Khaliq Mehtab bin Mohd Ishaq (born 25 June 1976) is a Malaysian politician, businessman and lawyer who served as Member of the Penang State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Bertam from May 2018 to March 2023 and 10th Chairman of the Penang Regional Development Authority (PERDA) from May 2020 to December 2022. He is a member of the National Vision Party (WAWASAN) and was a member of the Malaysian United Indigenous Party (BERSATU), a component party of the Perikatan Nasional (PN) and formerly the Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalitions.
Personal life He is the younger brother of Azlina Mehtab, former Women's Chief of UMNO in Penang. His mother is a Chinese and he communicates with his mother using Hokkien since he was young, although he cannot speak Mandarin Chinese.
Career He is a lawyer in Messrs. Azlina Mehtab & Associates.
He was appointed as the Chairman of Penang Regional Development Authority on 21 May 2020 to replace Mohamed Haniff Khatri Abdulla.
Politics He joined BERSATU in September 2016. He competed for Bertam in 2018 Malaysian general election and won the seat.
Election results +Penang State Legislative AssemblyYearConstituencyCandidateVotesPctOpponent(s)VotesPctBallots castMajorityTurnout2018N02 Bertam (BERSATU)6,48540.57%Shariful Azhar Othman (UMNO)6,26839.21%15,98421786.97%Moktar Ramly (PAS)2,98618.68% 2023 Khaliq Mehtab Mohd Ishaq (BERSATU) 8,132 43.76% (UMNO)10,453 56.24% 18,585 2,321 77.44%
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