Perikatan names Kemaman MP Ahmad Samsuri as new Opposition Leader, signals openness to electoral pact
Perikatan Nasional chairman Datuk Seri Ahmad Samsuri Mokhtar is the new Opposition leader in the Dewan Rakyat as of May 16, 2026. — Bernama pic
Saturday, 16 May 2026 4:25 PM MYT
KUALA LUMPUR, May 16 — Perikatan Nasional (PN) has appointed coalition chairman Datuk Seri Ahmad Samsuri Mokhtar as the new Opposition Leader in Parliament.
The Kemaman MP who is also Terengganu menteri besar replaces Larut MP Datuk Seri Hamzah Zainuddin who was sacked as Bersatu deputy president in February.
“The council agreed to appoint Kemaman MP Datuk Seri Ahmad Samsuri Mokhtar to shoulder the responsibility as Opposition Leader,” PN secretary-general Datuk Seri Takiyuddin Hassan said in a Facebook statement this afternoon.
He said the decision was made during the coalition’s supreme council meeting at the Hotel Royale Chulan here earlier today.
“The council agreed in principle to accept electoral cooperation or an electoral pact with certain parties that share compatible struggles and common interests with Perikatan Nasional,” he added.
He also announced PN’s new line-up of state heads ahead of preparations for the next general election, as follows:
Perlis — Datuk Seri Shahidan Kassim
Kedah — Datuk Seri Muhammad Sanusi Md Nor
Penang — Datuk Dominic Lau Hoe Chai
Perak — Datuk Seri Ahmad Faizal Azumu
Selangor — Datuk Seri Mohamed Azmin Ali
Federal Territories and Melaka — Datuk Mohd Radzi Md Jidin
Johor — Datuk Dr Sahruddin Jamal
Pahang — Tuan Ibrahim Tuan Man
Terengganu — Datuk Alias Razak
Kelantan — Datuk Ahmad Yakob
Sabah — Datuk Aliakbar Gulasan
Sarawak — Jaziri Alkaf Abdillah Suffian
The only state without a head for now is Negeri Sembilan, which Takiyudddin listed as being “deferred”.
The question over who would lead the Opposition had lingered since Hamzah’s removal from Bersatu earlier this year.
The Dewan Rakyat is scheduled to reconvene from June 22.
Kedah — Datuk Seri Muhammad Sanusi Md Nor
Penang — Datuk Dominic Lau Hoe Chai
Perak — Datuk Seri Ahmad Faizal Azumu
Selangor — Datuk Seri Mohamed Azmin Ali
Federal Territories and Melaka — Datuk Mohd Radzi Md Jidin
Johor — Datuk Dr Sahruddin Jamal
Pahang — Tuan Ibrahim Tuan Man
Terengganu — Datuk Alias Razak
Kelantan — Datuk Ahmad Yakob
Sabah — Datuk Aliakbar Gulasan
Sarawak — Jaziri Alkaf Abdillah Suffian
The only state without a head for now is Negeri Sembilan, which Takiyudddin listed as being “deferred”.
The question over who would lead the Opposition had lingered since Hamzah’s removal from Bersatu earlier this year.
The Dewan Rakyat is scheduled to reconvene from June 22.
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