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Yang Berhormat Senator Tan Sri Haji
Mohamad Fatmi Che Salleh
PSM DJMK DMSM
Yang Berhormat Senator Tan Sri Haji Mohamad Fatmi Che Salleh PSM DJMK DMSM
محمد فطمي چئ صالح‎
Senator ; Appointed by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 25 April 2022
Monarchs	Abdullah ; (2022–2024) ; Ibrahim ; (2024-)
Prime Minister	Ismail Sabri Yaakob ; (2022) ; Anwar Ibrahim ; (2022–present)
Personal details
Born	Mohamad Fatmi bin Che Salleh; 12 April 1957 (age 67); Kota Bharu, Kelantan, Federation of Malaya (now Malaysia)
Citizenship	Malaysian
Spouse	Hajjah Norsiah Haji Musa
Children	6 (Including Fikhran Hamshi Mohamad Fatmi)
Residence(s)	Kota Bharu, Kelantan, Malaysia

Tan Sri Haji Mohamad Fatmi bin Che Salleh (born 12 April 1957) is a Malaysian politician and was one of the longest serving Political Secretary to Najib Razak, former Prime Minister of Malaysia.^[1] He is a member of United Malays National Organisation (UMNO); a component party of Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition.

Mohamad Fatmi had contested but lost twice in both the 2008 general election and the 2013 general election for the Kota Bharu parliamentary seat.^[2] He had also earlier lost contesting the Kelantan State Legislative Assembly seat of Tanjong Mas in the 1995 general election.

Education

He graduated from Tulane University, New Orleans Louisiana, USA with Master Of Business Administration (MBA) Finance in 1981 and hold Bachelor Of Science (BSc) Marketing from Southern Illinois University Carbondale, Illinois USA in 1979.

Mix Parentage

Mohamad Fatmi came from a lineage of Chinese-Muslim. His great-great grandfather (Abdul Halim) came from China as a boy and was adopted by the Sultan of Kelantan. His great-great grandfather then was sent to Mecca to study the religion of Islam and came back as a religious scholar. He is well accepted among the Chinese and Malay community in Kelantan because of his well mannered persona.^[3]

Accompanying the Sultan of Kelantan

Mohamad Fatmi was one of the entourage for the Sultan of Kelantan during the Sultan's pilgrimage to the Holy Land Mecca from 10 November 2010 to 23 November 2010. Others in the entourage was the Chief Minister of Kelantan Datuk Haji Tuan Guru Nik Aziz Nik Mat and the Federal International Trade and Industry Minister Datuk Mustapa Mohamed.^{[citation needed]}

Kota Bharu UMNO Division

Mohamad Fatmi was elected as the new UMNO Chief for the Kota Bharu Division. Previously the post was held by the infamous ex-UMNO De facto Law Minister and also ex-Pakatan Rakyat member, Datuk Seri Zaid Ibrahim.^[4]

Election results

**Kelantan State Legislative Assembly**^[5]
Year	Constituency	Candidate		Votes	Pct	Opponent(s)		Votes	Pct	Ballots cast	Majority	Turnout
1995	N07 Tanjong Mas		Mohd Fatmi Che Salleh (UMNO)	4,228	30.76%		Wan Abdul Rahim Wan Abdullah (PAS)	9,213	67.02%	13,746	4,985	71.77%
1995			Mohd Fatmi Che Salleh (UMNO)	4,228	30.76%		Ramli Sulaiman (AKIM)	57	0.41%	13,746	4,985	71.77%

**Parliament of Malaysia**^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9]
Year	Constituency		Votes	Pct		Votes	Pct	Ballots cast	Majority	Turnout
2008	P021 Kota Bharu, Kelantan	Mohd Fatmi Che Salleh (UMNO)	20,841	38.80%	Wan Abdul Rahim Wan Abdullah (PAS)	32,129	59.82%	53,710	11,288	78.68%
2013		Mohd Fatmi Che Salleh (UMNO)	24,650	37.68%	Takiyuddin Hassan (PAS)	40,620	62.09%	66,277	15,970	81.55%
2013		Mohd Fatmi Che Salleh (UMNO)	24,650	37.68%	Mohd Zakiman Abu Bakar (IND)	148	0.23%	66,277	15,970	81.55%