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{{short description|Malaysian politician}}
{{EngvarB|date=October 2014}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2014}}
{{Malay name|Mahfuz|Omar}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix = [[Malay styles and titles#Honorary styles|Yang Berhormat]] [[Malay styles and titles#State titles|Dato' Wira]]
| name = Mahfuz Omar
| native_name = {{lang|ms|{{Script|Arab|محفوظ عمر}}}}
| image = Mahfuz Omar 2013.png
| caption = Mahfuz Omar in 2013
| image_size =
| birth_name = Mahfuz bin Omar
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1957|08|25|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Kedah]], [[Federation of Malaya]] (now [[Malaysia]])
| residence =
| death_date =
| honorific-suffix = {{post-nominals|post-noms=[[Glorious Order of the Crown of Kedah|DGMK]] [[Order of Loyalty to the Royal House of Kedah|DSDK]] [[Member of Parliament|MP]]}}
| death_place =| office1 = Ministerial roles
| subterm1 = 2018–2020
| suboffice1 = [[Minister of Human Resources (Malaysia)|Deputy Minister of Human Resources]]
| office4 = Faction represented in [[Dewan Rakyat]]
| subterm4 = 1999–2004
| suboffice4 = [[Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party]]
| subterm5 = 2008–2018
| suboffice5 = [[Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party]]
| subterm6 = 2018
| suboffice6 = [[National Trust Party (Malaysia)|National Trust Party]]
| subterm7 = 2018–
| suboffice7 = [[Pakatan Harapan]]

| party = [[Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party]] (PAS) {{small|(1984-2017)}} [[National Trust Party (Malaysia)|National Trust Party]] (AMANAH) {{small|(2018-present)}}
|otherparty = [[Angkatan Perpaduan Ummah]] {{small|(1990–96)}} [[Barisan Alternatif]] (BA) {{small|(1999–2004)}} [[Pakatan Rakyat]] (PR) {{small|(2008–2015)}} [[Gagasan Sejahtera]] {{small|(2016-2017)}} [[Pakatan Harapan]] (PH) {{small|(2018-present)}}
| occupation = Politician
| relations =
| spouse = Ruswati Jaafar
| children =
| alma_mater =
| website = {{url|http://gemasuara.blogspot.com/}}
| footnotes = {{pom|3524}}
| nationality = {{MAS}}
| citizenship = Malaysian
| signature =
| parents =
| profession =
}}

'''Mahfuz bin Omar''' ([[Jawi alphabet|Jawi]]: محفوظ بن عمر; born 25 August 1957) is a [[Malaysian people|Malaysian]] [[politician]] who served as [[Ministry of Human Resources (Malaysia)|Deputy Minister of Human Resources]] in the [[Pakatan Harapan]] (PH) administration under former Prime Minister [[Mahathir Mohamad]] and former Minister [[M. Kulasegaran]] from July 2018 to the collapse of the [[Pakatan Harapan|PH]] administration in February 2020. He has served as the [[Member of Parliament]] (MP) for [[Pokok Sena (federal constituency)|Pokok Sena]] since March 2008 and from November 1999 to March 2004. He is a member of [[National Trust Party (Malaysia)|National Trust Party]] (AMANAH), a component party of the [[Pakatan Harapan|PH]] opposition coalition.

==Political career==

Mahfuz was the head of [[Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party]] (PAS) youth wing from 1999 to 2003. Under his leadership, PAS Youth was a progressive voice within PAS, advocating for the party to join the [[Barisan Alternatif]] coalition with the [[Democratic Action Party]] (DAP) and the [[Keadilan|People's Justice Party]] (PKR).<ref>{{cite book|last=Mueller|first=Dominik M.|title=Islam, Politics and Youth in Malaysia: The Pop-Islamist Reinvention of PAS|year=2014|publisher=Routledge|isbn=978-1317912989|page=37}}</ref> Mahfuz's leadership of PAS was the culmination of a long period of his activism within the party. He and a group of other PAS politicians were detained under the [[Internal Security Act (Malaysia)|Internal Security Act]] in 1985, a period of intense and often violent hostility between PAS and the governing [[United Malays National Organisation]] (UMNO).<ref>{{cite book|last=Farish A. Noor|author-link=Farish A. Noor|title=The Malaysian Islamic Party 1951-2013: Islamism in a Mottled Nation|year=2014|publisher=Amsterdam University Press|isbn=9789089645760|page=132}}</ref> He was briefly jailed again in 2000 for participating in an unauthorised protest rally against an [[Israel]]i [[cricket]] team visiting Malaysia.<ref>{{cite journal|date=1 January 2001|title=Sisyphean Efforts|journal=Southeast Asian Affairs|publisher=Institute of Southeast Asian Studies}}</ref>

Mahfuz was elected to Parliament [[1999 Malaysian general election|in 1999]] but was defeated in the [[2004 Malaysian general election|2004 election]] by Abdul Rahman Ibrahim of the governing [[Barisan Nasional]] coalition. Mahfuz won back the seat at the [[2008 Malaysian general election|2008 election]] with a majority of 5,371 votes. He was re-elected [[2013 Malaysian general election|in 2013]], while all other PAS parliamentary candidates in Kedah were defeated.

