Raja Ahmad Zainuddin bin Raja Omar was a Malaysian politician from UMNO.
He was the Member of Parliament for Larut from 1999 to 2008 and Member of Perak State Legislative Assembly for Kubu Gajah from 2008 to 2013.
Early career He was a blogger for Berita Harian, the Chief editor of Berita Harian Perak from 1988 to 1999 and Advisor for Mingguan Watan. He was also the Director of Ken Holdings Berhad, Muhibbah Engineering (M) Bhd and others. He was also the manager of Perak FC and Vice President of Football Association of Malaysia. He was suspended from 1991 to 1994, 2001 to 2005 and in 2006 due to criticism towards FAM.Raja Ahmad Zainuddin dilantik semula ke dalam FAM
Politics He was a member of the Perak Public Accounting Committee, Barisan Nasional Supporters Club, Chairman of Commercial Vehicle Licensing Board and Director of Tabung Haji Management Board.
UMNO Larut Crisis He was the incumbent Chief of UMNO Larut branch and rejected Hamzah Zainuddin as a candidate for the Larut branch chief election as Hamzah joined the branch after 31 December 2007, which is a breach of UMNO's constitution. At the end, the Secretary-general of UMNO, Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor had allowed Hamzah to participate in the election.
Election results +Perak State Legislative AssemblyYearConstituencyCandidateVotesPct.Opponent(s)VotesPct.Ballots castMajorityTurnout1990N04 Batu Kurau (UMNO)8,30770.82%Kamarudin Awang Basir (PAS)3,42229.18%12,1924,88572.74%1995N05 Batu KurauRaja Ahmad Zainuddin Raja Omar (UMNO)8,24568.49%Kamarudin Awang Basir (PAS)3,43728.55%12,3284,80867.97%Mohamed Shohor Mohd Nasir (IND)3572.97%2008N06 Kubu GajahRaja Ahmad Zainuddin Raja Omar (UMNO)4,11449.28%Mohd Nazri Din (PAS)4,04848.48%8,3496676.00%
+Parliament of MalaysiaYearConstituencyCandidateVotesPct.Opponent(s)VotesPct.Ballots castMajorityTurnout1999P053 Larut (UMNO)14,33456.21%Mohd Nor Monutty (keADILan)10,32540.49%25,5004,00971.76%2004P056 LarutRaja Ahmad Zainuddin Raja Omar (UMNO)19,06460.88%Kamarudin Awang Basir (PAS)11,45636.58%31,3157,60878.00%
Honours
Commander of the Order of Meritorious Service (PJN) – Datuk (2007)
Companion Class I of the Exalted Order of Malacca (DMSM) – Datuk (2003)
Knight Grand Companion of the Order of Sultan Ahmad Shah of Pahang (SSAP) – Dato' Sri (2007) Knight Grand Companion of the Order of the Crown of Pahang (SIMP) – formerly Dato', now Dato' Indera (2006) Knight Companion of the Order of Sultan Ahmad Shah of Pahang (DSAP) – Dato' (2001)
Knight Commander of the Order of the Perak State Crown (DPMP) – Dato' (1997) Commander of the Order of the Perak State Crown (PMP) (1992) Member of the Order of the Perak State Crown (AMP) (1988) Recipient of the Distinguished Conduct Medal (PPT) (1983) Justice of the Peace (JP) (1994)
Health He had died on 9 June 2017 in Hospital KPJ Ipoh.
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