Alias Ali

Alias Md Ali
Yang Berbahagia Dato' Haji; Alias Md Ali; JSM DPMT
	الياس مد علي
Deputy Minister of Primary Industries
	In office; 1987–1990
Monarch	Iskandar; Azlan Shah
Prime Minister	Mahathir Mohamad
Minister	Lim Keng Yaik
Preceded by	Mohd Radzi Sheikh Ahmad
Succeeded by	Tengku Mahmud Tengku Mansor
Constituency	Hulu Terengganu
Member of the Malaysian Parliament; for Hulu Terengganu
	In office; 31 July 1978 – 6 April 1995
Preceded by	Engku Muhsein Abdul Kadir (UMNO–BN)
Succeeded by	Mustafa Muda
Majority	4,370 (1978); 2,442 (1982); 5,036 (1986); 2,512 (1990)
Personal details
Born	Alias bin Md Ali; 1939; Kuala Berang, Terengganu, Malaysia
Died	10 March 2014 (aged 75); Ampang, Selangor
Political party	UMNO
Other political; affiliations	Barisan Nasional (BN)
Spouse(s)	Ramlah Abdul Rahman
Relations	Ahmad Sidi Ismail (stepbrother)
Children	5
Alma mater	Iowa State University
Occupation	Politician, Journalist

Haji Alias Md Ali (c. 1939 – 10 March 2014) was a Malaysian politician and former news editor of Bernama. He served as an MP for Hulu Terengganu from 1978 to 1995.[1] He was also the former chairman of Agro Bank Malaysia.[1]

Personal life

Alias Md Ali was born in Kuala Berang, Terengganu.[1] He received a bachelor's degree in creative writing from Iowa State University in the US.[1] In 1950, he was elected the leader of the Hulu Terengganu Umno Youth.[1] In 1960, he was appointed as the vice-chairman of the Terengganu Tengah Development Authority.[1]

In 1957, Alias began his career as a reporter for Berita Harian.[1] He then joined the staff of the Utusan Melayu newspaper, where he became the paper's chief news editor from 1968 to 1970.[1] In 1970, Alias Ali became the chief sub-editor of Bernama's Malaysian language division.[1] He was later promoted to editor of the General News Service of Bernama. He resigned from Bernama in 1978 to enter politics.[1]

Political career

In 1978, Alias was elected to the Parliament of Malaysia for the Hulu Terengganu constituency as a member of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO).[1] He defeated his opponent, Mohd Ghazali Ahmad of the Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS), by 4,370 votes.[1] He was re-elected to Parliament from Hulu Terengganu in the next four general elections.[1] He was appointed as the Deputy Minister of Primary Industries from 1987 to 1990.[1] Alias declined to seek re-election in 1995 and retired from office.[1]

Death

Alias died from colon cancer at his son's home in Prima Villa, Kemensah Heights, Ampang, on 10 March 2014, at the age of 75.[1] He was survived by his wife, To' Puan Ramlah Datuk Abdul Rahman; two sons; three daughters; and fifteen grandchildren.[1]

Honours

Honours of Malaysia

Malaysia :
- Companion of the Order of Loyalty to the Crown of Malaysia (JSM) (1991)
Terengganu :
- Knight Commander of the Order of the Crown of Terengganu (DPMT) - Dato' (1988)

References

"Former deputy minister Alias Ali dies". New Straits Times. 10 March 2014. Archived from the original on 10 March 2014. Retrieved 7 April 2014.

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[nst-1] "Former deputy minister Alias Ali dies". New Straits Times. 10 March 2014. Archived from the original on 10 March 2014. Retrieved 7 April 2014.