Iskandar Abdul Samad

Iskandar bin Abdul Samad is a Malaysian politician who served as Selangor State Executive Councillor.

At the 2017 party election, the incumbents were challenged by Temerloh Member of Parliament, Ustaz Nasrudin Hassan but he was not successful.

[5] In May 2016, Iskandar as the Vice President of PAS said that the party's decision to contest the 2016 Sungai Besar by-election is final and should not be questioned by anyone.

[11] However, PAS Secretary General, Takiyuddin Hassan clarified that Iskandar has been promoted and given the task of monitoring the party's machinery in the central and south zones (Selangor, Melaka, Negri Sembilan and Johor).

[13] Iskandar declined to defend his vice president post in the 2019 Malaysian Islamic Party leadership election.

[18] In March 2018, Iskandar informed that the Selangor State Government had resolved 53 abandoned housing projects involving 24,660 units from 2008 to 2017.

[23] In September 2016, Iskandar urged the Federal Government to follow the Rumah Selangorku policy where priority is being given to constructing affordable homes.

[24] In March 2017, Iskandar reported 20,675 unit of affordable homes under the Rumah Selangorku programme from 24 projects are being constructed.

[30] He is the founder and Head Coordinator of the Pusat Sumber Untuk Kemajuan Masyarakat Dan Perumahan or Research Centre For The Advancement Of The Community And Housing (REACH).

[31][32] On 18 March 2020, REACH urged the Malaysian Government to instruct the banks and other financial institutions to allow borrowers to suspend their loan repayments due to the COVID-19 pandemic.