| Primeminister: | Muhyiddin Yassin Ismail Sabri Yaakob Anwar Ibrahim |
| Term Start: | 16 June 2020 |
| Term End: | 15 June 2023 |
| Term Start1: | 2018 |
| Term End1: | 2020 |
| Alongside1: | Abu Bakar Yahya & Mohamad Nuhairi Rahmat |
| Monarch1: | Muhammad V Abdullah |
| Term Start2: | 2016 |
| Term End2: | 2020 |
| 1Blankname2: | Chairman |
| 1Namedata2: | Mahathir Mohamad |
| President2: | Muhyiddin Yassin |
| Birth Name: | Muhammad Zahid bin Mat Arip |
| Native Name: | محمد زاهد بن مت عارڤ |
| Native Name Lang: | zsm-Arab-MY |
| Birth Date: | 22 June 1966 |
| Birth Place: | Malacca, Malaysia |
| Party: | United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) Malaysian United Indigenous Party (BERSATU) |
| Otherparty: | Barisan Nasional (BN) Pakatan Harapan (PH) Perikatan Nasional (PN) |
Muhammad Zahid bin Mat Arip (born 22 June 1966) is a Malaysian politician who served as the Senator from June 2020 to June 2023 and Political Secretary to Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad from 2018 to 2020.[1] He is a member of the Malaysian United Indigenous Party (BERSATU), a component party of the Perikatan Nasional (PN) and formerly Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalitions and was a member of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), a component party of the Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition. He also served as Member of the Supreme Council of BERSATU from 2016 to 2020.[2]
He is the grandson of the former Deputy Prime Minister, Abdul Ghafar Baba. His uncle is Tamrin bin Abdul Ghafar who was once active in the United Malays National Organization and subsequently transferred to the Islamic Party.
He was a former United Malays National Organization member before joining United Indigenous Party. After joining United Indigenous Party, he was appointed as a Member of the party's Supreme Leadership Council.
In the general elections in 2018, he contested for the Pekan district, but lost to the incumbent, Najib Razak.[3]