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MUHYIDDIN WINS UMNO NUMBER 2 POST
KUALA LUMPUR, March 27 Bernama) -- Muhyiddin Yassin was elected the
new United Malays National Organization (Umno) deputy president when he beat
Muhammad Muhd Taib in the party elections Thursday.
UMNO is a right-wing party and Malaysia's largest political party; a
founding member of the National Front (Barisan Nasional -BN) coalition, which
has been Malaysia's ruling political party since independence.
"He obtained 1,575 votes," announced permanent chairman Tan Sri Onn Ismail
at 10.45pm at the Dewan Merdeka, Putra World Trade Centre (PWTC) here.
The contest for the Umno deputy presidency was to be a three-cornered fight
but the third candidate, Mohd Ali Rustam, was barred from contesting
when three of his agents were found to have indulged in money politics by the
Umno Disciplinary Board.
Muhyiddin, 62, the Pagoh Member of Parliament, is the International Trade
and Industry Minister and was an Umno vice-president in the previous party
line-up.
He had won the vice-presidency for the first time in 1993, garnering the
highest votes of 1,113 but failed to retain it in the subsequent party elections
in 1996.
He won the vice-presidency for the second time in the 2000 party elections
and defended the seat for another term until he decided to contest the deputy
presidency in this elections when atuk Najib Tun Razak vacated the seat to
contest the Umno president's post.
Muhyiddin, who was the Johor menteri besar between 1986 and 1995, began his
political career in 1970 after graduating from the University of Malaya in the
field of Economics and Malay Studies and was appointed the Muar-Pagoh Umno
treasurer.
Five years later he was appointed the division's vice-chief and its Youth
chief in the same year.
His career continued to shine when National Front (Barisan Nasional - BN)
made him a candidate for the Pagoh parliamentary seat in 1978.
He won the seat and was the MP for the area until in 1986 when he contested
for the Bukit Serampang state seat.
He recontested the Pagoh parliamentary constituency in 1995 and has held the
seat since then.
In 1981 he was appointed the Foreign Ministry's parliamentary secretary and
later the Federal Territory Deputy Minister.
He then returned to southern Johor-state in Peninsular Malaysia to become
the chief minister but made a comeback at the federal level in 1995 as the Youth
and Sports Minister.
Four years later he was appointed the Domestic Trade and Consumer
Affairs Minister in which he was responsible for introducing the ceiling prices
for certain types of consumer items as well as waging war against illegal
compact discs.
In 2004, following a cabinet reshuffle under the leadership of
Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, Muhyiddin was given the agriculture portfolio.
He was appointed the International Trade and Industry Minister last year.
The Muar-born leader had been an administrative officer in the early 70's.
-- BERNAMA
new United Malays National Organization (Umno) deputy president when he beat
Muhammad Muhd Taib in the party elections Thursday.
UMNO is a right-wing party and Malaysia's largest political party; a
founding member of the National Front (Barisan Nasional -BN) coalition, which
has been Malaysia's ruling political party since independence.
"He obtained 1,575 votes," announced permanent chairman Tan Sri Onn Ismail
at 10.45pm at the Dewan Merdeka, Putra World Trade Centre (PWTC) here.
The contest for the Umno deputy presidency was to be a three-cornered fight
but the third candidate, Mohd Ali Rustam, was barred from contesting
when three of his agents were found to have indulged in money politics by the
Umno Disciplinary Board.
Muhyiddin, 62, the Pagoh Member of Parliament, is the International Trade
and Industry Minister and was an Umno vice-president in the previous party
line-up.
He had won the vice-presidency for the first time in 1993, garnering the
highest votes of 1,113 but failed to retain it in the subsequent party elections
in 1996.
He won the vice-presidency for the second time in the 2000 party elections
and defended the seat for another term until he decided to contest the deputy
presidency in this elections when atuk Najib Tun Razak vacated the seat to
contest the Umno president's post.
Muhyiddin, who was the Johor menteri besar between 1986 and 1995, began his
political career in 1970 after graduating from the University of Malaya in the
field of Economics and Malay Studies and was appointed the Muar-Pagoh Umno
treasurer.
Five years later he was appointed the division's vice-chief and its Youth
chief in the same year.
His career continued to shine when National Front (Barisan Nasional - BN)
made him a candidate for the Pagoh parliamentary seat in 1978.
He won the seat and was the MP for the area until in 1986 when he contested
for the Bukit Serampang state seat.
He recontested the Pagoh parliamentary constituency in 1995 and has held the
seat since then.
In 1981 he was appointed the Foreign Ministry's parliamentary secretary and
later the Federal Territory Deputy Minister.
He then returned to southern Johor-state in Peninsular Malaysia to become
the chief minister but made a comeback at the federal level in 1995 as the Youth
and Sports Minister.
Four years later he was appointed the Domestic Trade and Consumer
Affairs Minister in which he was responsible for introducing the ceiling prices
for certain types of consumer items as well as waging war against illegal
compact discs.
In 2004, following a cabinet reshuffle under the leadership of
Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, Muhyiddin was given the agriculture portfolio.
He was appointed the International Trade and Industry Minister last year.
The Muar-born leader had been an administrative officer in the early 70's.
-- BERNAMA
