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Profile: Fahmi Fadzil no stranger to media

KUALA LUMPUR: Fahmi Fadzil may be one of the 14 new faces in the unity government cabinet lineup, but he is no stranger to media practitioners.

The 41-year-old, as Pakatan Harapan (PH) communications director, has been the main source of reference for confirmation on any issue related to PH and PKR.

Before entering the world of politics, Fahmi was active in the creative and performing arts and was also known as a writer and actor in theatre.

The degree holder in chemical engineering from Purdue University in Indiana, the United States, also co-starred in the drama series Gol & Gincu in 2006 and received the Most Promising Artist Award at the Boh Cameronian Arts Award event that same year.

Fahmi began his political career by joining PKR in 2010 and served as political secretary to the then Lembah Pantai member of parliament as well as PKR vice-president Nurul Izzah Anwar from 2010 to 2013.

In his first foray as an election candidate, Fahmi defeated former federal territories minister Datuk Seri Raja Nong Chik Raja Zainal Abidin for the Lembah Pantai seat in the 14th General Election (GE14) in 2018 with a 5,598-vote majority.

The father of two retained the seat in a four-cornered fight in GE15 last month — defeating Ramlan Shahean @ Askolani of Barisan Nasional, Fauzi Abu Bakar (Perikatan Nasional) and Noor Asmah Mohd Razalli (Putra) with a larger majority of 13,912 votes.

As an elected representative, Fahmi had been appointed to the Parliamentary Select Committee on Human Rights and Gender Equality during the 14th Parliament term.

Known as someone who has been vocal in fighting for the plight of the B40 group as well as being actively involved in community and youth activities, Fahmi was appointed as PKR Information chief in July 2022 and PH communications director from September 2021.

He was named the digital communications minister by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim yesterday. — BERNAMA

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