Mohd Yadzil Yaakub
Mohd Yadzil Yaakub (born 14 April 1978) is a Malaysian politician and medical doctor from the Malaysian United Indigenous Party (BERSATU), a component party of the Perikatan Nasional (BN) coalition who has served as Member of the Melaka State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Bemban since November 2021. In BERSATU, he has served as State Chairman of Melaka since December 2021, Division Chairman of Jasin since 2020 and served as State Deputy Chairman of Melaka from 2021 to December 2021. In PN, he has also served as State Chairman of Melaka since January 2022 and served as State  Deputy Chairman of Melaka from 2021 to January 2022 and Election Director of 2021 Melaka state election. He is also one of the only two Melaka PN and BERSATU MLAs. Political career. On 17 November 2021, Yadzil, PN candidate for the Bemban state seat expressed his confidence in advancing and progressing Bemban. On 20 November 2021, Yadzil was elected into Melaka State Legislative Assembly, winning the Bemban seat from Wong Fort Pin of the Pakatan Harapan (PH) opposition coalition. On 14 December 2021, he was named the State Chairman of PN and BERSATU, replacing Mohd Rafiq Naizamohideen, former EXCO member  and former Paya Rumput MLA who lost his reelection in the state election. On 17 December 2021, Yadzil said he would leave the political affiliations of himself and another PN MLA, Sungai Udang MLA Mohd Aleef Yusof to PN chairman and BERSATU president Muhyiddin Yassin to decide whether they are affiliated with the government or opposition. Muhyiddin decided that they are to be affiliated with the opposition. On 27 January 2022, he was appointed as the State Chairman of Melaka of PN. Non-governmental organisation and other careers. Yadzil has been patron of the Pertubuhan Gagasan Inovasi dan Ekonomi Melaka  (GIEM) since 2020. He has also been co-chairman of Innovation and Digitalisation Committee of SME Corp of Malaysia and corporation member of SME Corp of Malaysia since 2021. He was secretary of the Melaka branch of the Koperasi Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia Sdn Bhd in 2019 and medical officer of Melaka hospital from 2005 to 2009.