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Muhammad Amir Fiqri
30 years old
Chief of staff and parliamentary liaison officer to Muar MP Syed Saddiq since 2018 and MUDA's Muar information chief, Muhammad Amir Fiqri (Amir Jack), 30, holds a Master's in International Relations and Diplomacy and founded Sahabat Muar in 2018.
Background
- 30 years old, raised in Muar, Johor; the youngest child of two former teachers[1]
- A Master's in International Relations and Diplomacy (UiTM Shah Alam, 2021-2023) and a Bachelor's in Corporate Administration (UiTM Seremban, 2018-2021)[1]
- Chief of staff and parliamentary liaison officer to Muar MP Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman, serving at the Muar Parliamentary Service Centre since 2018; also MUDA's Muar information chief and known as "Amir Jack".[2]
- Founder and President of Sahabat Muar (2018-2021), a rugby coach since 2018 and a delegate to the second cohort of the ASEAN Young Leaders (2024)[1]
- Active in volunteer work: a relief-packaging volunteer with the Malaysian Relief Agency and previously taught Rohingya refugee children with Human Aid Selangor.[3]
- Recipient of UiTM's 2018 Sports Personality award as a rugby player and a winner of CIMB Foundation's BeSmart financial-literacy programme (2020); a former president of UiTM's FSPPP postgraduate society.[3]
- Framed MUDA's local service record and the Syed Saddiq factor, as the Muar MP, as his main advantages.[4][5]
- Holds that Johor's development should not be concentrated in one area or controlled by particular lobbyists, while championing holistic human-capital development, public-education reform, dignified-wage jobs, inter-town public transport and residents' financial literacy[1]