| Honorific-Prefix: | Yang Berbahagia Dato' Sri |
| Abdul Rahman Bakar | |
| Native Name: | عبدالرحمن بن بكر |
| Office1: | Deputy Minister of Human Resources |
| Monarch1: | Sirajuddin Mizan Zainal Abidin |
| Primeminister1: | Abdullah Ahmad Badawi |
| Minister1: | Fong Chan Onn |
| Term Start1: | 27 March 2004 |
| Term End1: | 18 March 2008 |
| Predecessor1: | Abdul Latiff Ahmad |
| Successor1: | Noraini Ahmad |
| Constituency1: | Marang |
| Office2: | Senator |
| Term Start2: | 15 July 2008 |
| Term End2: | 17 July 2014 |
| Monarch2: | Mizan Zainal Abidin Abdul Halim |
| Primeminister2: | Abdullah Ahmad Badawi Najib Razak |
| Constituency Mp3: | Marang |
| Parliament3: | Malaysian |
| Term Start3: | 2004 |
| Term End3: | 2008 |
| Predecessor3: | Abdul Hadi Awang (PAS) |
| Successor3: | Abdul Hadi Awang (PAS) |
| Term Start4: | 1986 |
| Term End4: | 1990 |
| Predecessor4: | Constituency created |
| Successor4: | Abdul Hadi Awang (PAS) |
| Party: | United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) |
| Otherparty: | Barisan Nasional (BN) Muafakat Nasional (MN) |
| Occupation: | Politician |
| Birth Date: | 30 May 1952 |
| Birth Place: | Kampung Gelugor Kedai, Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu |
| Citizenship: | Malaysian |
| Spouse: | Datin Sri Robiah Hitam |
| Children: | 6 |
| Alma Mater: | Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia |
Abdul Rahman bin Bakar is a Malaysian politician, a former Member of Parliament (MP) and a former Deputy Minister of Human Resources. He is famously known as the 'giant-killer' in Malaysian politics, due to his record of defeating top prominent politician of PAS, Abdul Hadi Awang, twice during the general elections.[1] [2]
| Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | P034 Marang, Terengganu | (UMNO) | 13,654 | 51.20% | Abdul Hadi Awang (PAS) | 13,015 | 48.80% | 27,433 | 639 | 82.61% | ||||
| 1990 | Abdul Rahman Bakar (UMNO) | 17,575 | 49.53% | (PAS) | 17,736 | 49.98% | 36,172 | 161 | 84.70% | |||||
| Wan Deraman Wan Nik (IND) | 176 | 0.50% | ||||||||||||
| 1995 | P037 Marang, Terengganu | Abdul Rahman Bakar (UMNO) | 21,063 | 48.97% | Abdul Hadi Awang (PAS) | 21,945 | 51.03% | 44,212 | 882 | 81.69% | ||||
| 2004 | Abdul Rahman Bakar (UMNO) | 28,076 | 49.85% | Abdul Hadi Awang (PAS) | 27,913 | 49.56% | 57,186 | 163 | 88.84% |