On 30 December 2017, Mahfuz had announced his decision to quit PAS which he had joined 34 years ago on 12 March 1984.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2017/12/31/mahfuz-quits-pas-after-34-years/|title=Mahfuz quits PAS after 34 years|work=[[The Star (Malaysia)|The Star]]|date=31 December 2017|access-date=1 January 2018}}</ref> On 15 March 2018, Mahfuz declared he had joined AMANAH, a splinter party of PAS.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2018/03/15/expas-man-mahfuz-joins-amanah/ |title=Ex-PAS man Mahfuz joins Amanah|work=[[The Star (Malaysia)|The Star]]|date=15 March 2018|access-date=17 March 2018}}</ref>

In the [[2018 Malaysian general election|2018 general election]], Mahfuz again retained the Pokok Sena seat but as the AMANAH of Pakatan Harapan candidate for the first time.

==Election results==
{| class="wikitable" style="margin:0.5em ; font-size:95%"
|+ '''[[Dewan Rakyat|Parliament of Malaysia]]'''<ref name="election results">{{cite web|url=http://semak.spr.gov.my/spr/laporan/5_KedudukanAkhir.php |title=Keputusan Pilihan Raya Umum Parlimen/Dewan Undangan Negeri |publisher=[[Election Commission of Malaysia]] |language=ms|access-date=26 May 2010}} Percentage figures based on total turnout.</ref><ref name="undiinfo">{{Cite web
| title = Malaysia General Election
| work = undiinfo Malaysian Election Data
| publisher = [[Malaysiakini]]
| url = http://undi.info/#
| access-date = 4 February 2017}} Results only available from the [[2004 Malaysian general election|2004 election]].</ref><ref name="PRU13">{{cite web |url=http://resultpru13.spr.gov.my/module/keputusan/paparan/paparan_laporan.php |title=KEPUTUSAN PILIHAN RAYA UMUM 13|work=Sistem Pengurusan Maklumat Pilihan Raya Umum|publisher=[[Election Commission of Malaysia]]|language=ms|access-date=24 March 2017}}Results only available for the [[2013 Malaysian general election|2013 election]].</ref><ref name ="myundi pru 13">{{cite web |url=http://www.myundi.com.my/pru13/region.aspx |title=my undi : Kawasan & Calon-Calon PRU13 : Keputusan PRU13 (Archived copy) |website=www.myundi.com.my|access-date=2014-04-09 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140331000718/http://www.myundi.com.my/pru13/region.aspx |archive-date=30 March 2014 |df=dmy-all }}</ref><ref name="Utusan PRU 13 results">{{cite web|url=http://ww2.utusan.com.my/utusan/special.asp?pr=PilihanRaya2013&pg=keputusan.htm|title=Keputusan Pilihan Raya Umum ke-13|work=[[Utusan Malaysia]]|access-date=26 October 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180321134049/http://ww2.utusan.com.my/utusan/special.asp?pr=PilihanRaya2013&pg=keputusan.htm|archive-date=21 March 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref><ref name="GE14 results">{{cite web|url=https://keputusan.spr.gov.my/|title=SEMAKAN KEPUTUSAN PILIHAN RAYA UMUM KE - 14|publisher=[[Election Commission of Malaysia]] |language=ms|access-date=17 May 2018}} Percentage figures based on total turnout.</ref><ref name="The Star GE14">{{cite web|url=https://election.thestar.com.my/|title=The Star Online GE14|work=[[The Star (Malaysia)|The Star]]|access-date=24 May 2018}} Percentage figures based on total turnout.</ref>
!|Year
!|Constituency
!colspan=2|
!|Votes
!|Pct
!colspan=2|Opponent(s)
!|Votes
!|Pct
!|Ballots cast
!|Majority
!|Turnout
|-
|[[1990 Malaysian general election|1990]]
|P41 [[Permatang Pauh (federal constituency)|Permatang Pauh]], Penang
|{{Party shading/PAS}} |
|Mahfuz Omar ([[Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party|PAS]])
|align="right" | 7,643
|24.31%
|{{Party shading/Barisan Nasional}} |
|{{nowrap|'''[[Anwar Ibrahim]]'''}} ([[United Malays National Organisation|'''UMNO''']])
|align="right" |'''23,793'''
|'''75.69%'''
|31,740
|16,150
|78.32%
|-
|[[1995 Malaysian general election|1995]]
| rowspan=7|P8 [[Pokok Sena (federal constituency)|Pokok Sena]], Kedah
|{{Party shading/PAS}} |
|{{nowrap|Mahfuz Omar}} ([[Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party|PAS]])
|align="right" |20,667
|44.98%
|{{Party shading/Barisan Nasional}} |
|'''Wan Hanafiah Wan Mat Saman''' ('''[[UMNO]]''')
|align="right" |'''25,285'''
|'''55.02%'''
|49,494
|4,618
|77.45%
|-
|[[1999 Malaysian general election|1999]]
|{{Party shading/PAS}} |
|{{nowrap|'''Mahfuz Omar'''}} ([[Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party|'''PAS''']])
|align="right" |'''27,466'''
|'''53.55%'''
|{{Party shading/Barisan Nasional}} |
|Wan Hanafiah Wan Mat Saman ([[UMNO]])
|align="right" |23,829
|46.45%
|52,779
|3,637
|77.47%
|-
|[[2004 Malaysian general election|2004]]
|{{Party shading/PAS}} |
|{{nowrap|Mahfuz Omar}} ([[Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party|PAS]])
|align="right" |22,440
|43.00%
|{{Party shading/Barisan Nasional}} |
|'''Abdul Rahman Ibrahim''' ('''[[UMNO]]''')
|align="right" |'''29,740'''
|'''57.00%'''
|53,035
|7,300
|80.27%
|-
|[[2008 Malaysian general election|2008]]
|{{Party shading/PAS}} |
|{{nowrap|'''Mahfuz Omar'''}} ([[Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party|'''PAS''']])
|align="right" |'''29,687'''
|'''55.34%'''
|{{Party shading/Barisan Nasional}} |
|Abdul Rahman Ibrahim ([[UMNO]])
|align="right" |23,956
|44.66%
|55,318
|5,731
|79.44%
|-
|[[2013 Malaysian general election|2013]]
|{{Party shading/PAS}} |
|{{nowrap|'''Mahfuz Omar'''}} ([[Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party|'''PAS''']])
|align="right" |'''36,198'''
|'''52.87%'''
|{{Party shading/Barisan Nasional}} |
|[[Shahlan Ismail]] ([[UMNO]])
|align="right" |32,263
|47.13%
|69,524
|3,935
|86.14%
|-
| rowspan=2|[[2018 Malaysian general election|2018]]
| rowspan=2 {{Party shading/Keadilan}} |
| rowspan=2|'''{{nowrap|Mahfuz Omar}}''' ([[Parti Amanah Negara|'''AMANAH''']])
| rowspan=2 align="right"| '''28,959'''
| rowspan=2|'''40.93%'''
|{{Party shading/Barisan Nasional}} |
|{{nowrap|}} Said Ali Said Rastan ([[United Malays National Organisation|UMNO]])
|align="right" |18,390
|25.99%
| rowspan=2|71,910
| rowspan=2|5,558
| rowspan=2|82.76%
|-
|{{Party shading/PAS}} |
|[[Muhamad Radhi Mat Din|Radhi Mat Din]] ([[Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party|PAS]])
|align="right" |23,401
|33.08%
|}

