22 Notable alumni of National University of Malaysia
Updated: June 08, 2026 EliteDegrees
National University of Malaysia is ranked #632 in the world and #3 in Malaysia by aggregated alumni prominence. Below is the list of 22 notable alumni from National University of Malaysia sorted by their wiki pages popularity. The directory includes famous graduates and former students along with research and academic staff. Many individuals affiliated with National University of Malaysia won Nobel Prizes for Peace, in Physics, Chemistry, Physiology or Medicine, and Economics.
1. Wong Chin Huat
journalist
political scientist
Wong Chin Huat is a Malaysian political scientist, scholar, analyst, activist, commentator, columnist, observer and lecturer.
2. Sapawi Ahmad
1954-. (aged 72)
politician
Yang Berbahagia Datuk Sapawi bin Haji Amat Wasali @ Ahmad is a Malaysian politician. He was the Member of the Parliament of Malaysia for the Sipitang constituency in Sabah, representing the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) in the Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition from 2008 to May 2018. He currently an official member of GAGASAN, a component party of GRS since...
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3. Mamad Puteh
1956-. (aged 70)
politician
physician
Mamad Puteh is a Malaysian politician and doctor who has served as Deputy Member of the Terengganu State Executive Council (EXCO) in the Perikatan Nasional (PN) state administration under Menteri Besar and Member Ahmad Samsuri Mokhtar since August 2023 as well as Member of the Terengganu State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Kuala Berang from November 1999 to March 2004 and...
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4. Daniel Wa Wai How
1988-. (aged 38)
politician
Daniel Wa Wai How is a Malaysian politician. He is a member of Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA), a major component party of the Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition.
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5. Mohd Taufik Nordin
1979-. (aged 47)
singer
Mohd Taufik bin Nordin, also recognized commercially as Mohd Taufic Nordin is a Melaka Malaysian composer and independent nasyid singer. He is regarded as one of the most talented newcomers to the Malaysian Nasyid indie music industry.
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6. Ramlee Awang Murshid
1967-. (aged 59)
writer
Ramlee Awang Murshid is a Malaysian novelist of Bruneian Malay descent.
7. Lee Boon Chye
1959-. (aged 67)
cardiologist
politician
Lee Boon Chye is a Malaysian politician who served as the Deputy Minister of Health in the Pakatan Harapan (PH) administration under former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad and former Minister Dzulkefly Ahmad from July 2018 to the collapse of the PH administration in February 2020 and the Member of Parliament (MP) for Gopeng from March 2008 to November 2022. He...
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8. Idris Ahmad
1963-. (aged 63)
ulema
politician
Idris bin Ahmad is a Malaysian politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Bagan Serai since November 2022. He served as the Minister in the Prime Minister's Department in charge of Religious Affairs in the Barisan Nasional (BN) administration under former Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob from August 2021 to the collapse of the BN administration...
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9. Budiman Mohd Zohdi
1972-. (aged 54)
politician
Budiman bin Mohd Zohdi is a Malaysian politician and youth activist who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Sungai Besar from June 2016 and Member of the Selangor State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Sungai Panjang from May 2013 to May 2018 respectively. He is a member of the United Malay National Organisation (UMNO), a component party of the...
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10. Wong Hon Wai
1973-. (aged 53)
politician
Wong Hon Wai is a Malaysian politician who has served as Member of the Penang State Executive Council (EXCO) in the Pakatan Rakyat (PR) state administration under former Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng from March 2008 to May 2013 as well as in the Pakatan Harapan (PH) state administration under Chief Minister Chow Kon Yeow and Member of the Penang...
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11. Mas Ermieyati Samsudin
1976-. (aged 50)
lawyer
politician
Mas Ermieyati binti Samsudin is a Malaysian politician and lawyer who has served as Chairperson of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) since April 2023 and as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Masjid Tanah since May 2013. She served as Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister's Department in charge of Parliament and Law in the Barisan Nasional (BN) administration under...
