| Zulkifli Ibrahim | |
| Native Name: | Malay: {{Script|Arab|ذوالکفل إبراهيم |
| Constituency Am: | Sungai Acheh |
| Assembly: | Penang State Legislative |
| Predecessor: | Mahmud Zakaria (BN–UMNO) |
| Successor: | Rashidi Zinol (BN–UMNO) |
| Term Start: | 9 May 2018 |
| Term End: | 6 March 2023 |
| Majority: | 416 (2018) |
| Birth Name: | Zulkifli bin Ibrahim |
| Birth Date: | 30 November 1979 |
| Birth Place: | Nibong Tebal, Penang, Malaysia |
| Citizenship: | Malaysian |
| Nationality: | Malaysia |
| Party: | People's Justice Party (PKR) Malaysian United Indigenous Party (BERSATU) |
| Otherparty: | Pakatan Harapan (PH) Perikatan Nasional (PN) |
| Occupation: | Politician |
| Parents: | Ibrahim Abdul Razak Sopiah Omar |
| Alma Mater: | University of Technology Malaysia |
Zulkifli bin Ibrahim (born 30 November 1979) is a Malaysian politician who served as Member of the Penang State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Sungai Acheh from May 2018 to March 2023. He is a member of the Malaysian United Indigenous Party (BERSATU), a component party of the Perikatan Nasional (PN) coalition and was a member of the People's Justice Party (PKR), a component party of the Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalition.
He has studied in Methodist Nibong Tebal Primary and Secondary School, and in Nibong Tebal Technical School. He got his Diploma in Marine Technology Engineering from UTM.
Zulkifli started his political career as the Political Secretary for the by-then Nibong Tebal MP, Goh Kheng Huat in 1999. He is also one of the hosts during the launch of PKR in Renaissance Kuala Lumpur Hotel on 4 April 1999. He is also one of the co-founders of Keadilan Penang together with Zaki and Mansor Othman.
In 2000, he was appointed as the Spokesperson of the Youth Wing of Keadilan Penang. He was also a Member of Keadilan Youth Wing Committee.
He is also one of the Youth leader that wanted Saifuddin Nasution Ismail to be chosen as the Deputy Chief of the Youth Wing of Keadilan instead of Mustaffa Kamil Ayub, who was seen to be too weak when several Youth leaders of Keadilan had been arrested under the ISA.
On 29 June 2020, PKR Chairman of Disciplinary Committee, Datuk Ahmad Kassim had announced that Zulkifli is expelled from PKR as he supported the Perikatan Nasional government openly and held posts from the government.[1] [2] On 5 July 2020, he had announced that he will join BERSATU in the near future.[3]
| Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct. | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2018 | N21 Sungai Acheh | Zulkifli Ibrahim (PKR) | 7,486 | 43.51% | Mahmud Zakaria (UMNO) | 7,070 | 41.09% | 17,205 | 416 | 85.95% | ||||
| Nor Zamri Latiff (PAS) | 2,383 | 13.85% | ||||||||||||
| 2023 | bgcolor= | Zulkifli Ibrahim (BERSATU) | 9,432 | 49.67% | Rashidi Zinol (UMNO) | 9,556 | 50.33% | 19,138 | 124 | 73.45% |
He was born at Nibong Tebal, Pulau Pinang on 30 November 1979 in Sungai Bakap Hospital. He is the youngest of 8 children of Haji Ibrahim bin Abd Razak and Hajah Sopiah binti Omar.[4]