Amira Aisya Abdul Aziz
Syed Saddiq | |
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1st Deputy President of the Malaysian United Democratic Alliance | |
Assumed office 24 July 2022 | |
President | Syed Saddiq |
Preceded by | Position established |
2nd Secretary-General of the Malaysian United Democratic Alliance | |
In office 24 August 2021 – 24 July 2022 | |
President | Syed Saddiq |
Preceded by | Amir Hariri Abdul Hadi |
Succeeded by | Amir Hariri Abdul Hadi |
Member of the Johor State Legislative Assembly for Puteri Wangsa | |
Assumed office 12 March 2022 | |
Preceded by | Mazlan Bujang (PH–BERSATU) |
Majority | 7,114 (2022) |
Personal details | |
Born | Amira Aisya Binti Abd Aziz 14 February 1995 |
Political party | Malaysian United Democratic Alliance (MUDA) (since 2020) |
Other political affiliations | Pakatan Harapan (PH) (aligned 2022-2023) |
Alma mater | International Islamic University Malaysia (LLB) |
Occupation | Politician |
Website | https://amiraaisya.com |
Nickname | Amira Aisya |
Amira Aisya Binti Abd Aziz (
Early life and education
Amira was born in Kampung Melayu Majidee, Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia in 1995. Amira and her 4 siblings were raised by their single mother, Rosita Manas.[1] Amira's father died in 2007 when Amira was only 12. Amira received primary and secondary education at Sultan Ibrahim Girls School, Johor Bahru and later furthered her studies at International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM) and obtained a Master's degree in law.
Amira was one of the members of the Johor Student Leaders Council (JSLC) when she was 16 and later became one of the strategic planners and members of advisory panel at the Johor Student Leaders Council Alumni (JSLCA) when she was 18. At the same year, Amira also became the youngest member of the National Children Consultant and Legal Counsel Council. Amira has trained 10,000 student leaders in the entire Johor and was a model director of Johor of the United Nations (UN) during her time in JSLCA. Amira also helped in the success of the first UN model of daily school students as she believed that national school students have the same rights as private school students.
Amira was also appointed as leadership trainer for the Treasure Ambassador Programme 3.0, which is a social entrepreneurship programme for the university students of Johor. After ending her training in Chambers, Amira started work at the Educational Achievement and Implementation Unit (PADU) under the Ministry of Education which focuses the policies and research of the implementation of the national education plan. Amira headed the 21st century educational initiative and literation and numeration initiatives. Amira was also co-director in Youth Kuala Lumpur Summit in 2019. When she ended her service in PADU, Amira served as a research officer in the federal constituency of Muar since 2020.[2]
Political career
On 17 September 2020, Amira co-founded MUDA with former
On 25 August 2021, Amir Hariri Abdul Hadi announced his resignation as the 1st Secretary-General of MUDA and Amira was appointed to take over him as the new and 2nd Secretary-General of MUDA effective a day before on 24 August 2021 as the former was going to the United Kingdom (UK) to further his studies. Exactly 11 months later on 24 July 2022, MUDA declared Amira as its 1st Deputy President and announced the comeback of Amir Hariri as its 3rd Secretary-General to replace Amira with immediate effect.[3][4]
On 14 February 2022, she was unveiled as the candidate of MUDA for Puteri Wangsa state seat in the
Controversies and issues
On 10 February 2022, an internal dispute involving MUDA and PH component parties
Napsiah also did not deny that she was initially speculated to contest the Puteri Wangsa seat, which she claimed was easy for PH or MUDA to gain victory. She also expressed deep regret that they have lost the chance to contest for the seat despite their efforts to restore support in Puteri Wangsa. Napsiah also accused Amira for being unprepared to contest due to lack of knowledge about politics, political experience and election machinery to contest, as well as questioning the standards of MUDA on choosing candidates and seats to contest. Nevertheless, she clarified on whether or not the PKR grassroots would boycott MUDA in the state election, she would still abide by all decisions made by the leadership of PKR and played down the issue that she was just expressing the sentiments of the PKR grassroots on AMANAH's disrespectfulness.
On another issue, Napsiah also stressed that she was too busy to entertain Amira and expressed her annoyance about Amira who kept on messaging her about election preparations and told Amira to wait till she was free. Amira then openly apologised to Napsiah for her disturbance and clarified that she did that in her capacity as MUDA secretary-general. Amira noted that she always respected those that had been in politics for a long time. She also hoped to carry on communications with Napsiah in the spirit of friendship and mutual respect and to move forward. On 28 February and 5 March 2022, during the state election campaigning period, her electoral materials like her billboards suffered from heavy vandalism. On 6 March 2022, she said she was unfazed by spelling out that she would not back down as she wanted to promote “mature politics” and she has also lodged a police report. She also noted that this was exactly why she joined politics, which was to ensure that these behaviours were not normalised.[5][6][7]
Election results
Year | Constituency | Name | Votes | Pct | Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout | ||
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2022 | N41 Puteri Wangsa | Amira Aisya Abdul Aziz (MUDA) | 22,884 | 43.22% | Ng Yew Aik (MCA) | 15,770 | 29.78% | 52,948 | 7,114 | 46.94% | ||
Loh Kah Yong (GERAKAN) | 8,957 | 16.92% | ||||||||||
Choong Shiau Yoon (PBM) | 2,471 | 4.67% | ||||||||||
Khairil Anwar Razali ( PEJUANG )
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2,468 | 4.66% | ||||||||||
Adzrin Adam (Independent) | 398 | 0.75% |
See also
- 2020–2022 Malaysian political crisis
- Puteri Wangsa (state constituency)
- Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on politics in Malaysia
References
- ^ Yahaya, Khairulanuar (27 February 2022). "PRN Johor: Amira bukan anak derhaka - ibu". MalaysiaGazette (in Malay). Retrieved 25 March 2024.
- ^ "PRN Johor Amira Aisya".
- ^ "Amir Abd Hadi letak jawatan Setiausaha Agung MUDA". 25 August 2021.
- ^ "Muda umum jawatan Timbalan Presiden, Setiausaha Agung". Astro Awani. 24 July 2022. Retrieved 23 October 2022.
- ^ "Johor polls: Sorry I'm busy, state PKR women's chief tells Muda sec-gen". The Star.
- ^ "Johor polls: State PKR women's chief says disappointed in Amanah for giving Puteri Wangsa seat to 'inexperienced' Muda". The Star.
- ^ "Amira unfazed by second vandalism incident". The Star.
- ^ "Dashboard SPR". dashboard.spr.gov.my. Retrieved 13 March 2022.