	12,700	42.85%	30,968	4,236	80.02%
2004			Mohd Shariff Omar (UMNO)	22,011	65.05%		Mujahid Yusof Rawa (PAS)	11,828	34.95%	34,551	10,183	83.03%
2013			Mohd Shariff Omar (IND)	1,590	3.36%		Shabudin Yahaya (UMNO)	24,393	51.53%	48,121	3,042	89.04%
							Abdul Rahman Maidin (PAS)	21,351	45.11%

Honours

• Malaysia :
  • Commander of the Order of Loyalty to the Crown of Malaysia (PSM) – Tan Sri (2021)^[9]
  • Medal of the Order of the Defender of the Realm (PPN) (1982)^[10]
• Kelantan :
  • Knight Commander of the Order of the Crown of Kelantan (DPMK) – Dato' (2002)
  • Knight Grand Commander of the Order of Loyalty to the Crown of Kelantan (SPSK) – Dato' (2009)
• Pahang :
  • Grand Knight of the Order of Sultan Ahmad Shah of Pahang (SSAP) – Dato' Sri (2006)
• Penang :
  • Commander of the Order of the Defender of State (DGPN) – Dato' Seri (1999)^[11]
  • Companion of the Order of the Defender of State (DMPN) – Dato' (1994)^[12]