Mansor Othman
Honorific prefixYang Berbahagia Dato'
Native nameمنصور عثمان
Birth nameMansor bin Othman
Birth date12 March 1950 (age 76)[1]
Birth placeKedah, Federation of Malaya (now Malaysia)
Office 1Deputy Minister of Environment and Water
Term start 130 August 2021
Term end 124 November 2022
Monarch 1Abdullah
Prime minister 1Ismail Sabri Yaakob
Minister 1Tuan Ibrahim Tuan Man
Constituency 1Nibong Tebal
Office 2Deputy Minister of Higher Education
Term start 210 March 2020
Term end 216 August 2021
Monarch 2Abdullah
Prime minister 2Muhyiddin Yassin
Minister 2Noraini Ahmad
Constituency 2Nibong Tebal
Office 3Exco roles (Penang)
Subterm 32009–2013
Suboffice 3Deputy Chief Minister
Suboffice 4Chairman of the Religious Affairs, Entrepreneur and Co-operatives Development, Information and Community Relations
Office 5Faction represented in Dewan Rakyat
Subterm 52013–2018
Suboffice 5People's Justice Party
Subterm 62018–2020
Suboffice 6Pakatan Harapan
Subterm 72020
Suboffice 7Malaysian United Indigenous Party
Subterm 82020–2022
Suboffice 8Perikatan Nasional
Office 9Faction represented in Penang State Legislative Assembly
Subterm 92009–2013
Suboffice 9People's Justice Party
CitizenshipMalaysian
PartyNational Justice Party (keADILan) (1999–2003)
People's Justice Party (PKR) (2003–2020)
Malaysian United Indigenous Party (BERSATU) (2020–present)
Other partyBarisan Alternatif (BA) (1999–2004)
Pakatan Rakyat (PR) (2008–2015)
Pakatan Harapan (PH) (2015–2020)
Perikatan Nasional (PN) (2020–present)
OccupationPolitician
ProfessionLecturer
Alma materUniversity of Science Malaysia
Yale University
Websitemansorothman.com

Mansor bin Othman (born 12 March 1950) (Jawi: منصور بن عثمان) is a Malaysian politician who served as the Deputy Minister of Environment and Water in the Barisan Nasional (BN) administration under former Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob and former Minister Tuan Ibrahim from August 2021 to the collapse of the BN administration in November 2022, Deputy Minister of Higher Education in the Perikatan Nasional (PN) administration under former Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin and former Minister Noraini Ahmad from March 2020 to the collapse of the PN administration in August 2021, Member of Parliament (MP) for Nibong Tebal from May 2013 to November 2022, Deputy Chief Minister I of Penang, Member of the Penang State Executive Council (EXCO), Member of the Penang State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Penanti from June 2009 to May 2018 as well as Chairman of the Defence and Home Affairs Select Committee from December 2018 to December 2019. He is a member of the Malaysian United Indigenous Party (BERSATU), a component party of the PN coalition and was a member of the People's Justice Party (PKR), a component party of the Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalition. [2][3][4]

Political career

He was also chairman of PKR Penang liaison committee. He served Anwar Ibrahim as political secretary after leaving his service as senior lecturer at University of Science Malaysia. He was picked by PKR to contest the Penang State Legislative Assembly seat of Penanti in the 2009 by-election and won. In the 2013 Malaysian general election, he was nominated to contest the parliamentary seat of and won. He was re-elected in the 2018 Malaysian general election.

Health issue

On 21 October 2019, Othman collapsed while debating the 2020 Malaysian federal budget, later revealed to be the result of a reflex syncope.[5][6] He was caught by Subang MP Wong Chen and Ledang MP Syed Ibrahim Syed Noh before being attended to by Bandar Kuching MP Kelvin Yii Lee Wuen, who is also a doctor, and later discharged from hospital after his condition stabilised.[7]

Election results

Penang State Legislative Assembly
YearConstituencyCandidateVotesPctOpponent(s)VotesPctBallots castMajorityTurnout
2004N10 Seberang JayaMansor Othman (PKR)5,64935.84%Arif Shah Omar Shah (UMNO)10,11364.16%15,7624,46479.48%
2008N39 Pulau BetongMansor Othman (PKR)4,69648.50%Muhamad Farid Saad (UMNO)4,99051.50%9,68629480.90%
2009N12 PenantiMansor Othman (PKR)6,05285.20%Nai-Khan Ari (IND)4946.90%7,1005,55846.10%
Aminah Abdullah (IND)3925.50%
Kamarul Ramizu Idris (IND)560.70%
Parliament of Malaysia[8][9][10][11][12]
YearConstituencyCandidateVotesPctOpponent(s)VotesPctBallots castMajorityTurnout
1999P051 Balik PulauMansor Othman (keADILan)18,46739.83%Mohd Zain Omar (UMNO)27,90160.17%46,3689,43476.84%
2013P047 Nibong TebalMansor Othman (PKR)30,00358.03%Zainal Abidin Osman (UMNO)21,40541.40%52,5998,59888.63%
Teng Kok Pheng (IND)2970.57%
2018Mansor Othman (PKR)35,39556.92%Shaik Hussein Mydin (UMNO)19,57831.49%63,19915,81786.12%
Mohd Helmi Haron (PAS)6,87511.06%
Tan Tee Beng (IND)3310.53%
2022rowspan=3 bgcolor= |Mansor Othman (BERSATU)25,89532.65%Fadhlina Sidek (PKR)42,18853.20%80,47716,29379.26%
Thanenthiran Ramankutty (MMSP)10,66013.44%
Goh Kheng Huat (IND)5650.71%

Honours

See also

References

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