# Amirudin Shari

Amirudin bin Shari (Jawi: أمير الدين بن شاعري; born 8 February 1980) is a Malaysian politician who has served as the 16th Menteri Besar of Selangor since June 2018, Member of the Selangor State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Sungai Tua since May 2018 and Member of Parliament (MP) for Gombak since November 2022. He served as Member of the Selangor State Executive Council (EXCO) in the Pakatan Rakyat (PR) and Pakatan Harapan (PH) state administrations under former Menteri Besar Mohamed Azmin Ali from September 2014 to his promotion to the Menteri Besarship in June 2018 as well as the MLA for Batu Caves from March 2008 to May 2018. He is a member of the People's Justice Party (PKR), a component party of the PH and formerly PR coalitions. He has also served as the Vice-President of PKR since July 2022 and State Chairman of PH of Selangor since March 2020 as well as of Pahang from September 2022 to August 2024.
He was the manager of the Selangor F.C. football team, leading the team in two consecutive Malaysia Cup finals, in 2015 and 2016. The famous 33rd mission to win Malaysia Cup was accomplished in 2015 under his leadership. Selangor was also the champion of 2016 Sukma under Amirudin.
During his early involvement in social activism and politics, Amirudin campaigned on democracy, cultural, and students matters. Frequent sessions of open discussion with Komuniti Seni Jalan Telawi (KSJT) were held, with the goal to promote the arts and culture.

## Personal background

He grew up in Pontian, Johor. He received his secondary education at Sekolah Menengah Benut in Pontian and furthered his studies at University of Putra Malaysia, graduated with a bachelor's degree in Social Science. He was actively involved in student activism during his campus days and was known as a skilled debater.
After leaving university, Amirudin worked as program coordinator at Institute for Policy Research (Institut Kajian Dasar), a non-governmental organisation (NGO) dedicated to the cause of cultural revivalism and the construction of civil society.
Throughout his career at the Institute for Policy Research, Amirudin carried out the drafting and supervision of social awareness programs including politics with series under his management such as Public Intellectual Forum, Tanwiri Islam Program and also Sekolah Politik, a program that enlightens politics for youngsters.
In addition, Amirudin acquired special training on electoral preparations titled 'How to Do a Campaign' under Konrad Adenauer Stiftung which was held in Berlin and Munich, Germany. These experiences are vital as Amirudin has always been given tasks on logistics, communications, and mobilisation in his early involvement in PKR.
In March 2005, Amirudin married Masdiana Muhamad. The couple have six children.

## Political career
### Youth chief aspirant

Due to his active involvement in People's Justice Party Youth's Wing since 2004, he had been chosen as the Vice Chief of the division. On 4 January 2014, Amirudin announced his candidacy for the Keadilan Youth Chief's post with a team up alongside Afif Bahardin in AMK Baru line ups for the upcoming party polls before losing to Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad on the most excruciating campaign to date.
In the three-way competition, AMK Baru faction led by Amirudin obviously dominated the party polls with landslide victories in popular states for Keadilan such as Selangor and Sabah while receiving good number of polls in Penang, Kedah, Kelantan, and Perak. However, final results showed that Nik Nazmi won the post for Chief of Keadilan's Youth Wing in a black history after several branches objected into recounting the ballots resulting in Amirudin's victory into losses by previously won ballot boxes.
For the record, the Deputy Chief AMK post, 3 Vice Chiefs AMK, and 16 out of 20 Central AMK Committee Members are won by representatives from AMK Baru.

### Member of the Selangor State Assembly

Amirudin won his first attempt in the electoral campaign in 2008 General Election as a young candidate. He helped the Pakatan Rakyat (PR) coalition, which consisted of People's Justice Party (PKR), Democratic Action Party (DAP), and Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS) defeat the Barisan Nasional coalition for the first time in Selangor electoral history. Amirudin toppled the favourite candidate, Mohan Thangarasu from Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC) with a majority of 3,639.
He successfully retained his position after the 2013 General Election with a win over his contender, Rawisandran Narayanan in a high voter turnout at 85.7% and Amirudin still manages to keep 55.03% popular votes with a majority of 3,261.

