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The Honorable
Dato' Ir. Haji
Hasni Mohammad
SPMJ SUMW PGDK KMN AMN PIS MP MLA
The Honorable ; Dato' Ir. Haji Hasni Mohammad SPMJ SUMW PGDK KMN AMN PIS MP MLA
حسني محمد‎
18th Menteri Besar of Johor
	In office; 28 February 2020 – 15 March 2022
Monarch	Ibrahim
Preceded by	Sahruddin Jamal
Succeeded by	Onn Hafiz Ghazi
Constituency	Benut
Member of the ; Johor State Executive Council ; (Public Works, Rural and Regional Development)
	In office; 14 May 2013 – 12 May 2018
Monarch	Ibrahim Ismail
Menteri Besar	Mohamed Khaled Nordin
Preceded by	Ahmad Zahri Jamil ; (Public Works) ; Asiah Md Ariff ; (Rural and Regional Development)
Succeeded by	Mazlan Bujang ; (Public Works) ; Dzulkefly Ahmad ; (Rural and Regional Development)
Constituency	Benut
State Leader of the Opposition of Johor
	In office; 28 June 2018 – 28 February 2020
Monarch	Ibrahim
Menteri Besar	Osman Sapian ; (2018–2019) ; Sahruddin Jamal ; (2019–2020)
Preceded by	Gan Peck Cheng
Succeeded by	Aminolhuda Hassan
Constituency	Benut
Member of the Malaysian Parliament; for Simpang Renggam
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 19 November 2022
Preceded by	Maszlee Malik ; (PH–PKR)
Majority	1,821 (2022)
Member of the Johor State Legislative Assembly; for Benut
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 8 March 2008
Preceded by	Salehan Sungot ; (BN–UMNO)
Majority	6,304 (2008) ; 6,572 (2013) ; 4,447 (2018) ; 5,859 (2022)
Member of the Malaysian Parliament; for Pontian
	In office; 21 March 2004 – 8 March 2008
Preceded by	Ong Ka Ting ; (BN–MCA)
Succeeded by	Ahmad Maslan ; (BN–UMNO)
Majority	21,158 (2004)
State Chairman of the ; Barisan Nasional of Johor
	In office; 2018–2023
National Chairman	Ahmad Zahid Hamidi
Preceded by	Mohamed Khaled Nordin
Succeeded by	Mohamed Khaled Nordin
State Chairman of the ; United Malays National Organisation of Johor
	In office; 14 July 2018 – 27 January 2023
President	Ahmad Zahid Hamidi
Deputy	Nur Jazlan Mohamed
Preceded by	Mohamed Khaled Nordin
Succeeded by	Mohamed Khaled Nordin
Division Chief of the ; United Malays National Organisation of Pontian
	In office; 2001 – 18 March 2023
President	Mahathir Mohamad ; (2001–2003) ; Abdullah Ahmad Badawi ; (2003–2009) ; Najib Razak ; (2009–2018) ; Ahmad Zahid Hamidi ; (2018–2023)
Deputy	Ahmad Maslan
Succeeded by	Ahmad Maslan
Chairman of the Malaysian Highway Authority
	In office; 15 August 2022 – 15 December 2022
Minister	Fadillah Yusof ; (2022) ; Alexander Nanta Linggi ; (2022)
Preceded by	Abdul Rashid Asari
Succeeded by	Jalaluddin Alias
Personal details
Born	Hasni bin Mohammad; 27 March 1959 (age 65)[citation needed]; Pontian, Johor, Malaya (now Malaysia)
Citizenship	Malaysian
Political party	United Malays National Organisation (UMNO)
Other political; affiliations	Barisan Nasional (BN)
Spouse	Fazlina Omar
Alma mater	University of Missouri–Rolla (BEng)
Occupation	Politician
Profession	Engineer
Website	Hasni Mohammad on Facebook

Dato' Ir. Haji Hasni bin Mohammad (Jawi: حسني بن محمد; born 27 March 1959^{[citation needed]}) is a Malaysian politician and engineer who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Simpang Renggam since November 2022 and Member of the Johor State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Benut since March 2008. He served as the 18th Menteri Besar of Johor from February 2020 to March 2022, Leader of the Opposition of Johor from June 2018 to February 2020, Member of the Johor State Executive Council (EXCO) from May 2013 to May 2018 and Member of Parliament (MP) for Pontian from March 2004 to March 2008 and Chairman of the Malaysian Highway Authority (LLM) from August 2022 to December 2022.^[1] He is member of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), a component party of the Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition. He had served as the State Chairman of BN of Johor from 2018 to 2023. He also served as the State Chairman of UMNO of Johor from July 2018 to his removal from the position in January 2023 and Division Chief of UMNO of Pontian from 2001 to his defeat in the party elections in March 2023.^[2]^[3]

Political career

Member of Parliament for Pontian (2004–2008)

Hasni was first elected to Malaysian Parliament as the MP of Pontian in the 2004 general election (GE11).