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12. Mohd Na'im Mokhtar
1967-. (aged 59)
ulema
politician
Mohd Na'im bin Mokhtar is a Malaysian politician, lawyer and legal scholar who has served as a Senator since December 2022. He served as the Minister in the Prime Minister's Department in charge of Religious Affairs in the Anwar Ibrahim cabinet from December 2022 to December 2025. He served as 4th Chief Judge of the Syariah Court from April 2019...
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13. Tuan Ibrahim Tuan Man
1960-. (aged 66)
ulema
writer
politician
Tuan Ibharim bin Tuan Man or commonly known as Tuan Ibrahim bin Tuan Man is a Malaysian politician, lecturer and teacher who has served as the State Leader of the Opposition of Pahang since December 2022, Member of Parliament (MP) for Kubang Kerian since May 2018 and Member of the Pahang State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Cheka since November 2022....
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14. Jemilah Mahmood
1959-. (aged 67)
gynecologist
obstetrician
Jemilah binti Mahmood is a Malaysian physician. She has served as Pro-Chancellor of the Heriot-Watt University Malaysia (HWUM) since September 2021, Professor and Executive Director of Sunway Centre for Planetary Health since August 2021, and Senior Fellow at the Adrienne-Arsht-Rockefeller Foundation Resilience Center. She has been a Board Member of Roche since 2022. She served as Special Advisor to the...
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15. Chong Sin Woon
1973-. (aged 53)
politician
Chong Sin Woon is a Malaysian politician who served as the Deputy Minister of Education II from a Cabinet reshuffle in July 2015 to the collapse of the Barisan Nasional (BN) administration in May 2018. He served as a Senator from April 2014 to April 2017 for the first term and reappointed to serve from April 2017 to April 2020...
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16. Noor Hisham Abdullah
1963-. (aged 63)
surgeon
official
Noor Hisham bin Abdullah is a Malaysian retired civil servant as well as breast and endocrine surgeon. He was the Director-General of Health and President of Malaysia Medical Council from March 2013 to his retirement in April 2023. Prior to the appointment, he served as the Deputy Director General of Health (Medical) from February 2008 to March 2013.
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17. Loke Siew Fook
1976-. (aged 50)
politician
Anthony Loke Siew Fook is a Malaysian politician who has served as the Minister of Transport for the second term in the Unity Government administration under Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim since December 2022 and previously in the Pakatan Harapan administration under former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad from May 2018 to the collapse of the PH administration in February 2020, the...
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18. Liow Tiong Lai
1961-. (aged 65)
politician
Liow Tiong Lai is a Malaysian politician and nutritionist who served as minister of transport, minister of health, deputy minister of youth and sports in the Barisan Nasional (BN) administration under former prime ministers Abdullah Ahmad Badawi and Najib Razak as well as former minister Azalina Othman Said from February 2006 to May 2018. He also served as the Member...
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19. Fadhlina Sidek
1977-. (aged 49)
politician
Fadhlina binti Sidek is a Malaysian politician and lawyer who has served as the Minister of Education in the Unity Government administration under Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim since December 2022 and the Member of Parliament (MP) for Nibong Tebal since November 2022. She served as a Senator from September 2021 to her resignation in November 2022. She is a member...
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20. Ahmad Kamal Abdullah
1941-2021 (aged 80)
writer
playwright
poet
literary critic
Ahmad Kamal Abdullah was a Malaysian poet, novelist, playwright, literary critic and Malaysian National Laureate (2011). He was known under the pseudonym Kemala.
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21. Abdirahman Abdishakur Warsame
1968-. (aged 58)
politician
Abdirahman Abdishakur Warsame is a Somali politician and a constitutional expert. He is currently the leader of the Wadajir Party. He served as a member of the Somali Parliament from 2009 to 2010, and as the Minister of Planning and International relations under President Sheikh Sharif Sheikh Ahmed between 2009 and 2010. He contested in the 2017 Somali presidential elections...
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22. Abdul Somad Batubara
1977-. (aged 49)
television producer
da'i
university teacher
ulema
Abdul Somad Batubara is an Indonesian Islamic preacher, scholar and motivator from Asahan, North Sumatra. He served as a lecturer at the Sultan Syarif Kasim II State Islamic University (UIN Suska) in Riau.
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