ALL three of the newly elected Umno vice-presidents will be heading the party in Perlis, Selangor, and Terengganu, in a massive restructuring of the party’s leadership announced by party president Ahmad Zahid Hamidi today.

All of Umno’s top leaders at the state level have been changed, except for Negri Sembilan, which will still be led by former menteri besar Mohamad Hasan.

Perlis Umno is now led by Mohamed Khaled Nordin, who is the former chairman of Johor Umno and was once Johor menteri besar. Khaled is replacing Shahidan Kassim, who was involved in the Arau Palace controversy regarding the Perlis menteri besar appointment last May 9.

Meanwhile, Selangor Umno will be led by Ismail Sabri Yaakob, and Terengganu by Umno vice-president Mahdzir Khalid.

Selangor Umno was previously led by Noh Omar, while former menteri besar Ahmad Razif Abdul Rahman had led Terengganu Umno.

This is the second time Umno has placed its vice-presidents to lead the state’s party branches. In 2008, a similar restructuring was enforced after the general elections, involving states that were considered problematic and underperforming.

Perlis Umno is currently believed to be in crisis after supporters were split between Shahidan and Azlan Man. At the peak of the crisis, Ismail Kassim, Shahidan’s brother who is also the state assemblyman for Tambun Tualang, pulled out from Umno.

Terengganu Umno also had its fair share of internal crises similar to Perlis, involving several factions that resulted in the loss of the state to PAS in GE14.

Umno only won 10 of the 32 state seats, whereas PAS won the remaining seats.

Zahid is replacing former Umno treasurer Salleh Said Keruak with Musa Aman in Sabah as Umno’s state liaison. Musa will be assisted by Bung Mokhtar Radin as his deputy, and former Dewan Rakyat speaker, Pandikar Amin Mulia, will be his secretary.

Kedah Umno is led by former minister in the prime minister’s department Jamil Khir Baharom, who lost the Jerai parliamentary seat, while Federal Territories Umno is led by Johari Abdul Ghani, who lost the Titiwangsa parliamentary seat.

Meanwhile for Pahang, Wan Rosdy Wan Ismail, who replaced Adnan Yaakob as menteri besar, heads Umno in the state.

Former Umno works secretary Ab Rauf Yusoh was elected to lead Malacca Umno, replacing former minister Idris Haron.

Zahid also restructured the leadership of Perak Umno, appointing Saarani Mohamad as the head of state to replace Zambry Abdul Kadir, who is now a member of the party’s Supreme Council.

Kelantan Umno, which once again failed to wrestle back the state from PAS in the last general election, is now led by Ahmad Jazlan Yaakub. He is replacing Mustapa Mohamed, who is now a Supreme Council member after winning the June 30 Umno elections.

Following is the list of chairman, deputy chairman and secretary of the Umno liaison body in every state:

Sabah

Salleh Said Keruak (chairman)
Bung Moktar Radin (deputy chairman)
Pandikar Amin Mulia (secretary)

Perlis

Mohamed Khaled Nordin (chairman)
Zahidi Zainul Abidin (deputy chairman)
Azizan Sulaiman (secretary)

Kedah

Jamil Khir Baharom (chairman)
Othman Aziz (deputy chairman)
Hashim Jahaya (secretary)

Penang

Musa Sheikh Fadzir (chairman)
Shaikh Hussein Mydin (deputy chairman)
Shah Headan Ayoob Hussain Shah (secretary)

Perak

Saarani Mohamad (chairman)
Hasbullah Osman (deputy chairman)
Ahmad Shalimin Ahmad Shaffie (secretary)

Federal Territories

Johari Abdul Ghani (chairman)
Zainal Abidin Mohd Rafique (deputy chairman)
Ramlan Askolani (secretary)
 
Selangor

Ismail Sabri Yaakob (chairman)
Mat Nadzari Ahmad Dahlan (deputy chairman)
Armand Azha Abu Hanifah (secretary)

Negri Sembilan

Mohamad Hasan (chairman)
Ismail Lasim (deputy chairman)
Mustapha Salim (secretary)
 
Malacca

Ab Rauf Yusoh (chairman)
Mohamad Ali Mohamad (deputy chairman)
Hasan Abdul Rahman (secretary)
 
Johor

Hasni Mohammad Mohammad (chairman)
Nur Jazlan Mohamed (deputy chairman)
Samsol Jamali (secretary)

Kelantan

Ahmad Jazlan Yaakub (chairman)
Mohamed Fatmi Che Salleh (deputy chairman)
Zaluzi Sulaiman (secretary)
 
Terengganu

Mahdzir Khalid (chairman)
Din Ahmad (deputy chairman)
Rozi Mamat (secretary)
 
Pahang

Wan Rosdy Wan Ismail (chairman)
Hasan Ariffin (deputy chairman)
Ab Hamid Nazahar (secretary). – July 14, 2018.