Ahmad Bashah Md Hanipah
Ahmad Bashah bin Md Hanipah is a Malaysian politician. He is a member of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), a component party in Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition. He was the Menteri Besar of Kedah from 4 February 2016 to 10 May 2018. He was appointed as Menteri Besar after Mukhriz Mahathir agreed to step down after losing majority support in the state assembly. Ahmad Bashah was sworn in as Menteri Besar of Kedah the day after Mukhriz resigned, on February 4, 2016. Following his appointment as Menteri Besar, Ahmad Bashah resigned as the Deputy Minister  of Domestic Trade, Co-operatives and Consumerism and as a Senator. In the 2018 election, Ahmad Bashah failed to retain the Suka Menanti state seat when he lost to Zamri Yusuf, of the People's Justice Party (PKR), in a three-corner fight with Mohd Sabri Omar of Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS). Controversy. On 16 August 2016, Alor Setar MP Gooi Hsiao Leung has blasted Ahmad Bashah for accusing foreign countries of intervening in Malaysia's administration to topple its leader. Gooi asked if Ahmad Bashah was referring to the United States Department of Justice (DOJ) lawsuits to seize  some US$1 billion worth of assets in the US bought with "stolen money" from 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB). Ahmad Bashah had said that he did not want any “foreign element” to determine the country's future leaders and to take over what the government had developed.