Mohamad Hanifah Abu Baker

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Mohamad Hanifah Abu Baker
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محمد حنيفة أبو بكر
State Leader of the Opposition of Negeri Sembilan
Assumed office
21 March 2024

Mohamad Hanifah bin Abu Baker (born 16 October 1980) is a Malaysian politician and businessman who has served as State Leader of the Opposition of Negeri Sembilan since March 2024 and Member of the Negeri Sembilan State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Labu since August 2023. He is a member and Division Chief of Rasah of the Malaysian United Indigenous Party (BERSATU), a component party of the Perikatan Nasional (PN) coalition. He has served as the 3rd State Chairman of PN of Negeri Sembilan since February 2024 and of BERSATU of Negeri Sembilan since January 2024. He was the State Treasurer of PN of Negeri Sembilan prior to his promotion to the state chairmanship in February 2024 and managing director of the real estate-based Zulfikar Holdings Sdn Bhd. [1]

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Political career

State Leader of the Opposition of Negeri Sembilan (since 2024)

On 21 March 2024, Mohamad Hanifah was appointed as the State Leader of the Opposition of Negeri Sembilan, taking over from Gemas MLA, Ridzuan Ahmad of PN. He has also tasked and entrusted all five Negeri Sembilan PN MLAs including himself to monitor the portfolios of the state government of Negeri Sembilan to ensure the good governance of the state. [2]

Member of the Negeri Sembilan State Legislative Assembly (since 2023)

2023 Negeri Sembilan state election

In the 2023 Negeri Sembilan state election, Mohamad Hanifah made his electoral debut after being nominated by PN to contest for the Labu state seat. [3] He was elected to the Negeri Sembilan Assembly as the Labu MLA after defeating defending MLA Ismail Ahmad of Pakatan Harapan (PH) by a majority of 1,640 votes. [4] He later attributed his victory in Labu to the groundwork of welfare programmes that he had undertaken and assistance packages that he had channelled in Rasah since 2020. [5]

State Chairman of Perikatan Nasional and Malaysian United Indigenous Party of Negeri Sembilan (since 2024)

On 28 January 2024, Mohamad Hanifah was named the 3rd State Chairman of BERSATU of Negeri Sembilan, replacing Ahmad Faizal Azumu who was also the Deputy President of BERSATU. [6] On 12 February 2024, he was further made the 3rd State Chairman of PN of Negeri Sembilan, also to succeed Ahmad Faizal. [7] On 17 February 2024, he appointed new Negeri Sembilan PN committee members, with 1st State Chairman Eddin Syazlee Shith being given a newly established position of State Advisor. [8]

Election results

Negeri Sembilan State Legislative Assembly [9]
YearConstituencyCandidateVotesPctOpponent(s)VotesPctBallots castMajorityTurnout
2023 N20 Labu Mohamad Hanifah Abu Baker (BERSATU)11,66153.78% Ismail Ahmad (PKR)10,02146.22%21,6821,64071.14%

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