Zahir Hassan | |
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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 |
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]
Year | Constituency | Candidate | Votes | Pct | Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout | ||
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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 | ||
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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% |