Ab Rauf Yusoh

Ab Rauf bin Yusoh is a Malaysian politician who has served as the 13th chief minister of Malacca since March 2023 and Member of the Malacca State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Tanjung Bidara since November 2021. He served as Senior Member of the Malacca State Executive Council (EXCO) in the Barisan Nasional (BN) state administration under former Chief Minister Sulaiman Md Ali from November 2021 to his promotion to the chief ministership in March 2023 and Speaker of the Malacca State Legislative Assembly from May 2020 to October 2021. He is a Member of Supreme Council and Division Chief of Masjid Tanah of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), a component party of the BN coalition. He has also served as the State Chairman of BN and UMNO of Malacca since July 2018.