### Appointment as Selangor State Executive Councillor

In September 2014, with the appointment of the new Menteri Besar of Selangor, Azmin Ali, Amirudin was appointed the State Executive Councillor in charge of Youth Development, Sports, Cultural and Entrepreneurship Development which was preceded by Ahmad Yunus Bin Hairi. Even before being appointed the Selangor State Executive Councillor, Amirudin was involved with policy making and state programmes for youths and sports. He was unofficially named Vice President of the Selangor State Executive Council along with Ahmad Yunus Hairi and Jenice Lee. They founded together the Penggerak Belia Tempatan (PeBT) (English: Local Youth Movement) initiative together, which engineered many of the youth programmes in Selangor. Amirudin was also appointed the Vice Chairman of the Selangor Sports Council during Abdul Khalid Ibrahim's tenure as Menteri Besar of Selangor, holding the position from 2008 until 2010.
Youth Development
As the appointed youth to represent Generasi Muda, Amirudin continues the efforts to fortify Generasi Muda by launching Ten Fundamentals of Selangor Youth which contains the guidelines and direction of the youth development completely and focusing on major fields. Amirudin also continues Youth Marriage Incentives which give handful of incentive towards Selangor's newly-wed couples.
The existence of Youth Development Department under the wing of Selangor Sport Council also embarks on organized Generasi Muda programs. Penggerak Belia Tempatan (PeBT) has been updated and recent programs are fresher than ever and involving bigger communities. On the other hand, the programs embarked by Amirudin are becoming trend setters as Selangor International Cybergames being claimed one of the best in this region. E-Sport is one agenda that he lays his eyes upon for building new generation of youth in the interactive world.
Amirudin also launched Selangor Plus Campaign in effort to promote a healthy lifestyle for the youth. As for early initiative, Selangor Plus started from 2015 and persisted until today to fork out the best talent from the youth in futsal, basketball, sepak takraw, and netball.

### Menteri Besar of Selangor

Amirudin was appointed the MB of Selangor following Azmin's appointment as a federal minister. Amirudin's term as MB was marked by several controversies. These included questions raised over a plan to demolish and rebuild the Shah Alam Stadium, the excision and development of the Shah Alam Community Forest, and plans to quarry part of the Bukit Lagong forest reserve. Another issue raised was in Amirudin's own constituency, where land parcels were given out from the Batu Caves reserve.

### Member of Parliament of Gombak

In 2022, Amirudin was elected to the federal seat of Gombak defeating his former mentor Azmin Ali.

### Vice President of PKR

In the 2022 party election, he contested and successfully got elected as one of the Vice Presidents of PKR after securing 46,075 votes, thus making him the highest ranked Vice President and third highest position in the party.

## Election results

Selangor State Legislative Assembly :
| Year | Constituency | Candidate | Votes | Pct | Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout |
| 2008 | N16 Batu Caves | Amirudin Shari (PKR) | 11,015 | 57.47% | Mohan Thangarasu (MIC) | 7,376 | 38.49% | 19,165 | 3,639 | 74.51% |
| 2008 | N16 Batu Caves | Amirudin Shari (PKR) | 11,015 | 57.47% | Azmi Hussain (IND) | 379 | 1.98% | 19,165 | 3,639 | 74.51% |
| 2013 | N16 Batu Caves | Amirudin Shari (PKR) | 14,552 | 55.03% | Rawisandran Narayanan (MIC) | 11,291 | 42.70% | 26,443 | 3,261 | 85.70% |
| 2013 | N16 Batu Caves | Amirudin Shari (PKR) | 14,552 | 55.03% | Suman Gopal (IND) | 182 | 0.69% | 26,443 | 3,261 | 85.70% |
| 2018 | N16 Sungai Tua | Amirudin Shari (PKR) | 17,446 | 61.61% | N. Rawisandran (MIC) | 6,072 | 21.44% | 28,721 | 11,374 | 84.00% |
| 2018 | N16 Sungai Tua | Amirudin Shari (PKR) | 17,446 | 61.61% | Ustaz Mad China (PAS) | 4,530 | 16.00% | 28,721 | 11,374 | 84.00% |
| 2018 | N16 Sungai Tua | Amirudin Shari (PKR) | 17,446 | 61.61% | Badrul Acong (IND) | 268 | 0.95% | 28,721 | 11,374 | 84.00% |
| 2023 | N16 Sungai Tua | Amirudin Shari (PKR) | 19,678 | 56.87% | Muhammad Hanif Jamaludin (PAS) | 14,493 | 41.89% | 34,791 | 5,185 | 70.92% |
| 2023 | N16 Sungai Tua | Amirudin Shari (PKR) | 19,678 | 56.87% | Suman Gopal (IND) | 430 | 1.24% | 34,791 | 5,185 | 70.92% |
Parliament of Malaysia :
| Year | Constituency | Candidate | Votes | Pct | Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout |
| 2022 | P098 Gombak | Amirudin Shari (PKR) | 72,267 | 43.69% | Mohamed Azmin Ali (BERSATU) | 59,538 | 35.99% | 206,757 | 12,729 | 80.01% |
| 2022 | P098 Gombak | Amirudin Shari (PKR) | 72,267 | 43.69% | Megat Zulkarnain Omardin (UMNO) | 30,723 | 18.57% | 206,757 | 12,729 | 80.01% |
| 2022 | P098 Gombak | Amirudin Shari (PKR) | 72,267 | 43.69% | Aziz Jamaludin Mohd Tahir (PEJUANG) | 2,223 | 1.34% | 206,757 | 12,729 | 80.01% |
| 2022 | P098 Gombak | Amirudin Shari (PKR) | 72,267 | 43.69% | Zulkifli Ahmad (IND) | 675 | 0.41% | 206,757 | 12,729 | 80.01% |

## Honours
### Honours of Malaysia

* Malaysia :
** Recipient of the 17th Yang di-Pertuan Agong Installation Medal (2024)
* Selangor :
** Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Crown of Selangor (SPMS) – Dato' Seri (2019)