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TAN SRI MUHYIDDIN YASSIN – HOME MINISTER <\/strong><\/p>\n \u00a0Age:<\/strong> 71 years old (15\/5\/1947)<\/p>\n Title:<\/strong> Home Minister, Deputy President of Pakatan Harapan, President of Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia<\/p>\n Result for GE14:<\/strong><\/p>\n – Muhyiddin defended his seat in Pagoh with 23,558 votes, beating UMNO\u2019s candidate Ismail Muhammad (16,631 votes) and Ahmad Nawfal Mahfodz from PAS (2,483 votes).<\/p>\n – He also won the Gambir state seat with 10,280 votes, overthrowing MIC\u2019s M. Asojan Muniyandy (7, 192 votes) and PAS\u2019 Mahfodz Mohamed (1,806 votes).<\/p>\n Political history:<\/strong><\/p>\n – Muhyiddin started his political journey as an UMNO member at the Pagoh division in 1971. He then steadily climbed up the political ladder, from an ordinary member of UMNO Pagoh division to Johor UMNO leader. He was elected as Menteri Besar Johor in 1986. Muhyiddin was appointed as Minister of Education and Deputy Prime Minister in 2009, but was dropped from his position and sacked off UMNO in 2015. He formed Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia (PPBM) with Prime Minister Tun Dr. Mahathir in 2016. He is the Chairman and President of PPBM.<\/p>\n Relationship status:<\/strong><\/p>\n – Muhyiddin is married to Puan Sri Norainee Abdul Rahman. The couple had four children.<\/p>\n Interesting Facts<\/strong><\/p>\n Muhyiddin served under four Prime Ministers<\/strong><\/p>\n In 1987, he served as Johor Chief Minister under then Tun Dr Mahathir\u2019s government. When Tun Abdullah Badawi became the Prime Minister in 2003, Muhyiddin was appointed as the Minister of Agriculture and Agro-based Industry and later Minister of International Trade and Industry. When Datuk Seri Mohd Najib Razak took over the Prime Minister office in 2009, he appointed Muhyiddin as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Education. Currently, under Malaysia\u2019s comeback Prime Minister, Muhyiddin is the Minister of Home Affairs.<\/p>\n Muhyiddin is the father of Najwa Mahiaddin<\/strong><\/p>\n Award winning singer Najwa Mahiaddin is Muhyiddin\u2019s daughter. Najwa\u2019s uses the spelling Mahiaddin (which was how his name name was actually spelt in his My Kad).<\/p>\n Muhyiddin\u2019s titles<\/strong><\/p>\n Over the years, Muhyiddin has been granted the title Tan Sri, Dato\u2019, Dato\u2019 Seri Diraja, Dato\u2019 Seri, Dato\u2019 Seri Utama, Datuk Seri Panglima, Datuk Patinggi and Dato\u2019 Sri.<\/p>\n He is loyal to Pagoh<\/strong><\/p>\n Muhyiddin was the MP for Pagoh parliamentary seat in 1978 and 1982. In the 1986 election, he left his seat to run for a state seat where he was subsequently appointed as Johor Chief Minister. Muhyiddin returned to Pagoh parliamentary seat in the 1995 General Election and continuously winning the seat until the recent election. He mooted the idea of having an education hub in Pagoh which consequently brought together four universities namely International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM), Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM), Universiti Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia and Politeknik Pagoh .<\/p>\n He is the second oldest Cabinet Minister in the current line-up.after Dr. Mahathir<\/strong><\/p>\n At the age of 71, Muhyiddin is the second oldest minister in Tun Dr Mahathir\u2019s current cabinet.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" \u00a0 TAN SRI MUHYIDDIN YASSIN – HOME MINISTER \u00a0Age: 71 years old (15\/5\/1947) Title: Home Minister, Deputy President of Pakatan Harapan, President of Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia Result for GE14: – Muhyiddin defended his seat in Pagoh with 23,558 votes, beating UMNO\u2019s candidate Ismail Muhammad (16,631 votes) and Ahmad Nawfal Mahfodz from PAS (2,483 votes). 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