Megat Junid

Yang Berbahagia Tan Sri Dato' Seri Haji
Megat Junid Megat Ayub
PSM SPDK SPMP DPCM DPMK DSAP DSSA
Yang Berbahagia Tan Sri Dato' Seri Haji Megat Junid Megat Ayub PSM SPDK SPMP DPCM DPMK DSAP DSSA
Minister of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs
	In office; 2 May 1997 – 14 December 1999
Monarchs	Ja'afar; Salahuddin
Prime Minister	Mahathir Mohamad
Deputy	Subramaniam Sinniah
Preceded by	Abu Hassan Omar
Succeeded by	Muhyiddin Yassin
Constituency	Pasir Salak
Deputy Minister of Home Affairs
	In office; 11 August 1986 – 2 July 1997 Serving with Ong Ka Ting (1995-1997)
Monarchs	Iskandar; Azlan Shah; Ja'afar
Prime Minister	Mahathir Mohamad
Minister	Mahathir Mohamad
Preceded by	Mohd. Kassim Ahmed
Succeeded by	Azmi Khalid
Constituency	Pasir Salak
Deputy Minister of Primary Industries
	In office; 22 April 1982 – 2 August 1986
Monarchs	Ahmad Shah; Iskandar
Prime Minister	Mahathir Mohamad
Minister	Paul Leong Khee Seong
Preceded by	Bujang Ulis
Succeeded by	Mohd Radzi Sheikh Ahmad
Constituency	Hilir Perak
Member of the Malaysian Parliament; for Pasir Salak
	In office; 1986 – 29 November 1999
Preceded by	Constituency established
Succeeded by	Ramli Ngah Talib
Majority	11,950 (1986); 13,302 (1990); 17,715 (1995)
Member of the Malaysian Parliament; for Hilir Perak
	In office; 1982–1986
Preceded by	Kamaluddin Maamor
Succeeded by	Constituency abolished
Majority	10.524 (1982)
Personal details
Born	Megat Junid bin Megat Ayub; 8 December 1942; Teluk Intan, Perak, British Malaya (now Malaysia)
Died	24 January 2008 (aged 65); Bangsar, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Resting place	Bukit Kiara Muslim Cemetery
Citizenship	Malaysian
Political party	United Malays National Organisation (UMNO)
Other political; affiliations	Barisan Nasional (BN)
Spouse	Ziela Jalil
Children	Megat Firdouz Megat Junid
Alma mater	University of Malaya
Occupation	Politician
Profession	Teacher

Megat Junid bin Megat Ayub (1942^[1] – 24 January 2008) was a Malaysian politician and direct descendant of Megat Terawis, a Bendahara of Perak.

Biography

Junid was born in Teluk Intan in 1942.^[1]

Politics

Megat Junid was a teacher by profession and first met Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad in the early 1970s.^[1] Mahathir was living in exile for criticising then Prime Minister Tunku Abdul Rahman at the time of their meeting.^[1] Junid soon left teaching to become Mahathir's special assistant.^[1]

Junid was first elected as a Malaysian Member of Parliament at the same time that Mahathir became Prime Minister of the country.^[1] He was appointed Deputy Minister of Primary Industries in Mahathir's government, just two years later.^[1]

In 1986, Mahathir next appointed Junid to be his deputy in the Ministry of Home Affairs.^[1] Junid's tenure as the Deputy Minister of Home Affairs was rocked by several controversies, including illegal immigration, a spike in illicit drug use and Operation Lalang of 1987.^[1]

Junid was appointed to become Malaysia's Minister of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs in 1997.^[1] He served in the post for two years until he lost his seat in Parliament to a PAS candidate in the 1999 "Reformasi" elections.^[1]

Death

Megat Junid died on 24 January 2008, aged 65, at the Pantai Medical Centre in Bangsar following a battle with prostate cancer.^[1] His body was buried at Bukit Kiara Muslim Cemetery in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.^[1] He was a resident of Kelana Jaya.^[1]