Ariff Sabri Abdul Aziz
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Yang Berhormat Dato' Mohamad Ariff Sabri Abdul Aziz MP |
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| Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Raub, Pahang |
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Assumed office 6 May 2013 |
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| Preceded by | Ng Yen Yen |
| Majority | 2,814 |
| Member of the Pahang State Legislative Assembly for Pulau Manis |
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In office 21 March 2004 – 8 March 2008 |
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| Preceded by | New constituency |
| Succeeded by | Khairuddin Mahmud |
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| Born | Raub, Pahang |
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Democratic Action Party (DAP) (2012–) United Malay National Organization (UMNO) (until 2012) |
| Alma mater |
University of Malaya University of Manchester (Owens) |
| Occupation | Politician, Blogger |
| Website | Blog |
Dato' Mohamad Ariff Sabri Abdul Aziz, commonly known by his blogger name of Sakmongkol AK47, is a Malaysian politician and prominent blogger. He is the former Pahang assemblyman for Pulau Manis from 2004 to 2008. He is a member of United Malay National Organization (UMNO) until 2012 and served as the Pekan UMNO chief of information under Dato' Seri Najib Razak from 2000 to 2004.
In early 2012, he and another prominent blogger, Aspan Alias left UMNO and joined the Democratic Action Party (DAP), citing UMNO's failure to eradicate corruption and increase the livelihood of Malays in general. He won the Pahang parliamentary seat of Raub under the DAP ticket in the 2013 general election.
Ariff Sabri graduated with a degree on economics from the University of Malaya and University of Manchester (Owens).
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