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Yang Berbahagia Dato' Seri Dr.
Awang Adek Hussin
SPMP DGPN DPMK DCSM DMSM SIMP DJMK JSM
Yang Berbahagia Dato' Seri Dr. Awang Adek Hussin SPMP DGPN DPMK DCSM DMSM SIMP DJMK JSM
اواڠ اديق حسين‎
Deputy Minister of Finance I
	In office; 10 April 2009 – 15 May 2013 Serving with Chor Chee Heung (2009–2010) ; Donald Lim Siang Chai (2010–2013)
Monarchs	Mizan Zainal Abidin; Abdul Halim
Prime Minister	Najib Razak
Minister	Najib Razak ; Ahmad Husni Hanadzlah
Preceded by	Ahmad Husni Hanadzlah
Succeeded by	Ahmad Maslan
Constituency	Senator
	In office; 14 February 2006 – 18 March 2008 Serving with Ng Yen Yen
Monarchs	Sirajuddin; Mizan Zainal Abidin
Prime Minister	Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
Minister	Abdullah Ahmad Badawi; Nor Mohamed Yakcop
Preceded by	Tengku Putera Tengku Awang
Succeeded by	Ahmad Husni Hanadzlah
Constituency	Bachok
Deputy Minister of Rural and Regional Development
	In office; 27 March 2004 – 14 February 2006 Serving with Tiki Lafe
Monarch	Sirajuddin
Prime Minister	Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
Minister	Abdul Aziz Shamsuddin
Preceded by	Palanivel Govindasamy
Succeeded by	Zainal Abdidin Osman
Constituency	Bachok
14th Malaysian Ambassador to the United States
	In office; 31 March 2014 – 28 December 2016
Monarchs	Abdul Halim; Muhammad V
Prime Minister	Najib Razak
Preceded by	Othman Hashim
Succeeded by	Zulhasnan Rafique
Member of the Malaysian Parliament; for Bachok
	In office; 21 March 2004 – 8 March 2008
Preceded by	Wan Nik Wan Yusoff (PAS)
Succeeded by	Nasharudin Mat Isa (PAS)
Majority	1,567 (2004)
Personal details
Born	Awang Adek bin Hussin; 18 May 1956 (age 68); Bachok, Kelantan, Federation of Malaya; (now Malaysia)
Citizenship	Malaysian
Political party	United Malays National Organisation (UMNO)
Other political; affiliations	Barisan Nasional (BN); Perikatan Nasional (PN); Muafakat Nasional (MN)
Spouse	Latifah Mohd Yusof
Children	5
Alma mater	Sekolah Tuanku Abdul Rahman; Drew University; Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania

Awang Adek bin Hussin (born 18 May 1956) is a Malaysian politician and diplomat. He is the former Malaysian Ambassador to the United States.^[1] He was the Member of the Parliament of Malaysia for the Bachok constituency in Kelantan for one term from 2004 to 2008. Datuk Dr. Awang Adek bin Hussin is no longer an active politician he once was. He had relinquished all his party positions after the General Election in 2018. He remains active as an ordinary party member and is no longer active in party politics. Since 2018, his involvements focused mainly on corporate activities and has been chairmen on a few boards.

Early life and education

Awang Adek was born in Bachok, Kelantan. Awang Adek holds degrees in mathematics and economics from Drew University of the United States and a Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) and master's degree from Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania.

Career

He began his career as a lecturer at Universiti Sains Malaysia (USM) from 1983 to 1985.

Later, he joined Bank Negara Malaysia (BNM) from 1985 to 2001 with the last post as assistant governor.

He also served as Chairman Tenaga Nasional Berhad (TNB) besides being loaned to Labuan Offshore Financial Services Authority as the first Director-General for two years beginning in 1996.

Involvement in politics

Awang Adek became active in politics when he was elected as Deputy UMNO leader for Bachok in 2001.

He has also been given the mandate to hold the UMNO Kelantan Treasurer post since 2003. In 2003, he was also appointed as UMNO Sponsor Chairman for Bachok and was unopposed in the election of the division this year.

He stood for the Bachok Parliamentary seat election in 2004, and after winning the seat, he was appointed Deputy Rural and Regional Development Minister until 2006 before he was appointed Deputy Finance Minister until April 2013.

While in the general election of 2008, he competed in two seats for Parliament and state assemblies but was defeated in both seat.^[2]

On April 9, 2009, he was appointed senator and was reappointed for a second term on April 9, 2012.

Datuk Dr. Awang Adek bin Hussin is no longer an active politician he once was. He had relinquished all his party positions after the General Election in 2018. He remains active as an ordinary party member and is no longer active in party politics. Since 2018, his involvements focused mainly on corporate activities and has been chairmen on a few boards.

Cabinet positions

Deputy Rural and Regional Development Minister (2004–2006)
Deputy Finance Minister (2006–2013)^[3]
Senator (2011-2013)

Ambassador to the United States 2014-2016

On 31 March 2014, he was appointed the new ambassador to the United States by Yang di-Pertuan Agong Tuanku Abdul Halim Mu'adzam Shah.^[4]

Election results

**Kelantan State Legislative Assembly**^[5]^[6]
Year	Constituency	Candidate		Votes	Pct	Opponent(s)		Votes	Pct	Ballots cast	Majority	Turnout
2008	N21 Perupok		Awang Adek Hussin (UMNO)	8,235	46.42%		Omar Mohammed (PAS)	9,505	53.58%	18,024	1,270	85.76%

**Parliament of Malaysia**^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9]^[10]^[11]
Year	Constituency		Votes	Pct		Votes	Pct	Ballots cast	Majority	Turnout
2004	P025 Bachok, Kelantan	Awang Adek Hussin (UMNO)	23,341	51.74%	Wan Nik Wan Yusoff (PAS)	21,774	48.26%	46,335	1,567	83.76%
2008		Awang Adek Hussin (UMNO)	25,934	47.35%	Nasharudin Mat Isa (PAS)	28,835	52.65%	55,724	2,901	85.98%
2013		Awang Adek Hussin (UMNO)	35,218	49.86%	Ahmad Marzuk Shaary (PAS)	35,419	50.14%	71,792	201	88.02%
2018		Awang Adek Hussin (UMNO)	32,896	44.48%	Nik Mohamad Abduh Nik Abd Aziz (PAS)	36,188	48.93%	75,945	3,292	82.01%
2018		Awang Adek Hussin (UMNO)	32,896	44.48%	Zulkifli Zakaria (PPBM)	4,880	6.60%	75,945	3,292	82.01%

Honours

Malaysia :
- Companion of the Order of Loyalty to the Crown of Malaysia (JSM) (1999)
Kelantan :
- Knight Commander of the Order of the Life of the Crown of Kelantan (DJMK) – Dato' (2003)^[12]
- Knight Commander of the Order of the Crown of Kelantan (DPMK) – Dato' (2006)
Pahang :
- Grand Knight of the Order of the Crown of Pahang (SIMP) – formerly Dato', now Dato' Indera (2003)^[13]
Malacca :
- Companion Class I of the Exalted Order of Malacca (DMSM) – Datuk (1999)
- Knight Commander of the Exalted Order of Malacca (DCSM) – Datuk Wira (2007)^[14]
Perlis :
- Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Crown of Perlis (SPMP) – Dato' Seri (2022)^[15]
Penang :
- Commander of the Order of the Defender of State (DGPN) – Dato' Seri (2022)^[16]