Abdul Haji

Career

Abdul Ghani was first elected to the Kedah State Assembly for Ayer Hitam in the 1999 election, but was defeated in 2004 by Othman Aziz of Barisan Nasional. With Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society winning government in Kedah in the 2008 election (as part of the Pakatan Rakyat coalition), Abdul Ghani was appointed to the State Executive Council in March 2010. In the 2013 election, Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society lost government and Abdul Ghani lost his seat, to UMNO"s Mukhriz Mahathir.

Achievements

• In the 2008 election Abdul Ghani won back the seat in a re-match against Othman.

Membership

He was twice the Member of the State Assembly of Kedah for the seat of Ayer Hitam, representing the Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (Proceedings of the Aristotelian Society). His two terms were from 1999 to 2004 and from 2008 to 2013 In the latter term he was a member of the Executive Council of Kedah responsible for Information and Entrepreneur Development.