Rafizi Ramli
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Yang Berhormat Tuan Mohd Rafizi Ramli MP |
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Rafizi in 2013
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| Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Pandan |
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Assumed office 2013 |
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| Preceded by | Ong Tee Keat (MCA–BN) |
| Majority | 26,729 (2013) |
| Vice-President of Parti Keadilan Rakyat | |
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Assumed office 22 August 2014 |
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| Secretary General of Parti Keadilan Rakyat | |
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Assumed office 13 October 2014 |
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| Preceded by | Saifuddin Nasution Ismail |
| Strategy Director of Parti Keadilan Rakyat | |
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In office Unknown – 13 October 2014 |
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| Succeeded by | Sim Tze Tzin |
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14 September 1977 Besut, Terengganu, Malaysia |
| Political party | PKR – Pakatan Harapan |
| Alma mater | University of Leeds |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Profession | Chartered accountant, electrical engineer |
| Religion | Sunni Islam |
| Website | http://rafiziramli.com/ |
Mohd Rafizi Ramli (born 14 September 1977) is a Malaysian politician. He is the Vice-President and former Secretary-General of the People's Justice Party (PKR), and the Member of the Parliament of Malaysia for Pandan, Selangor. He is the co-founder of a whistle blower organization, National Oversight and Whistleblowers (NOW).
Rafizi was born in Besut, Terengganu and was raised in Kemaman, an east-coast town. He came from a humble background which his father was a rubber tapper. During his schooling days he was active in extra-curricular activities where he represented MCKK for debate championships as well as being a top student. After finishing his secondary education, he was awarded scholarship to study Electrical Engineering at University of Leeds. He then worked for an accountant firm in United Kingdom and at the same time took professional papers and was qualified as a chartered accountant under ICAEW. Upon returning to Malaysia in 2003, Rafizi worked for the Malaysian oil company Petronas from 2003 to 2009. During his tenure at Petronas, he had held many important portfolios including managing Petronas' 30 Billion petrochemical assets. In 2009 he became the general manager of the health care company Pharmaniaga, before being appointed as the Chief Executive of the Selangor Economic Advisory Office, a position he held until July 2012. He dedicates his involvement in politics to Adlan, his close friend who had become his inspiration. Rafizi was active in politics since his university days. When Anwar Ibrahim was sacked as the deputy prime minister of Malaysia in 1998 he became more involved politics and had joined in the Reformasi movement.
He was elected to Parliament in the 2013 election. PKR selected him to contest the seat of Pandan, the incumbent holder of which was Ong Tee Keat of the Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA) in the governing Barisan Nasional coalition and the then, Minister of Transport. The MCA dropped the popular Ong as a candidate for the election. This decision was exploited by Rafizi, who repeatedly praised Ong on the campaign trail. Rafizi enjoyed an enormous swing towards PKR to be elected by a margin of 26,729 votes, more than doubling the number received by the MCA candidate. Prior to this, he was the strategy director for his party.
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