Idris Ahmad (politician)

Yang Berhormat Datuk Idris Ahmad PMW MP
إدريس أحمد‎
Idris in 2022
Minister in the Prime Minister's Department (Religious Affairs)
In office 30 August 2021 – 24 November 2022
Monarch	Abdullah
Prime Minister	Ismail Sabri Yaakob
Deputy	Ahmad Marzuk Shaary
Preceded by	Zulkifli Mohamad Al-Bakri
Succeeded by	Mohd Na'im Mokhtar
Constituency	Senator
Senator Appointed by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong
In office 16 June 2020 – 5 November 2022
Monarch	Abdullah
Prime Minister	Muhyiddin Yassin
Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Bagan Serai
Incumbent
Assumed office 19 November 2022
Preceded by	Noor Azmi Ghazali (BN–UMNO)
Majority	18,551 (2022)
Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Bukit Gantang
In office 5 May 2013 – 9 May 2018
Preceded by	Mohamad Nizar Jamaluddin (PR–PAS)
Succeeded by	Syed Abu Hussin Hafiz (BN–UMNO)
Majority	986 (2013)
Faction represented in Dewan Rakyat
2013–2018	Malaysian Islamic Party
2022–	Perikatan Nasional
Faction represented in Dewan Negara
2020	Malaysian Islamic Party
2020–2022	Perikatan Nasional
Personal details
Born	Idris bin Ahmad (1963-10-19) 19 October 1963 (age 60) Changkat Jering, Taiping, Perak, Malaysia
Citizenship	Malaysian
Political party	Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS)
Other political affiliations	Barisan Alternatif (BA) (1999–2004) Pakatan Rakyat (PR) (2008–2015) Gagasan Sejahtera (GS) (2016–2020) Perikatan Nasional (PN) (since 2020)
Spouse	Kamariah Mat Ali
Education	Sultan Alam Shah Islamic College
Alma mater	National University of Malaysia
Occupation	Politician

Idris bin Ahmad (Jawi: إدريس أحمد; born 19 October 1963) is a Malaysian politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Bagan Serai since November 2022. He served as the Minister in the Prime Minister's Department in charge of Religious Affairs in the Barisan Nasional (BN) administration under former Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob from August 2021 to the collapse of the BN administration in November 2022, Senator from June 2020 to his resignation in November 2022 and the MP for Bukit Gantang from May 2013 to May 2018. He is a member and Vice President of the Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS), a component party of the Perikatan Nasional (PN) and formerly Gagasan Sejahtera (GS), Pakatan Rakyat (PR) and Barisan Alternatif (BA) coalitions.^[1]