Ismail Muttalib

Ismail bin Abdul Muttalib (Jawi: إِسْمَاعِيل عَبْدُٱلْمُطَّلِب born 1 December 1954) is a Malaysian politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Maran since March 2004. He served as the Deputy Minister of Housing and Local Government for the second term in the Barisan Nasional (BN) administration under former Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob and former Minister Reezal Merican Naina Merican from August 2021 to the collapse of the BN administration in November 2022 and the first term in the Perikatan Nasional (PN) administration under former Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin and former Minister Zuraida Kamaruddin from March 2020 to the collapse of the PN administration in August 2021. He is a member of the Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS), a component party of the PN coalition and was a member of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), a component party of the BN coalition.

Ismail was elected to Parliament in the 2004 general election and was re-elected thrice in 2008 general election, 2013 general election and 2018 general election. After the 2013 Malaysian general election, he was appointed to serve as the Deputy Minister of Human Resources in the BN administration from May 2013 to May 2018 for almost 5 years.

On 13 September 2019, the High Court in Kuala Lumpur allowed the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) to forfeit a total of RM369,662 from Ismail Muttalib and the company Naza Quest Auto in relation to the 1MDB-linked forfeiture suits against them. Ismail did not contest the forfeiture suit.

On 3 November 2022, Ismail Muttalib was re-elected to the seat in the 15th general election under PN ticket. Provided by Wikipedia