Majority 8,503 Occupation Politician | Preceded by New constituency Name Abdul Ismail Succeeded by Mohd Zaili Besar Role Politician | |
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Born 28 June 1948 (age 75)
Pahang, Federation of Malaya (now Malaysia) ( 1948-06-28 ) People also search for Abdul Razak Hussein, Zainal Abidin Ahmad, Hamzah Abdullah | ||
Preceded by Siti Zaharah Sulaiman Political party UMNO–Barisan Nasional | ||
Malaysian politician Abdul Manan Ismail Died at 70
Dato' Haji Abdul Manan Ismail (born 28 June 1948) is a Malaysian politician. He is the Member of Parliament for the Paya Besar constituency in Pahang. He is a member of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) party in the governing Barisan Nasional coalition.
Abdul Manan served was a long-serving private secretary to Najib Razak while the latter was a federal minister. In 2004 he was elected to the State Assembly of Pahang, representing the constituency of Panching.
In the 2008 general election, Abdul Manan contested the Paya Besar parliamentary constituency, replacing former government minister Siti Zaharah Sulaiman as UMNO's nominee for the seat. Abdul Manan won the seat, defeating Mohd Jafri Ab Rashid of the People's Justice Party by an 8,503 majority. In 2010 he was appointed chairman of the Intellectual Property Corporation of Malaysia, and in 2013 he retained his parliamentary seat with a margin of 7,715 votes.