Asyraf Wajdi wins Umno Youth race, unofficial results show

Updated 5 years ago · Published on 24 Jun 2018 10:20AM · 3 Comments

Former lecturer at International Islamic University Dr Asyraf Wajdi is the new Umno Youth leader. – The Malaysian Insight pic, June 24, 2018.

DR Asyraf Wajdi, former deputy minister in the Prime Minister’s Department, is the new Umno Youth leader, having won 73 of the 191 divisional votes in party polls today.

His rivals Senator Khairul Azwan Harun has 58 and Pahang Youth chief Shahar Abdullah has 56.  Sg Besar division chief and fugitive Jamal Yunos has two divisional votes.

Former deputy minister Aziz Kaprawi congratulated Asyraf on Twitter at 9.21am.  

Before joining politics, Asyraf was a lecturer at International Islamic University. In 2013, he was appointed by former prime minister Najib Razak to head Islamic Dakwah Foundation of Malaysia.

He joined the PMD in 2015 and served under Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Jamli Khir Baharom on Islamic Affairs. 

Umno executive secretary Ab Rauf Yusof said the official results will be released at PWTC at 5pm today. – June 24, 2018.

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  • The guy's calling card is Islamic affairs, whose No.1 customer is Najib who stole billions and sent it on train track heading to the cliff. UMNO is stuck in emotional dysfunction..BUT it does and works for them..Its the rakyat that cannot afford it.

    Posted 5 years ago by Bigjoe Lam · Reply

  • Habis-lah Umno! This kind of leader will bring Umno down deeper into the mud...using race n religion as his card. A man with substance can have substantiate issues to carry n is constructive but not Asyraf. He got no substance

    Posted 5 years ago by Peace Maker · Reply

  • OMG ! funtime for unmo goons

    Posted 5 years ago by Zureen ariff · Reply