Awang Hashim

2018–2020Malaysian Islamic Party2020–Perikatan Nasional Personal detailsBorn5 November
Kedah, MalaysiaCitizenshipMalaysianPolitical partyMalaysian Islamic Party (PAS)Other political
affiliationsPerikatan Nasional (PN)
Muafakat Nasional (MN)
Gagasan Sejahtera (GS)Alma materUniversity Science of MalaysiaOccupationPoliticianAwang Hashim on Facebook

Datuk Awang Solahuddin bin Hashim is a Malaysian politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Pendang since May 2018. He served as the Deputy Minister of Human Resources for the second term in the Barisan Nasional (BN) administration under former Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob and former Minister Saravanan Murugan from August 2021 to the collapse of the BN administration in November 2022 and the first term in the Perikatan Nasional (PN) administration under former Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin and former Minister Saravanan from March 2020 to the collapse of the PN administration in August 2021. He is a member of the Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS), a component party of the PN coalition.

Election results

Parliament of Malaysia^[1][2]

Year	Constitiuency	Candidate		Votes	Pct	Opponent(s)		Votes	Pct	Ballots cast	Majority	Turnout
2018	P011 Pendang		Awang Solahudin Hashim (PAS)	26,536	42.63%		Othman Abdul (UMNO)	20,728	33.30%	63,371	5,808	84.64%
							Wan Saiful Wan Jan (PPBM)	14,901	23.94%
							Abdul Malik Manaf (IND)	81	0.13%
2022			Awang Solahudin Hashim (PAS)	49,008	64.83%		Suraya Yaacob (UMNO)	17,719	23.44%	75,594	31,289	79.95%
							Zulkifly Mohamad (PKR)	8,058	10.66%
							Abdul Rashid Yub (PEJUANG)	809	1.07%

Honours

•  Federal Territory (Malaysia) :
  • Commander of the Order of the Territorial Crown (PMW) – Datuk (2021)

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