Khazan Che Mat

Yang Berhormat Tuan Haji
Khazan Che Mat
AMZ MLA
Yang Berhormat Tuan Haji Khazan Che Mat AMZ MLA
خزان چئ مت‎
Deputy Speaker of the Terengganu State Legislative Assembly
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 24 September 2023
Monarch	Mizan Zainal Abidin
Menteri Besar	Ahmad Samsuri Mokhtar
Speaker	Mohd Nor Hamzah
Constituency	Seberang Takir
Preceded by
State Legislative offices
Member of the Terengganu State Legislative Assembly; for Seberang Takir
	Incumbent
	Assumed office ; 12 August 2023
Preceded by	Ahmad Razif Abdul Rahman
Member of the Terengganu State Legislative Assembly; for Batu Rakit
	In office; 21 March 2004 – 5 May 2013
Preceded by	Abu Bakar Chik
Succeeded by	Bazlan Abd Rahman
Deputy
State Executive portfolios
Member of the ; Terengganu State Executive Council
	In office; 2008–2013
Deputy	Muhammad Ramli Nuh
Menteri Besar	Ahmad Said
Portfolio	Religion and Information
Succeeded by	Information: Mohd Jidin Shafee; Religion: Portfolio abolished;
Constituency	Batu Rakit
Personal details
Born	Khazan bin Che Mat; 9 January 1969 (age 56); Kampung Padang Kemunting, Batu Rakit, Terengganu, Malaysia
Political party	United Malays National Organisation (UMNO); Malaysian United Indigenous Party (BERSATU)
Other political; affiliations	Barisan Nasional (BN); Perikatan Nasional (PN)
Alma mater	University of Jordan
Occupation	Politician

Yang Berhormat Tuan Haji Khazan bin Che Mat (lahir 9 January 1969) is a Malaysian politician who has served as Deputy Speaker of the Terengganu State Legislative Assembly since September 2023 and Member of the Terengganu State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Seberang Takir since August 2023. He served as Member of the Terengganu State Executive Council (EXCO) in the Barisan Nasional (BN) state administration under Menteri Besar Ahmad Said from March 2008 to May 2013 and MLA for Batu Rakit from March 2004 to May 2013. He is a member and the Division Chief of Kuala Nerus of the Malaysian United Indigenous Party (BERSATU), a component party of the PN coalition and was a member of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), a component party of the BN coalition.^[1]^[2]

Background

Khazan has continued his studies at the University of Jordan in a bachelor's degree in Arabic/Syariah. He started his career in 1995 as assistant director of Education at Yayasan Islam Terengganu until 2004.^[3]

Election results

**Terengganu State Legislative Assembly**^[4]
Year	Constituency		Votes	Pct		Votes	Pct	Ballots cast	Majority	Turnout
2004	N08 Batu Rakit	Khazan Che Mat (UMNO)	5,266	59.56%	Abu Bakar Chik (PAS)	3,576	40.44%	9,007	1,690	87.88%
2008	N08 Batu Rakit	Khazan Che Mat (UMNO)	5,590	57.66%	Shamsudin Abdul Wahab (PAS)	4,104	42.34%	9,811	1,486	86.74%
2023	N11 Seberang Takir	Khazan Che Mat (BERSATU)	12,156	56.65%	Ahmad Razif Abdul Rahman (UMNO)	9,359	43.35%	21,655	2,797	78.08%