Dato' Seri Utama Aminuddin bin Harun (Jawi: أمين الدين بن هارون; born 2 January 1967) is a Malaysian politician who has served as the 11th Menteri Besar of Negeri Sembilan since May 2018, Member of the Negeri Sembilan State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Sikamat since March 2008 and Member of Parliament (MP) for Port Dickson since November 2022. He is a member of the People's Justice Party (PKR), a component party of the Pakatan Harapan (PH) and formerly Pakatan Rakyat (PR) coalitions. He has also served as Vice President of PKR since July 2022 and State Chairman of PH and PKR of Negeri Sembilan since August 2017. He was also a member of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), a component party of the Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition.[2]
Aminuddin Harun | |
|---|---|
| أمين الدين هارون | |
| 11th Menteri Besar of Negeri Sembilan | |
| Assumed office 12 May 2018 | |
| Monarch | Muhriz |
| Preceded by | Mohamad Hasan |
| Constituency | Sikamat |
| Vice President of the People's Justice Party | |
| Assumed office 17 July 2022 Serving with Amirudin Shari & Awang Husaini Sahari & Nik Nazmi & Chang Lih Kang & Nurul Izzah Anwar & Saraswathy Kandasami | |
| President | Anwar Ibrahim |
| Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Port Dickson | |
| Assumed office 19 November 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Anwar Ibrahim (PH–PKR) |
| Majority | 23,601 (2022) |
| Member of the Negeri Sembilan State Legislative Assembly for Sikamat | |
| Assumed office 8 March 2008 | |
| Preceded by | Md Yusop Harmain Shah (BN–UMNO) |
| Majority | 499 (2008) 510 (2013) 3,413 (2018) 2,662 (2023) |
| State Chairman of the Pakatan Harapan of Negeri Sembilan | |
| Assumed office 30 August 2017 | |
| National Chairman | Mahathir Mohamad (2017–2020) Anwar Ibrahim (since 2020) |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Faction represented in Dewan Rakyat | |
| 2022– | Pakatan Harapan |
| Faction represented in Negeri Sembilan State Legislative Assembly | |
| 2008–2018 | People's Justice Party |
| 2018– | Pakatan Harapan |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Aminuddin bin Harun 2 January 1967 Kampung Pachitan, Port Dickson, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia |
| Citizenship | Malaysian |
| Political party | United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) (–1998) People's Justice Party (PKR) (since 1999) |
| Other political affiliations | Barisan Nasional (BN) (–1998) Barisan Alternatif (BA) (1999–2004) Pakatan Rakyat (PR) (2008–2015) Pakatan Harapan (PH) (since 2015) |
| Spouse | Wan Hasni Wan Yusof |
| Children | 5 |
| Alma mater | Institut Teknologi Mara |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Nickname | Tok Min[1] |
Early life
Aminuddin bin Harun was born on 2 January 1967 in Kampung Pachitan, near Chuah in Port Dickson District. He received his secondary education at Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Tanah Merah, Port Dickson before furthering his studies at the MARA Institute of Technology (now UiTM) in the field of business.
Early career
From 1991, Aminuddin served a five-year tenure as an investigative officer in the Anti-Corruption Agency (ACA, now MACC). In 1995, he joined Golden Hope Furniture Sdn. Bhd. as head of production management and later MCIS Safety Glass (M) Sdn Bhd as Senior Executive from 1996 to 2008 as head of the sales department, management committee, internal investigation panel and ISO/TS 16949:2002 auditor.
Political career
Prior to joining PKR in 1999, he was a member of United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) and has been its secretary for Kampung Pachitan division from 1995 to 1998. He was also the secretary for Umno Youth, Jimah division for two years, 1997 until 1998.[3]
Aminuddin has submitted a letter endorsed by PKR chief Wan Azizah Wan Ismail to DYMM the Yamtuan Besar as the next Menteri Besar of Negeri Sembilan after PH gained the majority of State Legislative Assembly in the 2018 general election to form the new state government. He was sworn in as YAB Menteri Besar of Negeri Sembilan on 12 May 2018 at the Istana Besar in Seri Menanti, Kuala Pilah.[4]
Election results
| Year | Constituency | Candidate | Votes | Pct | Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 | N13 Sikamat | Aminuddin Harun (PKR) | 6,036 | 51.02% | Md Yusop Harmain Shah (UMNO) | 5,537 | 46.80% | 11,830 | 499 | 76.37% | ||
| 2013 | Aminuddin Harun (PKR) | 8,584 | 50.63% | Wan Salwati Abdullah (UMNO) | 8,074 | 47.62% | 16,954 | 510 | 86.30% | |||
| 2018 | Aminuddin Harun (PKR) | 9,832 | 47.30% | Syamsul Amri Ismail (UMNO) | 6,419 | 30.90% | 17,858 | 3,413 | 85.90% | |||
| Rahim Yusof (PAS) | 1,331 | 6.40% | ||||||||||
| Bujang Abu (IND) | 15 | 0.10% | ||||||||||
| 2023 | Aminuddin Harun (PKR) | 12,730 | 54.82% | Ahmad Raihan Muhamad Hilal (BERSATU) | 10,068 | 43.36% | 23,220 | 2,662 | 71.79% | |||
| Mohammed Hafiz Baharudin (IND) | 339 | 1.46% | ||||||||||
| Bujang Abu (IND) | 83 | 0.36% | ||||||||||
| Year | Constituency | Candidate | Votes | Pct | Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | P132 Port Dickson | Aminuddin Harun (PKR) | 42,013 | 52.40% | P. Kamalanathan (MIC) | 18,412 | 22.96% | 80,185 | 23,601 | 76.7% | ||
| Rafei Mustapha (PAS) | 18,235 | 22.74% | ||||||||||
| Ahmad Idham Ahmad Nazri (PEJUANG) | 1,084 | 1.35% | ||||||||||
| Abdul Rani Kulup Abdullah (IND) | 441 | 0.55% | ||||||||||
Honours
Negeri Sembilan :
Knight Grand Companion of the Order of Loyalty to Negeri Sembilan (SSNS) – Dato' Seri (2019)[13]
Principal Grand Knight of the Order of Loyalty to Negeri Sembilan (SUNS) – Dato' Seri Utama (2024)[14]
