TAPAH Umno division secretary Dr Mohamad Yusri Bakir was named on Monday as the Barisan Nasional (BN) candidate for the Ayer Kuning state by-election on April 26.

The announcement was made by Perak BN chairman Saarani Mohamad during the launch of the coalition’s by-election machinery, officiated by BN chairman Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi at the command centre in Kampung Haji Tahir, Temoh, near here on Monday.

Mohamad Yusri, 54, who holds a doctorate in Islamic Education from Universiti Pendidikan Sultan Idris (UPSI), is a lecturer and the head of the Islamic Education and Moral Department at the Teacher Education Institute in Ipoh.