Zainol Fadzi Paharudin

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

Zainol Fadzi bin Paharudin (born 31 July 1966) is a Malaysian politician who has served as the State Chairman of Public Accounts Committee of Perak since December 2022 and Member of the Perak State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Sungai Manik since March 2008. He served as Member of the Perak State Executive Council (EXCO) in the Barisan Nasional (BN) state administration under Menteris Besar Zambry Abdul Kadir and Saarani Mohamad from February 2009 to the collapse of the BN state administration in May 2018 for the first term and again from December 2020 to November 2022 for the second term, Advisor to the Menteri Besar of Perak Ahmad Faizal Azumu from June 2018 to December 2020 as well as President of the Perak Football Association from May 2010 to October 2015. He is a member, Member of the Supreme Council and Division Chief of Pasir Salak of the Malaysian United Indigenous Party (BERSATU), a component party of Perikatan Nasional (PN) coalition and formerly Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalitions and was a member of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), a component party of the BN coalition. He served as the State Secretary of BERSATU of Perak from 2018 to November 2024.^{[1][2][3][4][5]}

Yang Berhormat Dato' Zainol Fadzi Paharudin DPCM PMP KMN DSM ASDK MLA
زين الفضي ڤحرالدين
Member of the Perak State Executive Council (Arts, Culture, Youth and Sports : 10 February 2009 – 17 May 2013) (Public Utilities, Infrastructure, Energy and Water : 18 May 2013 – 12 May 2018) (Rural Development, Entrepreneur Development and Cooperatives : 10 December 2020 – 21 November 2022)
In office 10 December 2020 – 21 November 2022
Monarch	Nazrin Shah
Menteri Besar	Saarani Mohamad
Preceded by	Saarani Mohamad
Succeeded by	Mohd Zolkafly Harun (Rural Development) Salbiah Mohamed (Entrepreneur Development) Woo Kah Leong (Cooperatives)
Constituency	Sungai Manik
In office 10 February 2009 – 12 May 2018
Monarchs	Azlan Shah (2009–2014) Nazrin Shah (2014–2018)
Menteri Besar	Zambry Abdul Kadir
Preceded by	Seah Leong Peng
Succeeded by	Abdul Yunus Jamahri
Constituency	Sungai Manik
State Chairman of the Public Accounts Committee of Perak
Incumbent
Assumed office 29 December 2022
Monarch	Nazrin Shah
Menteri Besar	Saarani Mohamad
Constituency	Sungai Manik
Advisor to the Menteri Besar of Perak
In office 8 June 2018 – 4 December 2020
Monarch	Nazrin Shah
Menteri Besar	Ahmad Faizal Azumu
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Abd Manaf Hashim
President of the Perak Football Association
In office 12 May 2010 – 4 October 2015
Preceded by	Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin
Succeeded by	Abdul Puyat Mat Nayan
Member of the Perak State Legislative Assembly for Sungai Manik
Incumbent
Assumed office 8 March 2008
Preceded by	Ibrahim Katop (BN–UMNO)
Majority	1,734 (2008) 1,854 (2013) 1,939 (2018) 3,950 (2022)
Faction represented in Perak State Legislative Assembly
2008–2018	Barisan Nasional
2018–2020	Pakatan Harapan
2020	Malaysian United Indigenous Party
2020–	Perikatan Nasional
Personal details
Born	Zainol Fadzi bin Paharudin (1966-07-31) 31 July 1966 (age 59) Langkap, Perak, Malaysia
Citizenship	Malaysian
Nationality	Malaysia
Political party	United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) (–2018) Malaysian United Indigenous Party (BERSATU) (since 2018)
Other political affiliations	Barisan Nasional (BN) (–2018) Pakatan Harapan (PH) (2018–2020) Perikatan Nasional (PN) (since 2020)
Spouse	Azliyatul Wahidah Abu Bakar
Children	5 daughters
Residence(s)	8, Lot PT.3801, Jln Besar Attaduri, Langkap, Perak
Alma mater	Mara Technology University Universiti Teknologi Malaysia
Occupation	Politician
Website	www.adunsgmanik.com

Education background

Zainol Fadzi obtained his Diploma In Business Studies (Marketing) at Mara Technology University in 1987^[6] and Diploma In Business Engineering Management at Universiti Teknologi Malaysia in 1992.

Election results

Parliament of Malaysia

Year	Constituency	Candidate		Votes	Pct	Opponent(s)		Votes	Pct	Ballots cast	Majority	Turnout
2022	P076 Teluk Intan		Zainol Fadzi Paharudin (BERSATU)	17,964	27.98%		Nga Kor Ming (DAP)	33,133	51.61%	65,128	15,169	73.60%
							Murugiah Thopasamy (MIC)	12,304	19.04%
							Ahmad Khusyairi Mohamad Tanusi (PEJUANG)	793	1.24%

Perak State Legislative Assembly^{[7][8][9][10][11][12][13]}

Year	Constituency	Candidate		Votes	Pct	Opponent(s)		Votes	Pct	Ballots cast	Majority	Turnout
2008	N48 Sungei Manik		Zainol Fadzi Paharudin (UMNO)	8,255	53.29%		Mustaffa Kamil Ayub (PKR)	6,881	44.42%	15,492	1,374	73.81%
2013			Zainol Fadzi Paharudin (UMNO)	11,047	53.06%		Osman Abdul Rahman (PAS)	9,193	44.16%	20,818	1,854	83.20%
2018	N48 Sungai Manik		Zainol Fadzi Paharudin (UMNO)	9,265	43.48%		Mohamad Maharani Md Tasi (PKR)	7,326	34.38%	21,309	1,939	81.00%
							Mohamed Yusoff Abdullah (PAS)	4,071	19.11%
							Mustapa Kamal Maulut (BERJASA)	169	0.79%
2022			Zainol Fadzi Paharudin (BERSATU)	11,610	43.94%		Mohamad Maharani Md Tasi (PKR)	7,660	28.99%	26,424	3,950	75.95%
							Ibrahim Katop (UMNO)	7,154	27.07%

Honours

Honours of Malaysia

• Malaysia :
  • Officer of the Order of the Defender of the Realm (KMN) (2012)
• Perak :
  • Knight Commander of the Order of Cura Si Manja Kini (DPCM) – Dato' (2010)
  • Commander of the Order of the Perak State Crown (PMP) (2005)^[14]
• Malacca :
  • Member of the Exalted Order of Malacca (DSM) (2006)^[15]
• Sabah :
  • Companion of the Order of Kinabalu (ASDK)