Mamad Puteh Explained

Mamad Puteh
Honorific-Suffix:SMZ PJK MLA
Birth Name:Mamad bin Puteh
Birth Date:5 August 1956
Birth Place:Kampung Rhu Dua, Marang, Terengganu, Federation of Malaya (now Malaysia)
Residence:Kampung Sungai Petai, Kuala Berang, Hulu Terengganu, Terengganu, Malaysia
Office:Deputy Member of the
Terengganu State Executive Council
Term Start:16 August 2023
1Blankname:Menteri Besar
1Namedata:Ahmad Samsuri Mokhtar
2Blankname:Member
2Namedata:Ahmad Samsuri Mokhtar
Predecessor:Position established
Constituency:Kuala Berang
Office1:Member of the
Terengganu State Executive Council
Term Start1:10 May 2018
Term End1:15 August 2023
Monarch1:Mizan Zainal Abidin
1Blankname1:Menteri Besar
1Namedata1:Ahmad Samsuri Mokhtar
2Blankname1:Deputy
2Namedata1:Saiful Azmi Suhaili
Predecessor1:Rosli Othman

A Latiff Awang
Successor1:Hanafiah Mat

Mohd Nurkhuzaini Ab Rahman
Constituency1:Kuala Berang
Assembly2:Terengganu State Legislative
Term Start2:9 May 2018
Predecessor2:Tengku Putera Tengku Awang
(BNUMNO)
Majority2:1,070 (2018)
5,917 (2023)
Term Start3:29 November 1999
Term End3:21 March 2004
Predecessor3:Ibrahim Yusof
(BN–UMNO)
Successor3:Komaruddin Abdul Rahman
(BN–UMNO)
Majority3:1,844 (1999)
Office5:Faction represented in Terengganu State Legislative Assembly
Subterm5:1999–2004
Suboffice5:Malaysian Islamic Party
Subterm6:2018–2020
Suboffice6:Malaysian Islamic Party
Subterm7:2020–
Suboffice7:Perikatan Nasional
Citizenship:Malaysian
Nationality:Malaysia
Party:Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS)
Otherparty:Barisan Alternatif (BA)

Pakatan Rakyat (PR)

Gagasan Sejahtera (GS)

Perikatan Nasional (PN)
Occupation:Politician
Profession:Doctor
Alma Mater:National University of Malaysia

Mamad Puteh (born 5 August 1956) is a Malaysian politician and doctor who has served as Deputy Member of the Terengganu State Executive Council (EXCO) in the Perikatan Nasional (PN) state administration under Menteri Besar and Member Ahmad Samsuri Mokhtar since August 2023 as well as Member of the Terengganu State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Kuala Berang from November 1999 to March 2004 and again since May 2018. He served as Member of the Terengganu State EXCO in the PN state administration under Menteri Besar Ahmad Samsuri from May 2018 to his demotion in August 2023.[1] He is a member of the Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS), a component party of the PN coalition. His appointment as the Terengganu Deputy EXCO Member in August 2023 is a demotion that is rare in Malaysian politics.

Mamad was elected into the Terengganu State Legislative Assembly as the Kuala Berang MLA for the first term in the 1999 Terengganu state election by a total of 7,707 votes. In the 2004 Terengganu state election, his failed to defend the seat and be reelected as the Kuala Betang MLA after his defeat to Komarudin Abdul Rahman of Barisan Nasional (BN). In the 2018 Terengganu state election, he regained the seat and was reelected as the Kuala Berang MLA for the second term by the majority of 1,070 votes.[2]

Mamad was born in Kampung Rhu Dua, Marang, Terengganu, Malaysia on 5 August 1956. He has lived in Kampung Sungai Petai, Kuala Berang, Terengganu, Malaysia for more than 30 years.[3]

Election results

Year!
ConstituencyCandidateVotesPctOpponent(s)VotesPctBallots castMajorityTurnout
1999N23 Kuala BerangMamad Puteh (PAS) 4,968 61.39%Abdullah Ismail (UMNO)3,12438.61%8,313 1,84485.37%
2004Mamad Puteh (PAS) 4,23141.66%Komaruddin Ab. Rahman (UMNO)5,92658.34%10,276 1,69589.85%
2018Mamad Puteh (PAS) 7,707 50.33%Tengku Putera Tengku Awang (UMNO)6,63743.34%15,571 1,07087.20%
Mohd Nor Othman (PKR)9696.33%
2023Mamad Puteh (PAS) 11,27067.80%Jalaludin Ismail (UMNO)5,35332.20%16,7115,91777.99%

Honours

Notes and References

  1. News: Maklumat Calon dan Kawasan Pilihan Raya N23 KUALA BERANG Terengganu. Utusan Online. 27 July 2018.
  2. Web site: undi.info – Kuala Berang (P38-N23) Malaysiakini. undi.info – Kuala Berang (P38-N23). en. 27 July 2018.
  3. News: Pas Terengganu ketengah 19 calon muka baharu. Endut. Radhuan Hussain dan Mohd. Lazim. Utusan Online. 11 May 2018.
  4. News: 91 terima darjah, pingat hari keputeraan Sultan Terengganu. 91 received honour on Sultan Terengganu birthday. Utusan Malaysia. 14 August 2022.