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Salahuddin Ayub

Yang Berhormat Tuan Haji
Salahuddin Ayub
MP MLA
Minister of Agriculture and Agro-based Industry
Assumed office
21 May 2018
Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad
Preceded by Ahmad Shabery Cheek
Member of the Malaysian Parliament
for Pulai, Johor
Assumed office
10 May 2018
Preceded by Nur Jazlan Mohamed
Majority 28,924 (2018)
Member of the Malaysian Parliament
for Kubang Kerian, Kelantan
In office
21 March 2004 – 5 May 2013
Preceded by Husam Musa
Succeeded by Ahmad Baihaki Atiqullah
Majority 10,642 (2008)
5,627 (2004)
Member of the Johor State Legislative Assembly
for Simpang Jeram (formerly Sungai Abong)
Assumed office
10 May 2018
Preceded by Sheikh Ibrahim Salleh
Majority 7,687 (2018)
Personal details
Born Salahuddin bin Ayub
(1961-12-01) 1 December 1961 (age 56)
Pontian, Johor, Federation of Malaya (now Malaysia)
Citizenship Malaysian
Political party PAS (1999-2015)
AMANAH - Pakatan Harapan (2015- present)
Spouse(s) Fatimah Taha
Children 6
Alma mater Universiti Putra Malaysia
Tunku Abdul Rahman University College
Occupation Politician
Website salahuddinayub.wordpress.com

Haji Salahuddin Ayub (born 1 December 1961) is a Malaysian politician currently serving as the Minister of Agriculture and Agro-Based Industry since 21 May 2018. Salahuddin is also the Member of Parliament for the Pulai constituency in Johor and the Johor State Legislative Assemblyman for the seat of Simpang Jeram concurrently. He is the Deputy President of Parti Amanah Negara (AMANAH), a component of Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalition.

Salahuddin was a former member of the Parliament of Malaysia for the Kubang Kerian constituency in Kelantan representing the Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS) in the Pakatan Rakyat opposition coalition for two terms from 2004 to 2013. He was a former vice-president of PAS and also former head of PAS's youth wing. But he together with a few other progressive leaders referred as G18 was ousted at the party's 2015 Muktamar which has launched Gerakan Harapan Baru (GHB) that founded the new AMANAH party later.

Salahuddin was born on 1 December 1961 in Kampung Serkat, Tanjung Piai, Pontian, Johor, and went to schools in Pontian. He studied a Diploma in Business Administration at Tunku Abdul Rahman University College (KTAR) (1982–1983) and graduated with a Bachelor of Science (Human Resource Management) from Universiti Putra Malaysia (UPM).


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