Ismail Mohamed Said

2004–2022Barisan NasionalOther roles2010–2013Chairman of the Perbadanan Tabung Pendidikan Tinggi Nasional Personal detailsBorn
(1965-09-07) 7 September 1965 (age 58)
Pahang, MalaysiaPolitical partyUnited Malays National Organisation (UMNO)Other political
affiliationsBarisan Nasional (BN)SpouseNor Azimah Abd MubinAlma materNational University of Malaysia
Universiti Utara MalaysiaOccupationPolitician

Ismail bin Mohamed Said (Jawi: إسماعيل بن محمد سعيد; born 7 September 1965) is a Malaysian politician who served as the Deputy Minister of Home Affairs I for two terms; first under former Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin and former Minister Hamzah Zainuddin, and then under former Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob and former Minister Hamzah Zainuddin. Member of Parliament (MP) for Kuala Krau from March 2004 to November 2022, the Deputy Speaker of the Dewan Rakyat in the BN administration from under former Prime Minister Najib Razak and former Speaker Pandikar Amin Mulia from June 2013 to May 2018. He is a member of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), a component party of the BN coalition.^[1] He is also former Chairman of the Perbadanan Tabung Pendidikan Tinggi Nasional (PTPTN).

Ismail was elected to Parliament in the 2004 election, winning the UMNO-held seat of Kuala Krau, and was re-elected in 2008 and 2013.^[2] Before entering Parliament, Ismail was an official in UMNO's youth wing and operated a law firm in Temerloh.^[3]

As deputy speaker, he rejected the opposition's motion to discuss 1MDB scandal in the Dewan Rakyat, leading to chaos.^[4]

Controversies and issues

Mass dumping of food

On 19 April 2024, Ismail admitted that he was responsible of, apologised for, regretted and promised to take full responsibility of the mass dumping of rice, flour and other food items at a garbage disposal site in Temerloh, Pahang after a video showing the food discarded there went viral on social media. Besides, Ismail explained that the items were bought by him using the allocations from the federal and Pahang state governments for the people during his tenure as the Kuala Krau MP. Ismail also shared that he had received complaints that a stench was coming from the storehouse for the food, several dead rats were found and the rice was also contaminated by rice weevils. He had also distributed some of the rice to the poultry farmers and the remainder had been disposed of.^[5]

Election results

Parliament of Malaysia^[2]

Year	Constituency	Candidate		Votes	Pct	Opponent(s)		Votes	Pct	Ballots cast	Majority	Turnout
2004	P087 Kuala Krau		Ismail Mohamed Said (UMNO)	16,021	64.89%		Musaniff Ab Rahman (PAS)	8,670	35.11%	25,220	7,351	80.31%
2008			Ismail Mohamed Said (UMNO)	16,165	59.73%		Kamal Ashaari (PAS)	10,900	40.27%	27,594	5,265	80.83%
2013			Ismail Mohamed Said (UMNO)	21,575	58.40%		Shahril Azman Abd Halim (PAS)	15,370	41.60%	37,663	6,205	87.58%
2018			Ismail Mohamed Said (UMNO)	18,058	47.14%		Kamal Ashaari (PAS)	15,182	39.63%	39,102	2,876	82.73%
							Mohd Rafidee Hassim (PPBM)	5,071	13.24%
2022			Ismail Mohamed Said (UMNO)	21,481	44.98%		Kamal Ashaari (PAS)	22,505	47.13%	48,448	1,024	78.88%
							Juhari Osman (AMANAH)	3,593	7.52%
							Shahruddin Md Salleh (PEJUANG)	174	0.36%

Honours

Honours of Malaysia

•  Malaysia :
  • Officer of the Order of the Defender of the Realm (KMN) (2006)
  • Commander of the Order of Meritorious Service (PJN) – Datuk (2014)
•  Pahang :
  • Knight Companion of the Order of the Crown of Pahang (DIMP) – Dato' (2008)
  • Knight Companion of the Order of Sultan Ahmad Shah of Pahang (DSAP) – Dato' (2013)
  • Grand Knight of the Order of Sultan Ahmad Shah of Pahang (SSAP) – Dato' Sri (2015)

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