Taib Azamudden Md Taib

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

Taib Azamudden bin Md Taib (born 19 October 1951) is a Malaysian politician of Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS). Taib was the Member of the Parliament of Malaysia for the Baling constituency in Kedah for two separate terms; from 1999 to 2004 and from 2008 to 2013. He sat in Parliament as a member of the opposition PAS.^[1]

Yang Berbahagia Dato' Taib Azamudden Md Taib DSDK JBS AMN JP
طيب عزم الدين محمد طيب‎
Faction represented in Dewan Rakyat
1999–2004	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party
2008–2013	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party
Personal details
Born	(1951-10-19) 19 October 1951 (age 73) Kedah, Federation of Malaya (now Malaysia)
Political party	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS)
Other political affiliations	Perikatan Nasional (PN) Muafakat Nasional (MN) Pakatan Rakyat (PR) Barisan Alternatif (BA)
Children	Afnan Hamimi Taib Azamudden Akram Ikrami Taib Azamudden
Occupation	Politician, imam

Prior to joining PAS in politic, Taib was the imam of the National Mosque of Malaysia from 1993 to 1999.^[2]

Taib entered Parliament in the 1999 general election, winning the Baling constituency in Kedah. In the 2004 general election, he was one of many PAS parliamentarians to lost their seat, being defeated by Mashitah Ibrahim of the ruling Barisan Nasional coalition.^[3] He regained the Baling seat in the 2008 general election, defeating the Barisan Nasional's Abdul Azeez Abdul Rahim.

Taib suffered a stroke in 2013 and did not re-contest his seat in the general election later that year.^[4][5]

Election results

Parliament of Malaysia^[6][7]

Year	Constituency	Candidate		Votes	Pct	Opponent(s)		Votes	Pct	Ballots cast	Majority	Turnout
1999	P016 Baling		Taib Azamudden Md Taib (PAS)	21,468	51.68%		Bahador Shah Md Isa (UMNO)	20,074	48.32%	42,534	1,394	78.93%
2004			Taib Azamudden Md Taib (PAS)	28,432	46.54%		Mashitah Ibrahim (UMNO)	32,661	53.46%	62,202	4,229	83.27%
2008			Taib Azamudden Md Taib (PAS)	36,074	55.90%		Abdul Azeez Abdul Rahim (UMNO)	28,461	44.10%	65,764	7,613	83.47%

Kedah State Legislative Assembly

Year	Constituency	Candidate		Votes	Pct	Opponent(s)		Votes	Pct	Ballots cast	Majority	Turnout
2004	N30 Bayu		Taib Azamudden Md Taib (PAS)	10,558	46.08%		Mohd Salleh Yaacob (UMNO)	12,354	53.92%	23,270	1,786	84.36%

Honours

• Malaysia
  • Member of the Order of the Defender of the Realm (AMN) (1993)^[8]
• Sarawak
  • Companion of the Most Exalted Order of the Star of Sarawak (JBS) (1996)^[9]
• Kedah
  • Justice of the Peace of Kedah (JP) (2009)^[10]
  • Knight Companion of the Order of Loyalty to the Royal House of Kedah (DSDK) – Dato' (2011)^[10]

See also

• Baling (federal constituency)