Mohd Fakhrudin Abdul Aziz

Summary

Mohd Fakhrudin bin Abdul Aziz is a physician and PAS politician who has represented the N16 Kamunting state constituency in the Perak State Legislative Assembly since winning the seat at the November 2022 general election with a majority of 3,100 votes. A long-serving PAS figure in Perak, he currently serves as Secretary of PAS Perak and has previously held roles as Chairman of PAS Taiping and Election Director of PAS Perak. He sits in the opposition in the Perak assembly and has been identified by PAS Perak's youth wing as a potential Menteri Besar candidate if Perikatan Nasional secures a mandate at the next Perak state election.

Biography

Mohd Fakhrudin bin Abdul Aziz is a Malaysian politician and physician who has served as Member of the Perak State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for the N16 Kamunting constituency since November 2022 [1]. He is a member of the Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS), a component party of the Perikatan Nasional (PN) coalition [1]. He holds the post of Secretary of PAS Perak as of 2025 [2], having previously served as Election Director of PAS Perak [2] and as Chairman of PAS Taiping from 2005 to 2016 [3]. Fakhrudin contested the N16 Kamunting state seat in GE13 (2013) under PAS [4]. In GE14 (2018), he stood as the PAS candidate for the P57 Parit Buntar parliamentary seat, receiving 17.6% of the vote [5]. He subsequently won the N16 Kamunting state seat at GE15 in November 2022 with a majority of 3,100 votes [3]. In his role as opposition assemblyman, he has raised questions in the Perak State Legislative Assembly on issues including rare earth element mining and state royalty payments [6]. He has represented PAS Perak at national PAS Muktamar sessions, addressing matters relating to Islamic institutions and state politics [2]. As of March 2026, he has been named by PAS Perak's youth wing as a potential candidate for Menteri Besar of Perak if PN wins a future state election [2].

Known for

Mohd Fakhrudin is known as a physician-turned-politician who has built his PAS career primarily in the Taiping and Kamunting areas of Perak over more than two decades. He has held senior positions in PAS Perak, including Chairman of PAS Taiping (2005–2016), Election Director, and currently Secretary of PAS Perak. He is active as an opposition assemblyman in the Perak State Legislative Assembly, engaging on resource governance and Islamic institutional policy.

Political positions

As a PAS assemblyman and member of the Perikatan Nasional opposition in the Perak State Legislative Assembly, Fakhrudin has articulated positions consistent with PAS's platform on Islamic institutions. At the 69th PAS Muktamar, Sinar Harian reported that he expressed PAS's aspiration to govern Perak and raised concerns about what he described as calls to abolish JAKIM, which he linked to attempts to impede the elevation of syariah law and syariah court institutions. In the state assembly, he has raised oral questions on economic matters, including the state government's rare earth element (NR-REE) mining policy and associated royalty payments. He sits in opposition to the current Perak state government, formed by a BN-PH coalition.

Political career

1. 2005–2016Served as Chairman (Yang Dipertua) of PAS Taiping for approximately eleven years.⛓
2. 2013Contested the N16 Kamunting state seat under PAS as part of Pakatan Rakyat in the 13th General Election.⛓
3. 2018Stood as the PAS candidate for the P57 Parit Buntar parliamentary seat in GE14, receiving 17.6% of the vote (5,276 votes) in a contest won by PH-Amanah's Mujahid Yusof Rawa.⛓
4. December 2021Appointed Election Director of PAS Perak following a reshuffle of the state party leadership.⛓
5. November 2022Won the N16 Kamunting state seat at GE15 under Perikatan Nasional with a majority of 3,100 votes (32.7% vote share), defeating Pakatan Harapan's Fadhil Nuruddin and BN's Ahmad Shalimin.⛓
6. October 2023Amanah Perak lodged a police report following remarks Fakhrudin made as a Perak delegate at the 69th PAS Muktamar, in which he spoke on PAS's aspirations to govern Perak and concerns about calls to abolish JAKIM.⛓
7. September 2025Appointed Secretary of PAS Perak in a reshuffle of the state party's leadership line-up.⛓
8. March 2026Named by Pemuda PAS Perak as one of five potential Menteri Besar candidates for Perak should Perikatan Nasional win the next state election.⛓

Election history

• 2022N16 KamuntingWon32.7%⛓
• 2018P57 Parit BuntarLost17.6%⛓
• 2013N16 KamuntingLost⛓

Perspectives on key issues

• OppositionAmanah Perak lodged a police report over Fakhrudin's speech at the 69th PAS Muktamar, alleging that his remarks touched on religion, race, and the Malay Rulers (the '3R' issues), and that his statement about PAS governing Perak soon could destabilise investor confidence in the state.⛓
• GovernmentPerak Menteri Besar Saarani Mohamad characterised PAS's stated ambition to govern Perak in the near term as unrealistic, citing the state's anti-party-hopping enactment as a structural barrier to any change of government.⛓
• PublicPemuda PAS Perak's Strategy Director Nurhafizul Badrul Hisham named Fakhrudin as one of five potential Menteri Besar candidates, citing his commitment to resolving constituency issues and track record of positive reception including from political opponents.⛓
• VerifiedFactsFakhrudin won the N16 Kamunting state seat at GE15 (19 November 2022) with 13,045 votes (32.7%), a majority of 3,100 over PH-Amanah's Fadhil Nuruddin (25.0%, 9,945 votes) and BN-UMNO's Ahmad Shalimin (16.7%, 6,674 votes), on a voter turnout of 75.1% from 39,850 registered voters.⛓