Nawawi Ahmad

Dato' Ir. Haji Nawawi bin Ahmad (3 May 1961 – 28 November 2022) was a Malaysian politician and engineer who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Langkawi from May 2013 to May 2018, Member of the Kedah State Executive Council (EXCO) in the Barisan Nasional (BN) state administration under former Menteris Besar Syed Razak Syed Zain Barakbah and Mahdzir Khalid from March 2004 to March 2008 as well as Member of the Kedah State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Kuah from March 2004 to May 2013. A member of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), he was the Division Chief of UMNO of Langkawi.[1][2]

In this Malay name, there is no family name. The name Ahmad is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Nawawi. The Arabic-derived word "bin" or "binti"/"binte", if used, means 'son of' or 'daughter of', respectively.
Yang Berbahagia Dato' Ir. Haji
Nawawi Ahmad
DSDK AMK
Member of the Kedah State Executive Council
In office
26 November 2007 – 9 March 2008
(Works, Energy, Information, Information Technology and Environment)
MonarchAbdul Halim
Menteri BesarMahdzir Khalid
Preceded byHimself
(Works, Energy, Environment)
Khalidah Adibah Ayob
(Information)
Azimi Daim
(Information Technology)
Succeeded byAmiruddin Hamzah
(Works)
Phahrolrazi Zawawi
(Energy)
Abdul Ghani Ahmad
(Information)
Ismail Salleh
(Information Technology)
Tan Wei Shu
(Environment)
ConstituencyKuah
In office
29 December 2005 – 26 November 2007
(Works, Energy and Environment)
MonarchAbdul Halim
Menteri BesarMahdzir Khalid
Preceded byFong Chok Gin
(Works, Energy)
Ahmad Bashah Md Hanipah
(Environment)
Succeeded byHimself
ConstituencyKuah
In office
28 March 2004 – 29 December 2005
(Culture, Arts and Tourism)
MonarchAbdul Halim
Menteri BesarSyed Razak Syed Zain Barakbah
Preceded byOsman Md Aji
Succeeded byFong Chok Gin
ConstituencyKuah
Member of the Malaysian Parliament
for Langkawi
In office
5 May 2013 – 9 May 2018
Preceded byAbu Bakar Taib
(BN–UMNO)
Succeeded byMahathir Mohamad
(PH–BERSATU)
Majority11,861 (2013)
Member of the Kedah State Legislative Assembly
for Kuah
In office
21 March 2004 – 5 May 2013
Preceded bySanusi Junid
(BN–UMNO)
Succeeded byNor Saidi Nanyan
(BN–UMNO)
Majority6,175 (2004)
3,324 (2008)
Personal details
Born
Nawawi bin Ahmad

(1961-05-03)3 May 1961
Langkawi, Kedah, Federation of Malaya
Died28 November 2022(2022-11-28) (aged 61)
Frankfurt, Hesse, Germany
CitizenshipMalaysian
Political partyUnited Malays National Organisation (UMNO)
Other political
affiliations		Barisan Nasional (BN)
Perikatan Nasional (PN)
Muafakat Nasional (MN)
OccupationPolitician
ProfessionEngineer

In 2016, police are investigating Nawawi Ahmad’s claim that the ‘Malaysian Official 1', which the Department of Justice (DOJ) said received US$731 million from 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB), is the Agong.[3]

Controversy

In 2014, Nawawi apologised to the family of Karpal Singh, a leading opposition politician who had died in a car accident, for posting photos of Karpal's corpse on Facebook.[4][5]

Death

Nawawi died in Frankfurt, Germany at about 3 am on 28 November 2022 on a working visit in his capacity as the Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB) board member. He was accompanied by his wife and buried in Frankfurt, Germany as well.[6]

Election results
Kedah State Legislative Assembly[7][8]
Year Constituency Candidate Votes Pct Opponent(s) Votes Pct Ballots cast Majority Turnout
2004 N02 Kuah Nawawi Ahmad (UMNO) 8,065 79.18% Mazlan Ahmad (PAS) 1,890 18.56% 10,186 6,175 79.78%
2008 Nawawi Ahmad (UMNO) 6,660 64.52% Hasrul Muhaimin Hasbi (PKR) 3,336 32.32% 10,322 3,324 76.49%
Parliament of Malaysia[8][9][10][11]
Year Constituency Candidate Votes Pct Opponent(s) Votes Pct Ballots cast Majority Turnout
2013 P004 Langkawi, Kedah Nawawi Ahmad (UMNO) 21,407 68.76% Ahmad Abdullah (PKR) 9,546 30.66% 32,096 11,861 85.51%
Marina Hussein (IND) 180 0.58%
2018 Nawawi Ahmad (UMNO) 10,061 29.14% Mahathir Mohamad (BERSATU) 18,954 54.90% 34,527 8,893 80.87%
Zubir Ahmad (PAS) 5,512 15.96%

Honours

See also

References
  1. MMK.Kedah."Ahli Dewan Undangan Negeri" Archived 10 May 2013 at the Wayback Machine, Pejabat Dewan Undangan Negeri Kedah", 15 October 2008. Retrieved on 27 April 2013.
  2. Langkawi MP Datuk Nawawi Ahmad
  3. Zulkifli, Shakira Buang & Zulaikha (19 August 2016). "Cops to quiz Nawawi over 'MO1' remark, Perkasa wants datukship revoked". Malaysiakini.
  4. "Langkawi BN MP pokes fun at Karpal Singh's remains". The Malaysian Insider. 17 April 2014. Archived from the original on 19 April 2014.
  5. "Umno MP admits to Facebook photos of Karpal in death". Malay Mail Online. 19 April 2014. Retrieved 22 November 2014.
  6. "Former Langkawi MP Nawawi Ahmad passes away". The Star. 28 November 2022. Retrieved 28 November 2022.
  7. "Keputusan Pilihan Raya Umum Parlimen/Dewan Undangan Negeri". Election Commission of Malaysia. Retrieved 11 May 2013. Percentage figures based on total turnout, excluding informal votes.
  8. "Malaysia General Election". undiinfo Malaysian Election Data. Malaysiakini. Retrieved 11 March 2017. Results only available from the 2004 election.
  9. "KEPUTUSAN PILIHAN RAYA UMUM 13". Sistem Pengurusan Maklumat Pilihan Raya Umum (in Malay). Election Commission of Malaysia. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
  10. "my undi : Kawasan & Calon-Calon PRU13 : Keputusan PRU13 (Archived copy)". www.myundi.com.my. Archived from the original on 31 March 2014. Retrieved 9 April 2014.
  11. "Keputusan Pilihan Raya Umum ke-13". Utusan Malaysia. Archived from the original on 21 March 2018. Retrieved 26 October 2014.
  12. "Carian Penerima Darjah Kebesaran, Bintang dan Pingat". eservices.kedah.gov.my.


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