Normala Abdul Samad

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

Normala binti Abdul Samad is a Malaysian politician. She is a member of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), a major component of the Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition. Normala was the former one-term Member of Parliament (2013-2018) for the Pasir Gudang constituency in the State of Johor.

Yang Berbahagia Dato' Normala Abdul Samad DIMP AMN
نورملاء عبدالصمد
Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Pasir Gudang
In office 5 May 2013 – 9 May 2018
Preceded by	Mohamed Khaled Nordin (BN–UMNO)
Succeeded by	Hassan Abdul Karim (PH–PKR)
Majority	935 (2013)
Personal details
Born	(1961-02-16) 16 February 1961 (age 64) Pasir Gudang, Johor, Federation of Malaya (now Malaysia)
Citizenship	Malaysian
Nationality	Malaysia
Political party	United Malays National Organisation (UMNO)
Other political affiliations	Barisan Nasional (BN) Perikatan Nasional (PN) Muafakat Nasional (MN)

Education background

Normala has a Diploma in Personnel Management (MIPM), Certificate in Training & Development, Certificate in Safety & Health Management (NIOSH), Professional Diploma in Safety & Health Management (consist), Bachelor of Business Management, Paramaount University of Technology^[1] and Master of Business Administration, Nottingham University.^[2]

Koperasi Seri Cempaka Pasir Gudang Bhd

Normala is the founder and current Chairman of Koperasi Seri Cempaka Pasir Gudang Bhd, which is a co-operation run by local women in Pasir Gudang. The main business run by these women are sewing, producing memorabilia, wedding apparel, cooking classes and catering.^[3]

Political affiliation

Normala is an UMNO Johor member. She was chosen by Barisan Nasional to contest in Pasir Gudang in the 13th Malaysian General Election.^[4]

Election results

Parliament of Malaysia^[5][6][7][8]

Year	Constituency	Candidate		Votes	Pct	Opponent(s)		Votes	Pct	Ballots cast	Majority	Turnout
2013	P159 Pasir Gudang		Normala Abdul Samad (UMNO)	43,834	50.54%		Ahmad Faidhi Saidi (PKR)	42,899	49.46%	88,550	935	87.64%

Honours

• Malaysia :
  • Member of the Order of the Defender of the Realm (AMN) (2012)
• Pahang :
  • Knight Companion of the Order of the Crown of Pahang (DIMP) – Dato' (2015)

See also

• Pasir Gudang (federal constituency)