Mohd Shahar Abdullah
Mohd Shahar Abdullah | |
|---|---|
| محمّد شاهر عبدﷲ | |
Shahar in 2020 | |
| Deputy Minister of Economy | |
| Assumed office 16 December 2025 | |
| Monarch | Ibrahim Iskandar |
| Prime Minister | Anwar Ibrahim |
| Minister | Akmal Nasir |
| Preceded by | Hanifah Hajar Taib |
| Deputy Minister of Finance I | |
| In office 30 August 2021 – 24 November 2022 | |
| Monarch | Abdullah |
| Prime Minister | Ismail Sabri Yaakob |
| Minister | Tengku Zafrul Aziz |
| Preceded by | Abdul Rahim Bakri |
| Succeeded by | Ahmad Maslan |
| Constituency | Paya Besar |
| Deputy Minister of Finance II | |
| In office 10 March 2020 – 16 August 2021 | |
| Monarch | Abdullah |
| Prime Minister | Muhyiddin Yassin |
| Minister | Tengku Zafrul Aziz |
| Preceded by | Amiruddin Hamzah (Deputy Minister of Finance) |
| Succeeded by | Yamani Hafez Musa |
| Constituency | Paya Besar |
| Chairman of the Government Backbenchers Club | |
| In office 7 March 2024 – 21 January 2025 | |
| Monarch | Ibrahim Iskandar |
| Prime Minister | Anwar Ibrahim |
| Deputy | Khoo Poay Tiong |
| Preceded by | Johari Abdul Ghani |
| Succeeded by | Zaliha Mustafa |
| Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Paya Besar | |
| Assumed office 9 May 2018 | |
| Preceded by | Abdul Manan Ismail (BN–UMNO) |
| Majority | 5,742 (2018) 1,317 (2022) |
| Faction represented in Dewan Rakyat | |
| 2018– | Barisan Nasional |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Mohd Shahar bin Abdullah 6 December 1980 Paya Besar, Kuantan, Pahang, Malaysia |
| Citizenship | Malaysian |
| Party | United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) |
| Other political affiliations | Barisan Nasional (BN) |
| Alma mater | Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (DipEng, BEng, MEng) |
| Occupation | Politician |
Mohd Shahar bin Abdullah (Jawi: محمد شاهر بن عبدﷲ; born 6 December 1980) is a Malaysian politician who has served as the Deputy Minister of Economy in the Unity Government administration under Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim and Minister Akmal Nasir since December 2025 and the Member of Parliament (MP) for Paya Besar since May 2018. He also served as the Deputy Minister of Finance I in the Barisan Nasional (BN) administration under former prime minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob and former minister Tengku Zafrul Aziz from August 2021 to the collapse of the BN administration in November 2022 and the Deputy Minister of Finance II in the Perikatan Nasional (PN) administration under former prime minister Muhyiddin Yassin and former Minister Tengku Zafrul from March 2020 to the collapse of BN administration in August 2021. He is a member and the Division Chief of Paya Besar of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), a component party of the BN coalition.