Rais Yasin

In this Malay name, there is no surname or family name. The name Yasin is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by their given name, Rais.

Rais bin Yasin (born 6 September 1984) is a Malaysian politician who has served as Senior Member of the Malacca State Executive Council (EXCO) in the Barisan Nasional (BN) state administration under Chief Minister Ab Rauf Yusoh since April 2023 and Member of the Malacca State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Paya Rumput since November 2021. He served as Member of the Malacca State EXCO under former Chief Minister Sulaiman Md Ali from November 2021 to March 2023. He is a member of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), a component party of the BN coalition. He has also served as the State Deputy Chairman of UMNO of Malacca and Division Chief of UMNO of Tangga Batu since March 2023.

Yang Berhormat Datuk Rais Yasin DPSM MLA
رئيس يس‎
Senior Member of the Malacca State Executive Council
Incumbent
Assumed office 5 April 2023 (Housing, Local Government, Drainage, Climate Change and Disaster Management)
Governor	Mohd Ali Rustam
Deputy	Zulkiflee Mohd Zin
Chief Minister	Ab Rauf Yusoh
Preceded by	Zaidi Attan (Member, Housing and Local Government) Portfolios established (Drainage, Climate Change and Disaster Management)
Constituency	Paya Rumput
Member of the Malacca State Executive Council
In office 26 November 2021 – 31 March 2023 (Education, Science, Technology and Innovation)
Governor	Mohd Ali Rustam
Chief Minister	Sulaiman Md Ali
Preceded by	Noor Effandi Ahmad
Succeeded by	Rahmad Mariman (Education) Fairul Nizam Roslan (Science, Technology and Innovation)
Constituency	Paya Rumput
State Deputy Chairman of the United Malays National Organisation of Malacca
Incumbent
Assumed office 22 March 2023
President	Ahmad Zahid Hamidi
State Chairman	Ab Rauf Yusoh
Preceded by	Mohamad Ali Mohamad
Division Chief of the United Malays National Organisation of Tangga Batu
Incumbent
Assumed office 18 March 2023
President	Ahmad Zahid Hamidi
Deputy	Shahrin Muharam
Preceded by	Mohamad Ali Mohamad
Member of the Malacca State Legislative Assembly for Paya Rumput
Incumbent
Assumed office 20 November 2021
Preceded by	Mohd Rafiq Naizamohideen (PH–BERSATU)
Majority	629 (2021)
Faction represented in Malacca State Legislative Assembly
2021–	Barisan Nasional
Personal details
Born	(1984-09-06) 6 September 1984 (age 40) Malacca, Malaysia
Citizenship	Malaysian
Political party	United Malays National Organisation (UMNO)
Other political affiliations	Barisan Nasional (BN)
Spouse	Erni Aidilia Karim
Parent	Yasin Mohd Sarif
Alma mater	Al-Azhar University
Occupation	Politician

Election results

Malacca State Legislative Assembly^[1][2][3]

Year	Constituency	Candidate		Votes	Pct	Opponent(s)		Votes	Pct	Ballots cast	Majority	Turnout
2021	N13 Paya Rumput		Rais Yasin (UMNO)	6,830	39.68%		Shamsul Iskandar Md Akin (PKR)	6,201	36.03%	17,211	629	65.06%
							Muhammad Fariz Izwan Mazlan (BERSATU)	3,972	23.08%
							Mohd Jaini Dimon (IND)	127	0.74%
							Muhammad Hashidi Mohd Zin (PUTRA)	81	0.47%

Honours

• Malacca :
  • Companion Class II of the Exalted Order of Malacca (DPSM) – Datuk (2020)