| Honorific-Prefix: | Yang Berbahagia Dato' Seri Diraja |
| Ahmad Bashah Md Hanipah | |
| Native Name: | أحمد باشا محمد حنيفة |
| Office1: | Deputy Minister of Domestic Trade, Co-operatives and Consumerism |
| Term Start1: | 16 May 2013 |
| Term End1: | 3 February 2016 |
| Minister1: | Hasan Malek (2013– 2015) Hamzah Zainudin (2015–2016) |
| Predecessor1: | Tan Lian Hoe Rohani Abdul Karim |
| Successor1: | Henry Sum Agong |
| Constituency1: | Senator |
| Office: | 12th Menteri Besar of Kedah |
| Term Start: | 4 February 2016 |
| Term End: | 10 May 2018 |
| Predecessor: | Mukhriz Mahathir |
| Successor: | Mukhriz Mahathir |
| Constituency: | Bakar Bata |
| Constituency Am2: | Bakar Bata |
| Assembly2: | Kedah State Legislative |
| Term Start2: | 1 October 2004 |
| Term End2: | 12 March 2018 |
| Predecessor2: | Constituency established |
| Successor2: | Zamri Yusuf (PKR–PH) |
| Majority2: | 6,037 (2004) 358 (2008) 895 (2013) |
| Constituency Am3: | Alor Merah |
| Assembly3: | Kedah State Legislative |
| Term Start3: | 10 February 1995 |
| Term End3: | 1 October 2004 |
| Majority3: | 5,933 (1995) 2,922 (1999) |
| Predecessor3: | Azizan Taib |
| Successor3: | Constituency abolished |
| Birth Name: | Ahmad Bashah bin Md Hanipah |
| Birth Date: | 10 October 1950 |
| Birth Place: | Alor Setar, Kedah, Federation of Malaya (now Malaysia) |
| Citizenship: | Malaysian |
| Party: | United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) |
| Otherparty: | Barisan Nasional (BN) Perikatan Nasional (PN) Muafakat Nasional (MN) |
| Occupation: | Politician |
| Parents: | Md Hanipah Sheikh Alauddin Che Liah Hassan[1] |
| Spouse: | Hizam Awang Ahmad |
| Children: | 4 |
Ahmad Bashah bin Md Hanipah is a Malaysian politician. He is a member of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), a component party in the Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition. He was the Menteri Besar of Kedah from 4 February 2016 to 10 May 2018.[2] He was appointed as Menteri Besar after Mukhriz Mahathir agreed to step down after losing majority support in the state assembly.[3] [4] [5] [6] Ahmad Bashah was sworn in as Menteri Besar of Kedah the day after Mukhriz resigned, on February 4, 2016.
Following his appointment as Menteri Besar, Ahmad Bashah resigned as the Deputy Minister of Domestic Trade, Co-operatives and Consumerism and as a Senator.[7]
In the 2018 election, Ahmad Bashah failed to retain the Suka Menanti state seat when he lost to Zamri Yusuf, of the People's Justice Party (PKR), in a three-corner fight with Mohd Sabri Omar of Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS).
On 16 August 2016, Alor Setar MP Gooi Hsiao Leung blasted Ahmad Bashah for accusing foreign countries of intervening in Malaysia's administration to topple its leader. Gooi asked if Ahmad Bashah was referring to the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) lawsuits to seize some US$1 billion worth of assets in the US bought with "stolen money" from 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB).[8]
Ahmad Bashah had said that he did not want any "foreign element" to determine the country's future leaders and to take over what the government had developed.[9]
| Constituency | Candidate | Votes | Pct | Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1995 | N14 Alor Merah | (UMNO) | 9,558 | 69.10% | Fadzil Ahmad (PAS) | 3,965 | 28.66% | 13,833 | 5,593 | 71.14% | ||||
| 1999 | Ahmad Bashah Md Hanipah (UMNO) | 8,850 | 58.66% | Fadzil Ahmad (PAS) | 5,928 | 39.30% | 15,086 | 2,922 | 71.77% | |||||
| 2004 | N12 Bakar Bata | Ahmad Bashah Md Hanipah (UMNO) | 11,091 | 67.89% | Ismail Salleh (PAS) | 5,054 | 30.94% | 16,336 | 6,037 | 75.72% | ||||
| 2008 | Ahmad Bashah Md Hanipah (UMNO) | 8,232 | 51.21% | Rohani Bakar (PKR) | 7,874 | 48.01% | 16,395 | 358 | 72.24% | |||||
| 2013 | Ahmad Bashah Md Hanipah (UMNO) | 11,999 | 50.72% | Mohd Eekmal Ahmad (PKR) | 11,104 | 46.94% | 23,658 | 895 | 84.30% | |||||
| Jawahar Raja Abdul Wahid (MUPP) | 192 | 0.81% | ||||||||||||
| 2018 | N12 Suka Menanti | Ahmad Bashah Md Hanipah (UMNO) | 7,050 | 28.28% | Zamri Yusuf (PKR) | 13,301 | 53.35% | 25,371 | 6,251 | 81.04% | ||||
| Mohd Sabri Omar (PAS) | 4,580 | 18.37% | ||||||||||||
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