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Rodzuan Zaaba

Party
UMNO · United Malays National Organisation
Coalition
BN
Constituency
Jenderak
State
Pahang
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Why this matters to you

As the state assemblyman for Jenderak, Rodzuan Zaaba is the direct representative for residents across the constituency's 11 polling districts in the Pahang State Legislative Assembly — the body responsible for enacting state laws, approving the state budget, and scrutinising the state executive (Source: en.wikipedia.org). His assembly questions on land tax policy and ECRL-linked industrial development directly relate to property costs and economic opportunity for Jenderak and wider Pahang residents. Constituents with land ownership concerns or who depend on rural economic programmes such as FELCRA are among those whose interests are most directly shaped by his legislative work.

Summary

Datuk Rodzuan Zaaba is the UMNO state assemblyman for N27 Jenderak, Pahang, elected in GE15 on 19 November 2022 with a majority of 1,454 votes. A first-time BN candidate, he had previously served as a FELCRA participant representative for Pahang. In the Pahang State Legislative Assembly, he has focused his questions on state revenue policy and industrial development tied to the ECRL.

Biography

Datuk Rodzuan Zaaba is a Malaysian politician from UMNO who has served as the State Assemblyman (ADUN) for N27 Jenderak, Pahang, since November 2022. He was fielded as a first-time BN candidate for the Jenderak seat in the 15th General Election (GE15), as announced on 2 November 2022 by Pahang BN chairman Datuk Seri Wan Rosdy Wan Ismail [1]. He won the seat on 19 November 2022 with 5,409 votes, defeating Perikatan Nasional's Md Anuar Daud (3,955 votes) and Pakatan Harapan's Mohamad Hafez Harun (1,447 votes), with a majority of 1,454 votes and a voter turnout of 78.9% from 13,994 registered voters [2][3]. Prior to his election, Rodzuan was recorded as serving in a representative capacity for FELCRA Berhad participants in Pahang, specifically as the second-generation FELCRA participant representative for Pahang [4]. Since his election, he has been an active participant in the Pahang State Legislative Assembly, raising questions on matters including state tourism sustainability fees and Pahang's industrial development strategy, particularly in relation to the East Coast Rail Link (ECRL) corridor [5][1]. His honorific title is Datuk. No further biographical details — including date of birth, educational background, or pre-FELCRA career history — have been reported by allowlist sources at the time of this profile.

Known for

Rodzuan Zaaba is known as a first-term UMNO state assemblyman who secured the Jenderak seat for Barisan Nasional in GE15, one of 25 new faces fielded by BN Pahang in that election [1]. In the Pahang State Legislative Assembly, he has raised questions on land tax policy and state industrial development linked to ECRL, signalling a focus on economic and revenue matters affecting constituents [5][1].

Political positions

Based on his recorded interventions in the Pahang State Legislative Assembly, Rodzuan Zaaba has directed questions at the state government on the tourism sustainability fee — a RM3-per-visitor levy that contributed RM9 million to state revenue — indicating an interest in how such fees are utilised for tourism marketing and state revenue sustainability [5][6]. He has also raised questions on Pahang's industrial development plans in relation to ECRL stations, seeking clarity on how development opportunities around those hubs will be maximised for local populations [1]. No published policy positions on other national issues have been sourced from allowlist domains.

References

  1. [1]bernama.com
  2. [2]thestar.com.my
  3. [3]utusan.com.my
  4. [4]sinarharian.com.my
  5. [5]malaymail.com
  6. [6]sinardaily.my

Before politics

  1. 2020Recorded as Wakil Peserta Pahang (Generasi kedua FELCRA) — second-generation FELCRA participant representative for Pahang — at a FELCRA Berhad dividend and aid distribution event in Kuala Lumpur.⛓

Political career

  1. 2 November 2022Announced as a first-time BN/UMNO candidate for the N27 Jenderak state seat in GE15 by Pahang BN chairman Datuk Seri Wan Rosdy Wan Ismail.⛓
  2. 19 November 2022Won the N27 Jenderak seat in GE15 with 5,409 votes (38.7%), defeating PN and PH opponents with a majority of 1,454. Voter turnout was 78.9%.⛓
  3. May 2023Active in the Pahang State Legislative Assembly sitting; raised supplementary questions on the state tourism sustainability fee and its contribution to state revenue.⛓
  4. 8 May 2024Raised a question in the Pahang State Legislative Assembly on the state government's plans to develop the industrial sector in Pahang, particularly around ECRL stations, prompting a response from the State Investment Committee chairman.⛓

Election history

  • 2022N27 Jenderak, PahangWon38.7%⛓

Perspectives on key issues

  • VerifiedFactsRodzuan Zaaba was one of 25 new faces fielded by BN Pahang in GE15, contested and won N27 Jenderak with a majority of 1,454 votes, and has raised questions in the Pahang DUN on state revenue and industrial development policy.⛓
  • GovernmentAs a government backbencher in the Pahang State Legislative Assembly, Rodzuan Zaaba has raised supplementary questions on the tourism sustainability fee and ECRL-linked development, drawing responses from the Menteri Besar and state committee chairmen.⛓

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