Ahmad Fadhli Shaari Explained

Ahmad Fadhli Shaari
Native Name:أحمد فضلي بن شعاري
Office:Information Chief of the
Malaysian Islamic Party
Term Start:22 November 2023
President:Abdul Hadi Awang
Predecessor:Khairil Nizam Khirudin
Office1:Youth Chief of the Perikatan Nasional
1Blankname1:Chairman
1Namedata1:Muhyiddin Yassin
Term Start1:27 January 2022
Term End1:20 January 2024
Predecessor1:Khairil Nizam Khirudin
Successor1:Afnan Hamimi Taib Azamudden
Office2:Youth Chief of the Malaysian Islamic Party
President2:Abdul Hadi Awang
Deputy2:Afnan Hamimi Taib Azamudden
Term Start2:1 November 2021
Term End2:19 October 2023
Predecessor2:Khairil Nizam Khirudin
Successor2:Afnan Hamimi Taib Azamudden
Office3:Deputy Youth Chief of the
Malaysian Islamic Party
President3:Abdul Hadi Awang
2Blankname3:Youth Chief
2Namedata3:Khairil Nizam Khirudin
Term Start3:24 June 2019
Term End3:1 November 2021
Predecessor3:Khairil Nizam Khirudin
Successor3:Afnan Hamimi Taib Azamuddin
Constituency Mp4:Pasir Mas
Parliament4:Malaysian
Term Start4:9 May 2018
Predecessor4:Nik Mohamad Abduh Nik Abdul Aziz
(PRPAS)
Majority4:13,075 (2018)
30,717 (2022)
Office5:Faction represented in Dewan Rakyat
Subterm5:2018–2020
Suboffice5:Malaysian Islamic Party
Subterm6:2020–present
Suboffice6:Perikatan Nasional
Office7:Other roles
Subterm7:2020–2022
Suboffice7:Chairman of Skills Development Fund Corporation
Party:Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS)
Otherparty:Gagasan Sejahtera (GS)

Perikatan Nasional (PN)
Occupation:Politician
Birth Name:Ahmad Fadhli bin Shaari
Birth Date:18 July 1980
Birth Place:Pasir Mas, Kelantan, Malaysia
Spouse:Nor Yani Mohd Salleh
Alma Mater:Al-Azhar University

Ahmad Fadhli bin Shaari (Jawi: أحمد فضلي بن شعاري; born 18 July 1980) is a Malaysian politician who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Pasir Mas since May 2018 and Chairman of the Skills Development Fund Corporation (PTPK) from 2020 to 2022. He is a member of the Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS), a component party of the Perikatan Nasional (PN) coalition. He has also served as the Information Chief of PAS since November 2023. He served as the Youth Chief of PN from January 2022 to January 2024. Ahmad Fadhli also served as the Youth Chief and Deputy Youth Chief of PAS from November 2021 to October 2023 and from June 2019 to November 2021 respectively.

Early life and education

Ahmad Fadhli was born on 18 July 1980 in Pasir Mas, Kelantan.

He received his early education at Maahad Tahfiz Al-Quran Wal Qiraat Pulai Chondong from 1992 to 1999 and then went on to further his studies at the Sultan Ismail Petra International Islamic College (KIAS) in the state capital of Kota Bahru from 1999 to 2002. Later, he furthered his tertiary education at the Islamic Religious Studies faculty of the al-Azhar University in Cairo, Egypt from 2003 to 2005.

Political career

Ahmad Fadhli served as the Youth Chief of PN from January 2022 to January 2024, Youth Chief and Deputy Youth Chief of PAS from November 2021 to October 2023 and from June 2019 to his promotion in November 2021 respectively.[1] As MP for Pasir Mas, he infamously called for a total ban of international concerts in Malaysia.[2] He claimed Coldplay encourages the culture of hedonism in calling for the cancellation of the Coldplay concert in Kuala Lumpur in November 2023.[3] He also defended the selective boycott of Western goods, because he says PAS representatives cannot afford to boycott Mercedes-Benz, IPhone and Facebook.[4] In July 2024, he claimed that monopole transmission towers built parallel to the Penang Bridge resembled rockets, a symbol of the Democratic Action Party that ruled Penang.[5]

Personal life

Ahmad Fadhli had married Nor Yani Mohd Salleh with whom he has had six children.

Election results

Year!
ConstituencyCandidateVotesPctOpponent(s)VotesPctBallots castMajorityTurnout
2018P022 Pasir Mas, KelantanAhmad Fadhli Shaari (PAS) 28,080 52.44%Nor Azmawi Ab Rahman (UMNO)15,00528.02%55,319 13,075 77.67%
Ibrahim Ali (IND)5,37310.03%
Che Ujang Che Daud (PKR)5,0939.51%
2022 (PAS)44,44468.21%Abdul Ghani Harun (UMNO)13,72721.07%66,14530,71768.91%
Husam Musa (AMANAH)6,4399.88%
Nasrul Ali Hassan Abdul Latif (PUTRA)5430.83%

Notes and References

  1. Web site: MP Pasir Mas dilantik pengerusi lembaga pengarah PTPK. ms. 10 April 2020. Malaysiakini. Shakira Buang. 10 April 2020.
  2. News: Cancel foreign act concerts or face protests, says PAS Youth .
  3. Web site: Although Coldplay supports Palestine, it still promotes hedonism, says PAS MP .
  4. Web site: Pas MP: Cancelling Coldplay concert about curbing culture of hedonism [NSTTV] ]. 21 November 2023 .
  5. Web site: PAS lawmaker sees red after teaser of "rocket-shaped" monopole transmission tower along Penang Bridge.