Rozieana binti Ahmad is a Malaysian politician who served as Member of the Perlis State Executive Council (EXCO) in the Barisan Nasional (BN) state administration under former Menteri Besar Azlan Man from June 2018 to the collapse of the BN state administration in November 2022 as well as Member of the Perlis State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Pauh from May 2018 to November 2022. She is a member of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), a component party of the BN coalition.

Rozieana Ahmad
رضينة بنت أحمد
Member of the
Perlis State Executive Council
(Education, Human Resources Development, Science, Technology, Innovation, Information Technology and Communications)
In office
13 June 2018 – 22 November 2022
MonarchSirajuddin
Menteri BesarAzlan Man
Preceded byAzlan Man
(Menteri Besar, Education, Science, Technology, Innovation, Information Technology and Communications)
Khairi Hasan
(Human Resources Development)
Succeeded byMohammad Azmir Azizan
(Education, Human Resources Development)
Megat Hashirat Hassan
(Science, Technology, Innovation, Information Technology and Communications)
ConstituencyPauh
Member of the Perlis State Legislative Assembly
for Pauh
In office
9 May 2018 – 19 November 2022
Preceded byAzlan Man
(BNUMNO)
Succeeded byMegat Hashirat Hassan
(PNBERSATU)
Majority143 (2018)
Personal details
BornPerlis, Malaysia
CitizenshipMalaysian
Political partyUnited Malays National Organisation (UMNO)
Other political
affiliations
Barisan Nasional (BN)
OccupationPolitician

Political career

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Member of the Perlis State Executive Council (2018–2022)

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On 13 June 2018, Rozieana was appointed as the Perlis State EXCO Member in charge of Education, Human Resources Development, Science, Technology, Innovation, Information Technology and Communications by Menteri Besar Azlan.

On 22 November 2022, Rozeiana lost her position after the BN state administration collapsed following the huge defeat of BN in the 2022 Perlis state election that wiped BN out of the assembly.

Member of the Perlis State Legislative Assembly (2018–2022)

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2018 Perlis state election

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In the 2018 Perlis state election, Rozieana made her electoral debut after being nominated by BN to contest for the Pauh state seat. She won the seat and was elected into the Perlis State Legislative Assembly as the Pauh MLA after narrowly defeating Ameir Hassan of Pakatan Harapan (PH) and Idris Yaacob of Gagasan Sejahtera (GS) by a majority of only 143 votes.

2022 Perlis state election

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In the 2022 Perlis state election, Rozeiana was renominated by BN to contest for the Guar Sanji state seat instead of defending the Pauh seat. She was not elected as the Guar Sanji MLA after losing to Mohd Ridzuan Hashim of Perikatan Nasional (PN) by a minority of 5,101 votes.

Election results

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Perlis State Legislative Assembly[1][2]
Year Constituency Votes Pct Opponent(s) Votes Pct Ballots cast Majority Turnout
2018 N11 Pauh Rozieana Ahmad (UMNO) 3,564 39.29% Ameir Hassan (BERSATU) 3,421 37.72% 9,310 143 83.13%
Idris Yaacob (PAS) 2,085 21.57%
2022 N13 Guar Sanji Rozieana Ahmad (UMNO) 1,616 1,785 Mohd Ridzuan Hashim (PAS) 6,717 74.20% 9,053 5,101 78.65%
Hasparizal Hassan (PKR) 601 6.64%
Abdul Malik Abdullah (PEJUANG) 119 1.31%

References

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  1. ^ "SEMAKAN KEPUTUSAN PILIHAN RAYA UMUM KE - 14" (in Malay). Election Commission of Malaysia. Retrieved 17 May 2018. Percentage figures based on total turnout.
  2. ^ "The Star Online GE14". The Star. Retrieved 24 May 2018. Percentage figures based on total turnout.