Tengku Azlan
Introduction '''Tengku Azlan ibni Almarhum Sultan Abu Bakar Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mu’azzam Shah''' (born 21 July 1949) is a former Malaysian politician and was the Member of the Parliament of Malaysia (MP) for the Jerantut constituency in Pahang from 1999 to 2013.Starting from 9 August 2021; he is a member of United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) of Barisan Nasional (BN), after his resignation as Temerloh divisional chief of the Malaysian United Indigenous Party or ''Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia'' (BERSATU), a component of Pakatan Harapan (PH) and later Perikatan Nasional (PN) coalition, which he rejoined for the second time since he quit UMNO in 2018.In 1999, Tengku Azlan was appointed as the Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister's Department by Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad.Tengku Azlan declined a deputy Minister post after the 2008 election, having previously served as a deputy Minister for Transport. He was replaced by Ahmad Nazlan Idris as the Barisan Nasional candidate for Jerantut in the 2013 election. He was a member of the opposition Semangat 46 party early in his political career, running for Parliament unsuccessfully in the 1995 elections.Tengku Azlan is the brother of Sultan Ahmad Shah of Pahang and is one of the paternal uncles to Al-Sultan Abdullah. He is married to Tunku Puteri Negeri Sembilan Tunku Puan Sri Dato' Seri Jawahir Binti Almarhum Tuanku Ja’afar and they have two sons and a daughter.Tengku Azlan was conferred the title "Tengku Panglima Besar" by Al-Sultan Abdullah of Pahang on 30 July 2021.
Election results + '''Parliament of Malaysia'''YearConstituencyCandidateVotesPctOpponent(s)VotesPctBallot castsMajorityTurnout1995P084 Temerloh, PahangTengku Azlan Sultan Abu Bakar (S46)14,01238.83% ('''UMNO''')'''22,078''''''61.17%'''39,4348,06676.70%1999'''P077 Jerantut, Pahang''' ('''UMNO''')'''16,424''''''52.33%'''Syed Ibrahim Syed Ab Rahman (PAS)14,96147.67%32,1761,46375.49%2004'''P081 Jerantut, Pahang''' ('''UMNO''')'''21,349''''''62.35%'''Hamzah Jaaffar (PAS)12,89237.65%36,4448,45779.12%2008 ('''UMNO''')'''19,543''''''52.62%'''Hamzah Jaaffar (PAS)17,59747.38%38,0781,94678.01%
Honours ===Honours of Malaysia===*  : ** 50px Commander of the Order of Loyalty to the Crown of Malaysia (PSM) – '''Tan Sri''' (2010)*  :** 50px Knight Companion of the Order of Sultan Ahmad Shah of Pahang (DSAP) – '''Dato'''' (1979)** 50px Grand Knight of the Order of the Crown of Pahang (SIMP) – formerly '''Dato'''', now '''Dato' Indera''' (2002)** 50px Grand Knight of the Order of Sultan Ahmad Shah of Pahang (SSAP) – '''Dato' Sri''' (2007)** Tengku Panglima Besar (2021)*  :** 50px Knight Grand Commander of the Grand Order of Tuanku Ja’afar (SPTJ) – '''Dato' Seri''' (1985)
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