Hasan Malek Explained

Honorific-Prefix:Yang Berbahagia Dato' Sri
Hasan Malek
Native Name:Malay: {{Script|Arab|حسن مالك
Birth Name:Hasan bin Malek
Birth Date:24 April 1946
Birth Place:Negeri Sembilan, Malayan Union (now Malaysia)
Office:Minister of Domestic Trade, Cooperatives and Consumerism
Term Start:16 May 2013
Term End:29 July 2015
Constituency:Kuala Pilah
Primeminister:Najib Razak
Deputy:Ahmad Bashah Md Hanipah
Predecessor:Ismail Sabri Yaakob
Successor:Hamzah Zainudin
Office1:Deputy Minister of Rural and Regional Development I
Primeminister1:Najib Razak
Term End1:15 May 2013
Term Start1:10 April 2009
Constituency1:Kuala Pilah
Monarch1:Mizan Zainal Abidin
Abdul Halim
Minister1:Shafie Apdal
Alongside1:Joseph Entulu Belaun
Successor1:Alexander Nanta Linggi
Predecessor1:Joseph Kurup
Office2:Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister's Department
Primeminister2:Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
Term End2:9 April 2009
Term Start2:19 March 2008
Constituency2:Kuala Pilah
Monarch2:Mizan Zainal Abidin
Minister2:Mohamed Nazri Abdul Aziz
Zaid Ibrahim (2008)
Successor2:Liew Vui Keong
Murugiah Thopasamy
Predecessor2:M. Kayveas
Constituency Mp3:Kuala Pilah
Term Start3:21 March 2004
Term End3:9 May 2018
Parliament3:Malaysian
Predecessor3:Napsiah Omar (BNUMNO)
Successor3:Eddin Syazlee Shith (PHBERSATU)
Majority3:13,342 (2004)
10,008 (2008)
9,661 (2013)
Constituency Am4:Juasseh
Assembly4:Negeri Sembilan State Legislative
Term Start4:25 April 1995
Term End4:21 March 2004
Majority4:4,291 (1995)
985 (1999)
Predecessor4:Mohamad Ahmad (BNUMNO)
Successor4:Mohammad Razi Kail (BNUMNO)
Party:United Malays National Organisation (UMNO)
Otherparty:Barisan Nasional (BN)
Occupation:Politician
Spouse:Norainee binti Mohd Yatib
Alma Mater:University of Malaya University of Manchester

Hasan bin Malek (Jawi: حسن بن مالك; born 24 April 1946) is a Malaysian politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Kuala Pilah from March 2004 to May 2018. and formerly the Ambassador of Malaysia to Cambodia. He was the federal Minister of Domestic Trade, Cooperatives and Consumerism. He is a member of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), a component party of the Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition.

In the 1995 general election and 1999 general election, Hasan won the state seat of Juasseh in the Negeri Sembilan State Legislative Assembly.[1] [2] He remained in the State Assembly until the 2004 election, in which he was elected to the federal Parliament for the seat of Kuala Pilah.[3] He was re-elected in 2008 and 2013. After the 2008 election he became a deputy minister, and after the 2013 election, he was appointed as the Minister of Domestic Trade Cooperative and Consumerism in the Cabinet of Prime Minister Najib Razak.[4]

In the 2018 general election, Hasan lost to Eddin Syazlee Shith of Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia (BERSATU), in a three-corner fight with Rafiei Mustapha of Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS) for the Kuala Pilah parliamentary seat.

Controversy

On 29 August 2019, the High Court had allowed the government's forfeiture of RM100,000 frozen from Hasan's bank account earlier in July in connection with the 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) scandal investigation.[5] [6]

Election results

Year!
ConstituencyCandidateVotesPctOpponent(s)VotesPctBallots castMajorityTurnout
1995N13 Juasseh (UMNO)4,97985%Mat Rais Paris (S46)68812%
1999 (UMNO)3,49556%Shamsul Bahri Shamsudin (keADILan)2,510 40%
Year!
ConstituencyCandidateVotesPctOpponent(s)VotesPctBallots castMajorityTurnout
2004P129 Kuala Pilah (UMNO)22,10571.61%Annuar Mohd Salleh (PKR)8,76328.39%31,77813,34273.74%
2008 (UMNO)20,41766.23%Annuar Mohd Salleh (PKR)10,40933.77%31,73410,00874.97%
2013 (UMNO)24,50762.27%Mohd Nazree Mohd Yunus (PKR)14,84637.73%40,2919,66184.52%
2018 (UMNO)17,84544.35%Eddin Syazlee Shith (BERSATU)18,04544.85%41,15620082.64%
Rafiei Mustapha (PAS)4,34710.80%

Honours

Notes and References

  1. Web site: YB Dato' Sri Hasan bin Malek. Ministry of Domestic Trade, Cooperatives and Consumerism (Malaysia). 24 October 2014. dead. https://web.archive.org/web/20141024212551/http://www.kpdnkk.gov.my/kpdnkkv3/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=91&Itemid=197&lang=en. 24 October 2014. dmy-all.
  2. News: Negri urged to organise 'Week of Hard Life'. 22 October 2002. New Straits Times. 23 January 2010.
  3. Web site: Malaysia Decides 2008 . . 23 January 2010. Includes results from the 2004 election. Results from earlier elections are not available.
  4. News: Cabinet ministers take oath of office. 16 May 2013. Sin Chew Jit Poh. 24 October 2014.
  5. News: 1MDB: Court allows government's forfeiture of RM100,000 from Hasan Malek. 29 August 2019. Bernama. 11 September 2019.
  6. News: 1MDB: Court allows government's forfeiture of RM100,000 from Hasan Malek. 29 August 2019. The Sun Daily. 11 September 2019.
  7. Web site: SEMAKAN PENERIMA DARJAH KEBESARAN, BINTANG DAN PINGAT. Prime Minister's Department (Malaysia). 25 October 2018.
  8. Web site: CARIAN PENERIMA DARJAH KEBESARAN / BINTANG / PINGAT TAHUN 1981 - 2010. 14 December 2023.
  9. Web site: The Star. 25 July 2005. Yang Di-Pertuan Besar of Negri Sembilan's 83rd Birthday Honours list. 25 October 2018.
  10. Web site: Berita Harian. ms. 14 January 2015. 812 terima darjah kebesaran, bintang, pingat Negeri Sembilan. 25 October 2018.
  11. Web site: Malaysiakini. 24 October 2011. Rektor UIA, Karam Singh terima darjah dari sultan. ms. Bernama. 25 October 2018.
  12. Web site: The Star. 24 October 2013. Artistes among those conferred titles in conjunction with Pahang Sultan's birthday. 25 October 2018.