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Shamsul Iskandar Md Akin
DGSM
Yang Berbahagia Datuk Seri Shamsul Iskandar Md Akin DGSM
شمس الإسكندر محمد عقين‎
Senior Political Secretary to the Prime Minister
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 23 December 2022
Monarchs	Abdullah; Ibrahim Iskandar
Prime Minister	Anwar Ibrahim
Political Secretary	Chan Ming Kai ; Ahmad Farhan Fauzi ; Azman Abidin
Preceded by	Syed Mohd Fahmi Sayid Mohammad ; (Political Secretary to the Prime Minister)
Deputy Minister of Primary Industries
	In office; 2 July 2018 – 24 February 2020
Monarchs	Muhammad V; (2018–2019) ; Abdullah ; (2019–2020)
Prime Minister	Mahathir Mohamad
Minister	Teresa Kok Suh Sim
Preceded by	Datu Nasrun Datu Mansur ; (Deputy Minister of Plantation Industries and Commodities)
Succeeded by	Wee Jeck Seng ; (Deputy Minister of Plantation Industries and Commodities I) ; Willie Mongin ; (Deputy Minister of Plantation Industries and Commodities II)
Constituency	Hang Tuah Jaya
Vice President of the People's Justice Party
	In office; 22 August 2014 – 16 November 2018
President	Wan Azizah Wan Ismail
2nd Youth Chief of the People's Justice Party
	In office; 2007–2014
President	Wan Azizah Wan Ismail
Preceded by	Mohamad Ezam Mohd Nor
Succeeded by	Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad
Member of the Malaysian Parliament; for Hang Tuah Jaya
	In office; 9 May 2018 – 19 November 2022
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Adam Adli ; (PH–PKR)
Majority	8,640 (2018)
Member of the Malaysian Parliament; for Bukit Katil
	In office; 5 May 2013 – 9 May 2018
Preceded by	Md Sirat Abu ; (BN–UMNO)
Succeeded by	Position abolished
Majority	5,733 (2013)
Faction represented in Dewan Rakyat
2013–2018	People's Justice Party
2018–2022	Pakatan Harapan
Personal details
Born	Shamsul Iskandar @ Yusre bin Mohd Akin; 29 December 1974 (age 49); Malacca General Hospital, Malacca, Malaysia
Political party	People's Justice Party (PKR)
Other political; affiliations	Pakatan Harapan (PH); Pakatan Rakyat (PR); Barisan Alternatif (BA)
Spouse	Norzakiah Mohd Tahir
Children	3
Education	Kolej Islam Sultan Alam Shah
Alma mater	International Islamic University Malaysia (LLB)
Occupation	Politician
Website	shamsuliskandar.wordpress.com
	Shamsul Iskandar Md Akin on Facebook

Datuk Seri Shamsul Iskandar @ Yusre bin Mohd Akin (Jawi: شمس الإسكندر @ يسري بن محمد عقين; born 29 December 1974) is a Malaysian politician who has served as Senior Political Secretary to Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim since December 2022.^[1] He served as the Deputy Minister of Primary Industries in the Pakatan Harapan (PH) administration under former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad and former Minister Teresa Kok Suh Sim from July 2018 to the collapse of the PH administration in February 2020 and the Member of Parliament (MP) for Hang Tuah Jaya from May 2018 to November 2022 and for Bukit Katil from May 2013 to May 2018. He is a member and was Information Chief, Spokesperson as well as Vice-President of the People's Justice Party (PKR), a component party of the PH coalition.

Background

Shamsul Iskandar is married with three children. For his primary education, he went to Sekolah Kebangsaan Kesang Tua. He received his secondary education at Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Agama Sultan Muhammad, Melaka before later finished his Upper Secondary at Sultan Alam Shah Islamic College (KISAS). He obtained his law degree in International Islamic University Malaysia.^{[citation needed]}

He is a King Scout.^[2]

In university, he was the President of the ASEAN Law Students Association (ALSA) and also the Pro-tem Chairman of Malaysian Law Students Association (MALSA).^{[citation needed]}

Political career

In 2007, he became the Chief of PKR's youth wing after the leader, Mohamad Ezam Mohd Nor, left the post in 2006,^[3] and he defeated Hasmi Hashim in the 2007 election to replace him.^[4]^[5]

In 2004 election, he contested the newly created Tangga Batu parliamentary constituency in his home state, Malacca but lost to Idris Haron. Then in the 2008 election, he contested and lost the Dungun parliamentary seat in Terengganu.^[6] He was finally elected to federal Parliament in the 2013 election for the seat of Bukit Katil, defeating heavyweight opponent, the Chief Minister of Melaka, Mohd Ali Rustam.^[7] In the 2018 election, he managed to retain his Bukit Katil which had change to Hang Tuah Jaya after the 2018 re-delineation but lost the Rim seat of the Malacca State Legislative Assembly.

