Ahmad Said
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Yang Berhormat Datuk Seri Ahmad Said MLA |
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| Menteri Besar of Terengganu | |
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In office 25 March 2008 – 12 May 2014 |
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| Preceded by | Idris Jusoh |
| Succeeded by | Ahmad Razif Abdul Rahman |
| Terengganu State Legislative Assembly | |
| Assembly Member for Kijal |
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Assumed office 2004 |
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| Preceded by | Mehamed Sulong |
| Majority | 3,496 (2004) 3,157 (2008) 4,204 (2013) |
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In office 1990–1999 |
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| Preceded by | Mohd Mohd Min |
| Succeeded by | Mehamed Sulong |
| Majority | 1,834 (1990) 1,290 (1995) |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
15 February 1957 Teluk Kalong, Kemaman, Terengganu, Federation of Malaya (now Malaysia) |
| Political party | United Malays National Organisation |
| Spouse(s) | Norliza Mahmud |
| Children | 8 |
| Alma mater | Universiti Sains Malaysia |
| Religion | Sunni Islam |
Datuk Seri Ahmad Said (born 15 February 1957) was the thirteenth Menteri Besar of Terengganu since 2008 till 12 May 2014. He is currently a Barisan Nasional state assemblyman of Kijal, Terengganu. He is a member of United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), who attempted a no-confidence motion against his successor during the recent Terengganu state assembly meeting but failed.
Ahmad Said is a political science graduate from Universiti Sains Malaysia, and was elected an assemblyman in 1990. He has 8 children with both women. His two wives live a kilometre apart.
Following the 2008 Malaysian general election, Barisan Nasional managed to win a majority in the Terengganu state election garnering 24 out of 32 state seats on offer, with PAS winning the remaining 8 seats.
In the formation of the new Terengganu state government, the federal government under the then Prime Minister (PM) Abdullah Ahmad Badawi put forth the reappointment of Datuk Seri Idris Jusoh to a second term as Menteri Besar. Abdullah claimed Idris received full support of twenty-three of the 24 Barisan Nasional state assemblymen elected.
In what political analysts described as a possible constitutional crisis, trouble began to precipitate after the Sultan of Terengganu, Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin, who was also then Yang di-Pertuan Agong (King) of Malaysia, refused to re-appoint and swear in Idris as Menteri Besar. Similar problems occurred in the state of Perlis where the PM's choice was also rejected and eventually the PM had to give in to the Raja of Perlis.
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