Mohamad Ali Mohamad

Yang Berbahagia Dato' Sri
Mohamad Ali Mohamad
SSAP DIMP DMSM
Yang Berbahagia Dato' Sri Mohamad Ali Mohamad SSAP DIMP DMSM
محمد علي محمد
14th Deputy President of the ; Dewan Negara
	In office; 16 December 2020 – 19 May 2023
Monarch	Abdullah
President	Rais Yatim
Prime Minister	Muhyiddin Yassin ; (2020–2021) ; Ismail Sabri Yaakob ; (2021–2022) ; Anwar Ibrahim ; (2022–2023)
Preceded by	Abdul Halim Abdul Samad
Succeeded by	Nur Jazlan Mohamed
Senator ; Elected by the ; Malacca State Legislative Assembly
	In office; 20 May 2020 – 19 May 2023 Serving with ; Lee Tian Sing (2020) ; Koh Nai Kwong (2020–2023)
Monarch	Abdullah
Prime Minister	Muhyiddin Yassin ; (2020–2021) ; Ismail Sabri Yaakob ; (2021–2022) ; Anwar Ibrahim ; (2022–2023)
Preceded by	Abidullah Salleh
Succeeded by	Mustafa Musa
Personal details
Born	Mohamad Ali bin Mohamad; Malacca, Malaysia
Political party	United Malays National Organisation (UMNO)
Other political; affiliations	Barisan Nasional (BN)
Alma mater	Institut Bahasa Kuala Lumpur
Occupation	Politician
Profession	Teacher

Mohamad Ali bin Mohamad (Jawi: محمد علي بن محمد) is a Malaysian politician and teacher who had served as 14th Deputy President of the Dewan Negara from December 2020 and a Senator from May 2020 to May 2023. He is also a member of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), a component party of the Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition. He served as the State Deputy Chairman of UMNO of Melaka from July 2018 to March 2023 and Division Chief of UMNO of Tangga Batu.^[1]^[2]

Political career[edit]

State Deputy Chairman of UMNO of Melaka & Division Chief of UMNO of Tangga Batu (2018–2023)[edit]

On 14 July 2018, Mohamad Ali was appointed as the Melaka UMNO State Deputy Chairman. In the 2023 UMNO party elections on 18 March 2023, Mohamad Ali was not reelected as the Tangga Batu UMNO Division Chief after narrowly losing to Member of the Melaka State Executive Council (EXCO) and Member of the Melaka State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Paya Rumput Rais Yasin. However, the results has been controversial and disputed by Mohamad Ali. The results also resulted in the boycott and absence of most of the committee members in the first meeting of Tangga Batu UMNO Division after Rais was elected as its new Chief, alleged sex scandal of Rais and him being replaced with Rais as the Melaka UMNO State Deputy Chairman on 22 March 2023.

Senator & Deputy President of the Dewan Negara (2020–2023)[edit]

On 20 May 2020, Mohamad Ali was elected to the Parliament as the Senator representing Melaka after being nominated and approved by the Melaka State Legislative Assembly. On 16 December 2020, he was appointed as the 14th and new Deputy President of the Dewan Negara, deputising for President Rais Yatim and replacing Abdul Halim Abdul Samad. On 19 May 2023, he stepped down as Deputy President of the Dewan Negara and Senator following the expiration of his 3-year term.

Candidate for the Member of the Melaka State Legislative Assembly (2021)[edit]

In the 2021 Melaka state election, Mohamad Ali made his electoral debut after being nominated by BN to contest for the Sungai Udang state seat. He was not elected as the Sungai Udang MLA after narrowly losing to Mohd Aleef Yusof of Perikatan Nasional (PN) by a minority of only votes. Following his narrow electoral defeat, he filed an election petition to challenge the results.

Election results[edit]

**Malacca State Legislative Assembly**^[3]
Year	Constituency		Votes	Pct		Votes	Pct	Ballots cast	Majority	Turnout
2021	N11 Sungai Udang	Mohamad Ali Mohamad (UMNO)	6,259	40.24%	Mohd Aleef Yusof (BERSATU)	6,789	43.65%	15,554	530	68.24%
					Hasmorni Tamby (PKR)	2,035	13.08%
					Mohd Zahar Hashim (IND)	471	3.03%

Honours[edit]

Pahang :
- Knight Companion of the Order of the Crown of Pahang (DIMP) – Dato' (2013)^[4]
- Grand Knight of the Order of Sultan Ahmad Shah of Pahang (SSAP) – Dato' Sri (2016)^[4]
Malacca :
- Companion Class I of the Order of Malacca (DMSM) – Datuk (2017)^[4]