Tengku Azlan Sultan Abu Bakar

This is a Malay name; the name Sultan Abu Bakar is a patronymic, not a family name, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Tengku Azlan.
Yang Amat Mulia Tan Sri Dato' Seri
Tengku Azlan Sultan Abu Bakar
Member of the Malaysian Parliament
for Jerantut, Pahang
In office
1999–2013
Preceded by Ahmad Kamaruzaman Mohamed Baria
Succeeded by Ahmad Nazlan Idris
Personal details
Born (1949-07-21) 21 July 1949
Pahang, Federation of Malaya (now Malaysia)
Political party UMNO–Barisan Nasional (until 1988; 1996–present)
Occupation Politician
Religion Sunni Islam

Tan Sri Dato' Seri Tengku Azlan Sultan Abu Bakar (born 21 July 1949) is a former Malaysian politician and was the Member of the Parliament of Malaysia for the Jerantut constituency in Pahang from 1999 to 2013. He is a member of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) party in the Barisan Nasional coalition government.[1]

Tengku Azlan declined a deputy Minister post after the 2008 election, having previously served as a deputy Minister for Transport.[2] He was replaced by Ahmad Nazlan Idris as the Barisan Nasional candidate for Jerantut in the 2013 election.

Tengku Azlan is the brother of Sultan Ahmad Shah of Pahang. He was a member of the opposition Semangat 46 party early in his political career, running for Parliament unsuccessfully in the 1995 election.[3]

Election results

Parliament of Malaysia: Temerloh, Pahang[4]
Year Government Votes Pct Opposition Votes Pct
1995 Sabbarudin Chik (UMNO) 22,078 56% Tengku Azlan Sultan Abu Bakar (S46) 14,012 36%
Parliament of Malaysia: Jerantut, Pahang[4]
Year Government Votes Pct Opposition Votes Pct
1999 Tengku Azlan Sultan Abu Bakar (UMNO) 16,424 51% Syed Ibrahim Syed Ab Rahman (PAS) 14,961 46%
2004 Tengku Azlan Sultan Abu Bakar (UMNO) 21,349 61% Hamzah Jaaffar (PAS) 12,892 37%
2008 Tengku Azlan Sultan Abu Bakar (UMNO) 19,543 51% Hamzah Jaaffar (PAS) 17,597 46%

References

  1. ↑ "Tengku Azlan Ibni Almarhum Sultan Abu Bakar, Y.B. Tan Sri" (in Malay). Parliament of Malaysia. Archived from the original on 14 April 2010. Retrieved 10 July 2010.
  2. ↑ "Tengku Azlan and Anifah decline deputy minister's post". The Star (Malaysia). 19 March 2008. Retrieved 8 January 2010.
  3. ↑ R. Nadeswaran; Fernandez, Terence (8 May 2008). "Right royal politician". The Sun. Berjaya Group. Retrieved 10 July 2010.
  4. 1 2 "Keputusan Pilihan Raya Umum Parlimen/Dewan Undangan Negeri". Election Commission of Malaysia. Retrieved 11 July 2010. Percentage figures based on total turnout.


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