Abidin Ismail

Abidin bin Ismail (born 7 December 1968) is a Malaysian politician and businessman who has served as Member of the Penang State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Sungai Bakap since July 2024. He is a member, Vice Division Chief of Nibong Tebal, Director of the Sungai Bakap State Legislative Assembly Elections Department (JPrD) and Head of the Workers and Consumerism Committee of Nibong Tebal of the Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS), a component party of the Perikatan Nasional (PN) coalition. He previously served as Logistics Executive of the USG Sendirian Berhad, Special Officer to previous Sungai Bakap MLA Nor Zamri Latiff as well as Head of the Publicity Committee of Nibong Tebal, Branch Chief of Sungai Duri and Branch Secretary of Sungai Duri of PAS.^[1][2]

In the 2024 Sungai Bakap by-election held on 6 July 2024 as a result of the death of incumbent MLA Nor Zamri due to his inflammation of stomach on 24 May 2024,^[3] Abidin made his electoral debut after being nominated by PN to contest in the election. Abidin won the Sungai Bakap state seat and was elected to the Penang State Legislative Assembly as the Sungai Bakap MLA after defeating Joohari Ariffin of Pakatan Harapan (PH) by a significantly increased majority of 4,267 votes, but lower turnout compared to the one won by his predecessor Nor Zamri in the 2023 Penang state election.^[4]

Abidin also holds and held a variety of roles in Sungai Duri and Nibong Tebal. He is the Chairman of the Jamek Mosque of Sungai Duri, Advisor to the Lama Mosque of Masjid Jamek, Chairman of the Ibnu Sina Resources Education Center Sungai Duri and AJK of Khidmat Malaysia of Nibong Tebal. He was also Committee Member (AJK) of the Village Development and Security Committee (JKKK) of Sungai Duri, deputy chairman and AJK of the Jamek Mosque of Sungai Duri.