Career
He is recently appointed as a Deputy Minister in the Transport Ministry in the new Malaysian cabinet. During his tenure as an Exco in the Johor state executive council he made many positive changes in the industry. Datuk Ab Aziz Kaprawi is also one of the panel for the joint venture project for the 3,642.17ha land agriculture project with JCorp a state owned corporate institution. also the state legislative assembly member for the constituency of Parit Raja.
He is also the chairman of the Johor executive council of agriculture and industry
Datuk Ab Aziz Kaprawi said that his appointment as the Deputy Transportation Minister was a pleasant surprise as he did not expect to be appointed in any Federal position.
However, he did vow to give his best to the people of Malaysia. He is one of the new faces that Prime Minister Najib Razak had personally selected to be in his cabinet.
He also said that one of his most challenging task is to address the Advanced Encryption Standard issue and public transportation
In August 2015, Aziz Kaprawi asserted that the 2.6 billion ringgit donation from anonymous sources to Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak"s personal accounts between March 2013 and February 2015 were part of an effort to fight a global Jewish conspiracy against Malaysia, accusing the leading opposition party Democratic Action Party of being "based on and funded by the Jews". Aziz Kaprawi made an announcement as early in 4 April 2015 that VEP (Vehicle entry permit) for vehicle entrying to Malaysia from Singapore to start on 1 August, itself already delay from June, delay to 1 September, and then to 1 October
He is one of the key member supporting the "red shirt" rally, that Rally-goers force way through barricade, shouting slogan like “Himpunan Maruah Melayu” (Malay Dignity Gathering) and “Hidup! Hidup! Hidup Melayu!” (Long live the Malays).
