Rus'sele Eizan

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

Rus'sele bin Eizan (born 9 January 1957) is a Malaysian politician who served as Speaker of the Perlis State Legislative Assembly since December 2022 and Member of the Perlis State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Simpang Empat from March 2008 to May 2013. He is a Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS), a component party of Perikatan Nasional (PN) coalitions, formerly Pakatan Rakyat (PR) and Gagasan Sejahtera (GS) coalitions.^[1]

Yang Berhormat Tuan Rus'sele Eizan SMP
Speaker of the Perlis State Legislative Assembly
Incumbent
Assumed office 19 December 2022
Preceded by	Hamdan Bahari [ms] (BN–UMNO)
Constituency	Non-MLA
Member of the Perlis State Legislative Assembly for Simpang Empat
In office 8 March 2008 – 5 May 2013
Preceded by	Zahari Bakar (BN–UMNO)
Succeeded by	Nurulhisham Yaakob (BN–UMNO)
Majority	53 (2008)
Personal details
Born	(1957-01-09) 9 January 1957 (age 68) Simpang Empat, Perlis, Federation of Malaya
Political party	Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS)
Other political affiliations	Pakatan Rakyat (PR) (2008–2015) Gagasan Sejahtera (GS) (2016–2020) Perikatan Nasional (PN) (since 2020)
Occupation	Politician

Political career

Rus'sele Eizan sworn in as Speaker of the Perlis State Legislative Assembly on 19 December 2022.^[2][3]

Election results

Perlis State Legislative Assembly^{[4][5][6] [7][8]}

Year	Constituency	Candidate		Votes	Pct	Opponent(s)		Votes	Pct	Ballots cast	Majority	Turnout
2008	N14 Simpang Empat		Rus'sele Eizan (PAS)	2,878	50.46%		Zahari Bakar (UMNO)	2,825	49.54%	5,793	53	82.98%
2013			Rus'sele Eizan (PAS)	3,277	49.36%		Nurulhisham Yaakob (UMNO)	3,362	50.64%	6,729	85	86.56%
2018			Rus'sele Eizan (PAS)	2,446	35.28%		Nurulhisham Yaakob (UMNO)	2,528	36.46%	7,704	82	90.14%
							Wan Noralhakim Shaghir Saad (PKR)	1,960	28.26%

Honours

• Perlis :
  • Companion of the Order of the Crown of Perlis (SMP) (2025)^[9]
  • Recipient of Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin Jamalullail Silver Jubilee Medal (2025)