==Honours==
* {{Flag|Kedah}} :
** [[File:MY-KED Order of Loyalty to the Royal House of Kedah - Knight Companion (DSDK).svg|50px]] Knight Companion of the [[Order of Loyalty to the Royal House of Kedah]] (DSDK) – '''Dato'''' (2009)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thestar.com.my/story/?file=%2F2009%2F1%2F18%2Fnation%2F3055363&sec=nation|title=Kedah Sultan to honour 62|work=[[The Star (Malaysia)|The Star]]|date=18 January 2009|access-date=22 October 2018}}</ref>
** [[File:MY-KED Glorious Order of the Crown of Kedah - Knight Commander (DGMK).svg|50px]] Knight Commander of the [[Glorious Order of the Crown of Kedah|Order of the Crown of Kedah]] (DGMK) – '''Dato' Wira''' (2019)<ref>{{cite web|language=ms|access-date=25 August 2019|date=25 August 2019|url=https://www.sinarharian.com.my/article/44724/BERITA/Nasional/Mukhriz-dahului-senarai-penerima-darjah-kebesaran|publisher=[[Sinar Harian]]|title=Mukhriz dahului senarai penerima darjah kebesaran|last=Hashim|first=Roslinda}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|language=ms|access-date=25 August 2019|publisher=[[Berita Harian]]|title=Mukhriz dahului senarai penerima darjah kebesaran daripada Sultan Kedah|date=25 August 2019|url=https://www.bharian.com.my/berita/nasional/2019/08/599849/mukhriz-dahului-senarai-penerima-darjah-kebesaran-daripada-sultan|work=[[Bernama]]}}</ref>

==See also==
*[[Pokok Sena (federal constituency)]]

==References==
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