Rosol Wahid

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

Rosol bin Wahid (Jawi: رسول بن واحد; born 10 July 1964) is a Malaysian politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Hulu Terengganu since May 2018. He served as the Deputy Minister of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs for the second term in the Barisan Nasional (BN) administration under former Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob and former Minister Alexander Nanta Linggi from August 2021 to the collapse of the BN administration in November 2022 and the first term in the Perikatan Nasional (PN) administration under former Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin and former Minister from March 2020 to the collapse of the PN administration in August 2021, Member of the Terengganu State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Ajil from November 1999 to May 2013.^[1] He is a member of the Malaysian United Indigenous Party (BERSATU), a component party of the PN administration and was a member of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), a component party of the Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition. He resigned from UMNO in 2018 and joined^[2] BERSATU, a component party of the formerly the Pakatan Harapan (PH) and presently the PN coalitions in 2019.^[3]

Yang Berhormat Dato' Rosol Wahid DPMT SMT MP
رسول بن واحد
Deputy Minister of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs
In office 30 August 2021 – 24 November 2022
Monarch	Abdullah
Prime Minister	Ismail Sabri Yaakob
Minister	Alexander Nanta Linggi
Preceded by	Himself
Succeeded by	Fuziah Salleh (Deputy Minister of Domestic Trade and Costs of Living)
Constituency	Hulu Terengganu
In office 10 March 2020 – 16 August 2021
Monarch	Abdullah
Prime Minister	Muhyiddin Yassin
Minister	Alexander Nanta Linggi
Preceded by	Chong Chieng Jen
Succeeded by	Himself
Constituency	Hulu Terengganu
Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Hulu Terengganu
Incumbent
Assumed office 9 May 2018
Preceded by	Jailani Johari (BN–UMNO)
Majority	2,868 (2018) 15,734 (2022)
Member of the Terengganu State Legislative Assembly for Ajil
In office 29 November 1999 – 5 May 2013
Preceded by	Othman Daud (BN–UMNO)
Succeeded by	Ghazali Taib (BN–UMNO)
Majority	125 (1999) 3,783 (1999) 4,727 (2008)
Exco roles (Terengganu)
2004–2006	Chairman of the Welfare, Health, Social Development and Women Affairs
2006–2008	Chairman of the Welfare and Islam Hadhari
2008–2013	Deputy Chairman of the Rural Development, Entrepreneurs and Cooperative
Faction represented in Terengganu State Legislative Assembly
1999–2013	Barisan Nasional
Faction represented in Dewan Rakyat
2018	Barisan Nasional
2018–2019	Independent
2019–2020	Pakatan Harapan
2020	Malaysian United Indigenous Party
2020–	Perikatan Nasional
Personal details
Born	Rosol bin Wahid (1964-07-10) 10 July 1964 (age 61) Sura Tengah, Dungun, Terengganu, Malaysia
Political party	United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) (1989–2018) Malaysian United Indigenous Party (BERSATU) (since 2019)
Other political affiliations	Barisan Nasional (BN) (1989–2018) Pakatan Harapan (PH) (2019–2020) Perikatan Nasional (PN) (since 2020)
Residence(s)	Kuala Berang, Terengganu
Occupation	Politician
Website	www.rosolwahid.com

Rosol was elected as assemblyman for Ajil in the 1999 state election, 2004 state election and 2008 state election, but did not re-contest his seat in the 2013 state election.^[4]

Election results

Terengganu State Legislative Assembly^[5][6]

Year	Constituency	Candidate		Votes	Pct	Opponent(s)		Votes	Pct	Ballots cast	Majority	Turnout
1999	N24 Ajil		Rosol Wahid (UMNO)	4,313	50.74%		Ismail Osman (PAS)	4,188	49.26%	8,809	125	84.63%
2004			Rosol Wahid (UMNO)	7,386	67.21%		Mohd Razki (PAS)	3,603	32.79%	11,131	3,783	88.64%
2008			Rosol Wahid (UMNO)	8,530	69.16%		Mohd Razki Alias (PAS)	3,803	30.84%	12,531	4,727	86.17%

Parliament of Malaysia^[7][8][9]

Year	Constituency	Candidate		Votes	Pct	Opponent(s)		Votes	Pct	Ballots cast	Majority	Turnout
2018	P038 Hulu Terengganu		Rosol Wahid (UMNO)	30,925	49.60%		Muhyidin Abdul Rashid (PAS)	28,057	45.00%	63,428	2,868	86.31%
							Razali Idris (BERSATU)	3,364	5.40%
2022			Rosol Wahid (BERSATU)	42,910	59.59%		Rozi Mamat (UMNO)	27,176	37.74%	72,008	15.734	81.90%
							Alias Ismail (PKR)	1,740	2.42%
							Mohd Qadri Abdullah (PUTRA)	182	0.25%

Honours

Honours of Malaysia

• Malaysia :
  • Recipient of the 17th Yang di-Pertuan Agong Installation Medal (2024)
• Terengganu :
  • Companion of the Order of the Crown of Terengganu (SMT) (2004)^[10]
  • Knight Commander of the Order of the Crown of Terengganu (DPMT) – Dato' (2005)^[11]

See also

• Malaysia portal

• Hulu Terengganu (federal constituency)