Yang Berhormat Dato' Zainol Fadzi Paharudin DPCM, DPMP, DSM, ASDK |
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President Perak Football Association | |
Assumed office 12 May 2010 |
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Monarch | Sultan Azlan Shah |
Preceded by | Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin |
Member of the Perak State Assembly for Sungai Manik |
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Assumed office 8 March 2008 |
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Preceded by | Haji Ibrahim Katop |
Personal details | |
Born |
Langkap, Perak, Malaysia |
31 July 1966
Political party | United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) part of Barisan Nasional |
Spouse(s) | Datin Azliyatul Wahidah binti Abu Bakar |
Children | 5 Daughters |
Residence | No.8, Lot PT.3801, Jalan Besar Attaduri, Langkap, Perak |
Occupation | Politician |
Dato' Zainol Fadzi Paharudin is the current President Perak Football Association and a Malaysian politician from the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), the leading party in the ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition.
A Member of the Perak Darul Ridzuan State Executive Council., Zainol a key player in the 2009 Perak constitutional crisis as the intended BN Menteri Besar. After three state assemblypersons from the Pakatan Rakyat coalition announced their intention to support a BN candidate for Menteri Besar, and to lend their support to a vote of no confidence in the incumbent Pakatan Rakyat Menteri Besar Mohammad Nizar Jamaluddin, Sultan Azlan Shah of Perak requested Nizar's resignation and swore in Zambry as the new Menteri Besar on 6 February 2009. Zambry acted as Menteri Besar for about three months. However, Nizar maintained that the Sultan was not permitted by the state constitution to dismiss him as the Menteri Besar, and on 11 May 2009, the Kuala Lumpur High Court ruled that Nizar had always been the rightful Menteri Besar of Perak. To maintain administrative continuity, Nizar tentatively endorsed most of Zambry's policies, subject to later review, but reinstated the 817 village development and security committees and 318 local government councillors whom Zambry had sacked. However, the following day, the Court of Appeal granted a stay of the High Court judgment, and Zambry returned to work. His status as Menteri Besar is still in doubt; Zambry has refused to address the question, while Nizar's camp insists that the stay is not an over-ruling and that Nizar is still the rightful Menteri Besar. The Malaysian Bar Council's interpretation of the ruling is that Zambry is only a caretaker Menteri Besar.