Annuar Musa

Tan Sri Datuk Seri Panglima Haji Annuar Musa (born 18 May 1956) is President of Kelantan FA since 2009. Former minister of Rural Development, now known as the Ministry of Rural and Regional Development, has been Head of UMNO for 20 years in addition to over 14 years as a member of the MT and as a minister for almost 10 years.

Personal life

Annuar is married to Puan Sri Rosniah Abdul Rahman and has four children, Azzahraa, Azzwaa, Ajjrina and Afiq Amani.

Education

Annuar's secondary school is Sekolah Tuanku Abdul Rahman,Ipoh.Annuar which can be considered old-timer in Kelantan UMNO has master's degree in Construction Management from the University College of London. Prior to that he earned bachelor's Town and Country Planning from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM).

Political career

In addition to active politics, Annuar also a member of Malaysian Institute of Planners. He also served as Assistant Director of Town Planning, City Hall and Director, Corporate Planning Division, the State Economic Development Corporation. Although he has been active in politics since 1979, but significant when the selected first contested the Legislative Assembly (DUN) stage in 1986 and defeated the candidate from the Pan Islamic Party (PAS), Daud bin Jusoh with a majority of 136 votes.

However, in the election of 1990 he lost to opposition candidate, Mohd. Sabu in Parliament stage. The defeat, however, redeemed in 1995 when he won in the same Parliament, but defeated candidate S46, Rafei Mat Salleh. Annuar but again lost in the parliamentary phase of the 1999 general election, but this time the candidate of Justice, Mohamed Mustafa.

At the last general election, he returned to redeem defeat by winning the Kok Lanas state seat by beating Md. Ashari Mamat from Pas. In addition to contesting the election experience, Annuar also has extensive experience in the party, including a member of the MT from 1991 to present. He also served as Chairman of the Kelantan Barisan Nasional (1994-2001) and Deputy Chairman of the State Umno Liaison Body (1991-2003). On the part he was the chief of The New Ketereh previously known as Nilam Puri and phase from 1986 to present.

Controversy

On 3 May 2012, Tan Sri Annuar Musa was suspended from taking part in any football activities in Kelantan where he is the President. The Football Association of Malaysia (FAM) disciplinary committee found Annuar's negative statement against the national football team on 12 Feb had breached the status of FAM's Article 88 (2010-2014). FAM's Article 88 states that only the president and the secretary-general can comment on the national team's performance.^[1]

References

Fourth Mahathir cabinet (1990–1995)
Prime Minister: Mahathir Mohamad
Abdul Ghafar Baba Anwar Ibrahim Ling Liong Sik Samy Vellu Lim Keng Yaik Leo Moggie Irok Rafidah Aziz Sulaiman Daud Sanusi Junid Abu Hassan Omar Daim Zainuddin Lee Kim Sai Najib Razak Mohamed Rahmat Sabbaruddin Chik Napsiah Omar Mohamed Yusof Mohamed Noor Lim Ah Lek Abang Abu Bakar Abang Mustapha Law Hieng Ding Ting Chew Peh Sakaran Dandai Syed Hamid Albar Abdullah Ahmad Badawi Abdul Ghani Othman Osu Sukam Bernard Giluk Dompok Annuar Musa

Fifth Mahathir cabinet (1995–1999)
Prime Minister: Mahathir Mohamad
Anwar Ibrahim Abdullah Ahmad Badawi Ling Liong Sik Samy Vellu Lim Keng Yaik Daim Zainuddin Leo Moggie Irok Rafidah Aziz Sulaiman Daud Abu Hassan Omar Najib Razak Mohamed Rahmat Sabbaruddin Chik Lim Ah Lek Abang Abu Bakar Abang Mustapha Law Hieng Ding Ting Chew Peh Syed Hamid Albar Annuar Musa Osu Sukam Muhyiddin Yassin Zaleha Ismail Chua Jui Meng Abdul Hamid Othman Mustapa Mohamed Chong Kah Kiat Megat Junid Megat Ayub Tajol Rosli Mohd Ghazali Siti Zaharah Sulaiman Abdul Kadir Sheikh Fadzir Mohd Khalil Yaakob Kasitah Gaddam