Ismail Lasim

Ismail Lasim
إسماعيل لازم
9th Menteri Besar of Negeri Sembilan
Assumed office
2 August 2026
MonarchMuhriz
Preceded byAminuddin Harun
ConstituencyJuasseh
Executive Council Portofolios (Negeri Sembilan)
2023–2026Education and Human Capital Development
2013–2018Unity and National Integration
2008–2013Infrastructure, Water, Energy and Telecommunications
2004–2008Public Works, Telecommunications and Posts
Member of the Negeri Sembilan State Legislative Assembly
for Juasseh
Assumed office
1 August 2026
Preceded byBibi Sharliza Mohd Khalid
Majority4,091 (2026)
In office
9 May 2018 – 12 August 2023
Preceded byMohammad Razi Kail (BN–UMNO)
Succeeded byBibi Sharliza Mohd Khalid (BN–UMNO)
Majority692 (2018)
Member of the Negeri Sembilan State Legislative Assembly
for Senaling
In office
12 August 2023 – 1 August 2026
Preceded byAdnan Abu Hassan (BN–UMNO)
Succeeded byQayyum Abd Jalil (BN–UMNO)
Majority662 (2023)
In office
29 November 1999 – 9 May 2018
Preceded byZainal Mokhtar Mohd Yunus (BN–UMNO)
Succeeded byAdnan Abu Hassan (BN–UMNO)
Majority1,027 (1999)
2,516 (2004)
2,014 (2008)
2,151 (2013)
Personal details
BornIsmail bin Lasim
(1960-04-15) 15 April 1960
Citizenship Malaysia
Party UMNO
Other political
affiliations
National Front (Barisan Nasional; BN)
SpouseNoraishah Othman
EducationUniversity of Malaya (LLB)
OccupationPolitician
ProfessionLawyer

Ismail bin Lasim (born 15 April 1960) is a Malaysian politician and lawyer who is the ninth Menteri Besar of Negeri Sembilan since August 2026. A member of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), he is the deputy chair and information chief of the party's Negeri Sembilan state liaison committee as well as division chief of UMNO's Kuala Pilah division.