Abdul Manan bin Ismail (28 June 1947 – 12 February 2018) was a Malaysian politician. He was the Member of Parliament for the Paya Besar constituency in Pahang. He is a member of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) major component party in the previous governing Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition.
In 2004 general election, he was elected to the Pahang State Legislative Assembly, representing the constituency of Panching.
In the 2008 general election, Abdul Manan contested the Paya Besar parliamentary constituency, replacing former government minister Siti Zaharah Sulaiman as UMNO's nominee for the seat. Abdul Manan won the seat, defeating Mohd Jafri Ab Rashid of the People's Justice Party (PKR) by an 8,503 majority. Percentage figures based on total turnout. In 2010 he was appointed chairman of the Intellectual Property Corporation of Malaysia, and in 2013 general election he retained his parliamentary seat with a margin of 7,715 votes.
Death Abdul Manan died on February 12, 2018, at the age of 71 due to a suspected heart attack after falling in a bathroom.
Controversy 1MDB case
On 30 June 2020, High Court judge Mohamed Zaini Mazlan has allowed the prosecution’s application to forfeit at least RM265,000 frozen in a bank account belonging to Abdul Manan, to the Malaysian government. The funds were frozen by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) due to links with the 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) fund scandal. These funds were purportedly disbursed via an Ambank account opened under the name of former prime minister Najib Razak.
Election results + Pahang State Legislative AssemblyYearConstituencyCandidateVotesPctOpponent(s)VotesPctBallot castsMajorityTurnout2004N19 Panching (UMNO)7,52766.57%Yusof Embong (PAS)3,78033.43%11,4873,74779.00%
+ Parliament of MalaysiaYearConstituency CandidateVotesPctOpponent(s)VotesPctBallot castsMajorityTurnout2008P084 Paya Besar (UMNO)19,35564.07%Mohd Jafri Ab Rashid (PKR)10,85235.93%30,8888,50377.45%2013 (UMNO)23,74759.29%Murni Hidayah Anuar (PKR)16,03240.03%40,8347,71584.95%Zahari Mamat (IND)2720.68%
Honours
Knight Companion of the Order of the Crown of Pahang (DIMP) – Dato' (1999) Knight Companion of the Order of Sultan Ahmad Shah of Pahang (DSAP) – Dato' (2013) Grand Knight of the Order of Sultan Ahmad Shah of Pahang (SSAP) – Dato' Sri (2015)
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