Member of the Johor State Legislative Assembly for Benut (since 2008)

In the 2008 general election (GE12), he was elected as the Member of the Johor State Legislative Assembly for Benut. He managed to retain the seat again in 2013 (GE13) and 2018 (GE14) general elections. In the 2022 Johor state election, he was reelected as the Benut assemblyman for his 4th consecutive term by defeating all of his 3 opponents, Isa Abdul Hamid from Perikatan Nasional (PN), Haniff Ghazali Hosman from Pakatan Harapan (PH) and Iskandar Noor Ibrahim from Homeland Fighters Party (PEJUANG) with a majority of 5,859 votes.

Member of the Johor State Executive Council (2013–2018)

He was appointed an EXCO member by former Menteri Besar Mohamed Khaled Nordin.

Leader of the Opposition of Johor (2018–2020)

But in the aftermath GE14 which saw the fall of BN coalition government, he was elected the Opposition Leader of Johor from 2018 to 2020.

Menteri Besar of Johor (2020–2022)

On 28 February 2020, he was sworn in as the new Menteri Besar by the Sultan Ibrahim Ismail, replacing the incumbent Dato' Dr. Sahruddin Jamal after the collapse of Pakatan Harapan (PH) state government during the 2020 Malaysian political crisis.^[4]

In the Johor state election on 12 March 2022, he led his coalition to a huge and landslide victory in the 2022 Johor state election, winning 40 out of 56 state seats, giving him a two-thirds majority to form the next state government with a much stronger mandate after he lost the majority with only 28 seats in the assembly following the death of Kempas assemblyman Osman Sapian and strengthening his grip on power and position as Menteri Besar of Johor. BN Chairman and UMNO President Ahmad Zahid Hamidi also added that he would submit the name of Hasni to the Sultan of Johor for his reappointment to the position. However, on 14 March 2022, Hasni suddenly announced his withdrawal from the running for the position by stating that he would pave way and endorse a younger candidate to lead the state government citing long term development for Johor and the next day on 15 March 2022, caretaker EXCO member and new Machap MLA Onn Hafiz Ghazi was sworn in as the new and 19th Menteri Besar to take over him after his 2 years in office.

Member of Parliament for Simpang Renggam (since 2022)

In the 2022 general election, Hasni wrested the Simpang Renggam seat in Johor from Maszlee Malik of PH with a majority of 1,821 votes.

Election results

**Parliament of Malaysia**^[5]^[6]
Year	Constituency		Votes	Pct		Votes	Pct	Ballots cast	Majority	Turnout
2004	P164 Pontian	Hasni Mohammad (UMNO)	26,667	82.88%	Hassan Abdul Karim (PKR)	5,509	17.12%	33,460	21,158	75.40%
2022	P151 Simpang Renggam	Hasni Mohammad (UMNO)	18,312	41.19%	Maszlee Malik (PKR)	16,491	37.37%	44,131	1,821	74.76%
					Mohd Fazrul Kamat (BERSATU)	9,077	20.57%
					Kamal Kusmin (PEJUANG)	251	0.57%

**Johor State Legislative Assembly**^[5]^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9]
Year	Constituency		Votes	Pct		Votes	Pct	Ballots cast	Majority	Turnout
2008	N53 Benut	Hasni Mohammad (UMNO)	10,098	72.69%	Sarobo Ponoh (PAS)	3,794	26.39%	14,376	6,304	77.10%
2013		Hasni Mohammad (UMNO)	12,358	68.11%	Sarobo Ponoh (PAS)	5,786	31.89%	18,590	6,572	87.00%
2018		Hasni Mohammad (UMNO)	9,480	55.43%	Zulkifly Tasrep (BERSATU)	5,033	29.43%	17,750	4,447	85.00%
2018		Hasni Mohammad (UMNO)	9,480	55.43%	Mohd Firdaus Jaffar (PAS)	2,590	15.14%	17,750	4,447	85.00%
2022		Hasni Mohammad (UMNO)	10,896	63.08%	Isa Abd. Hamid (BERSATU)	5,037	29.16%	17,272	5,859	63.58%
					Haniff Hosman (PKR)	1,200	6.95%
					Iskandar Noor Ibrahim (PEJUANG)	139	0.80%