Zahir bin Hassan (born 24 March 1959) is a Malaysian politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Wangsa Maju since November 2022.[1] He is a member and was the Chairman of the Federal Territories of the People's Justice Party (PKR), a component party of the Pakatan Harapan (PH) and formerly the Pakatan Rakyat (PR) coalitions. He has served as the Chief Managing Secretary of PKR since July 2022.[2]
Zahir Hassan | |
|---|---|
| ظَاهِر حَسَّان | |
| Chief Managing Secretary of the People's Justice Party | |
| Assumed office 20 July 2022 | |
| President | Anwar Ibrahim |
| Preceded by | Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad |
| Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Wangsa Maju | |
| Assumed office 19 November 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Tan Yee Kew (PH–PKR) |
| Majority | 20,696 (2022) |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Zahir bin Hassan 24 March 1959 Johor Bahru, Johor, Federation of Malaya (now Malaysia) |
| Political party | People's Justice Party (PKR) (since 1999) |
| Other political affiliations | Pakatan Rakyat (PR) (2008–2015) Pakatan Harapan (PH) (since 2015) |
| Alma mater | University of Bolton Universiti Teknologi Malaysia |
| Occupation | Politician |
Election result
edit| Year | Constituency | Candidate | Votes | Pct | Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | N19 Bukit Antarabangsa | Zahir Hassan (PKR) | 7,029 | 32.05% | Azman Wahid (UMNO) | 14,900 | 67.95% | 22,197 | 7,871 | 71.99% | ||
| Year | Constituency | Candidate | Votes | Pct | Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | P116 Wangsa Maju, Kuala Lumpur | Zahir Hassan (PKR) | 46,031 | 49.63% | Nuridah Mohd Salleh (PAS) | 25,335 | 27.32% | 93,493 | 20,696 | 77.08% | ||
| Mohd Shafei Abdullah (UMNO) | 19,595 | 21.13% | ||||||||||
| Norzaila Arifin (PEJUANG) | 987 | 1.06% | ||||||||||
| Wee Choo Keong (WARISAN) | 576 | 0.62% | ||||||||||
| Raveentheran Suntheralingam (IND) | 216 | 0.23% | ||||||||||
References
edit- ^ "YB Tuan Ts. Zahir Bin Hassan". www.parlimen.gov.my.
- ^ Mahani Ishak (20 July 2022). "Rafizi ketuai jentera PRU". BHarian. Retrieved 19 February 2023.
- ^ "Election result 2004 to 2022".
- ^ "Elections result in Federal Territories". The Star.
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