Abdullah bin Jusoh is a Malaysian politician. He has served as Member of the Kedah State Executive Council (EXCO) in Pakatan Rakyat (PR) administration under Menteri Besar Azizan Abdul Razak from 2008 to 2010 as well as Member of the Kedah State Legislative Assembly for Pantai Merdeka from March 2008 to May 2013. He is a member of Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS), a component party of Perikatan Nasional (PN), formerly Pakatan Rakyat (PR) and Gagasan Sejahtera (GS) coalitions.
Political career Abdullah Jusoh first elected as Pantai Merdeka assemblyman in 2008 state election, he later appointed as Member of the Kedah State Executive Council and held the portfolio of Education, Cooperative, Information and Communication Technology until 2009. In 2009, he held the portfolio of Science and Innovation, Information, Communication Technology, Entrepreneur Development. He was removed from his post in 2010 and was replaced by Abdul Ghani Ahmad.
Election results + Kedah State Legislative Assembly Results only available from the 2004 election.YearConstituencyCandidateVotesPctOpponent(s)VotesPctBallots castMajorityTurnout2008N27 Pantai MerdekaAbdullah Jusoh (PAS)11,65451.10%Shuib Saedin (UMNO)11,15148.90%23,13950383.28%2013Abdullah Jusoh (PAS)13,68646.46%Ali Yahaya (UMNO)15,39352.37%29,7631,70789.40%Mohd Yusof Lazim (IND)3161.17%
Honours
Member of the Order of the Crown of Kedah (AMK) (2010) Justice of the Peace (JP) (2011)
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