In 2014 he was elected a vice-president of PKR, alongside Rafizi Ramli, Nurul Izzah Anwar and Tian Chua. He did not re-contest the leadership of PKR's youth wing.^[8]

On 11 December 2013 Shamsul Iskandar was charged with being responsible for Malaysia's Post General Election rally 2013 or "Blackout 505", a rally that was held in a restricted area at the compound of University of Malaysia's Ar-Rahman Mosque which happened across 15 cities in Malaysia. After five years he was acquitted on 16 May 2018 and all charges were dropped on grounds that prosecutor failed to prove the case against Shamsul beyond reasonable doubt.^[9]

Following the victory of Pakatan Harapan in 14th General Election, he was appointed as the Member of Cabinet assuming the role of Deputy Minister of Primary Industries under the new government led by Prime Minister, Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad.

At the international level, Shamsul Iskandar is also a Board Member of The Parliamentary Network on the World Bank & International Monetary Fund.

In the upcoming 15th General Election, Shamsul Iskandar had expressed his interest to challenge Ahmad Zahid Hamidi for the Bagan Datuk parliamentary seat.

Election results

**Parliament of Malaysia**^[6]^[7]^[10]^[11]^[12]^[13]^[14]^[15]
Year	Constituency		Votes	Pct		Votes	Pct	Ballots cast	Majority	Turnout
2004	P136 Tangga Batu, Melaka	Shamsul Iskandar Md Akin (PKR)	7,522	20.64%	Idris Haron (UMNO)	26,766	79.36%	42,965	24,444	80.62%
2008	P039 Dungun, Terengganu	Shamsul Iskandar Md Akin (PKR)	24,270	45.34%	Matulidi Jusoh (UMNO)	29,264	54.66%	54,464	4,994	83.98%
2013	P137 Bukit Katil, Malacca	Shamsul Iskandar Md Akin (PKR)	46,167	53.30%	Mohd Ali Rustam (UMNO)	40,720	46.70%	88,271	5,733	88.77%
2018	P137 Hang Tuah Jaya, Malacca	Shamsul Iskandar Md Akin (PKR)	39,067	51.01%	Mohd Ali Rustam (UMNO)	30,427	39.73%	76,583	8,640	86.72%
2018	P137 Hang Tuah Jaya, Malacca	Shamsul Iskandar Md Akin (PKR)	39,067	51.01%	Md Khalid Kassim (PAS)	7,089	9.26%	76,583	8,640	86.72%
2022	P075 Bagan Datuk, Perak	Shamsul Iskandar Md Akin (PKR)	16,230	38.78%	Ahmad Zahid Hamidi (UMNO)	16,578	39.61%	41,856	348	71.94%
					Muhammad Faiz Na'aman (BERSATU)	8,822	21.08%
					Tawfik Ismail (IND)	226	0.54%

**Malacca State Legislative Assembly**^[7]^[14]^[15]^[16]
Year	Constituency		Votes	Pct		Votes	Pct	Ballots cast	Majority	Turnout
2018	N25 Rim	Shamsul Iskandar Md Akin (PKR)	4,765	42.06%	Ghazale Muhamad (UMNO)	5,301	46.80%	11,525	536	84.20%
2018	N25 Rim	Shamsul Iskandar Md Akin (PKR)	4,765	42.06%	Kintan Man (PAS)	1,262	11.14%	11,525	536	84.20%
2021	N13 Paya Rumput	Shamsul Iskandar Md Akin (PKR)	6,201	36.03%	Rais Yasin (UMNO)	6,830	39.68%	17,211	629	65.06%
					Muhammad Fariz Izwan Mazlan (BERSATU)	3,972	23.08%
					Mohd Jaini Dimon (IND)	127	0.74%
					Muhammad Hashidi Mohd Zin (PUTRA)	81	0.47%