Yang Berbahagia Dato' Seri
Zahrain Mohamed Hashim
DGPN DSPN
ظاهرين محمد هاشم‎
Zahrain Mohd Hashim Bayan Baru parliamentary seat.
16th Ambassador of Malaysia to Indonesia
In office
5 September 2013 – 30 June 2018
MonarchsAbdul Halim
(2013–2016)
Muhammad V
(2016–2018)
Prime MinisterNajib Razak
(2013–2018)
Mahathir Mohamad
(2018)
Preceded bySyed Munshe Afdzaruddin Syed Hassan
Succeeded byZainal Abidin Bakar
Member of the Malaysian Parliament
for Bayan Baru
In office
8 March 2008 – 5 May 2013
Preceded byWong Kam Hoong
(BN–MCA)
Succeeded bySim Tze Tzin
(PR–PKR)
Majority11,029 (2008)
Personal details
Born (1955-11-12) 12 November 1955 (age 68)
Penang, Federation of Malaya (now Malaysia)
Political partyPeople's Justice Party (PKR)
(–2010)
Independent
(since 2010)
OccupationPolitician

Dato' Seri Zahrain bin Mohamed Hashim (born 12 November 1955) is a Malaysian politician previously from the People's Justice Party (PKR), a component party of then Pakatan Rakyat (PR) opposition coalition who served as the 16th Ambassador of Malaysia to Indonesia from September 2013 to June 2018 and Member of Parliament (MP) for Bayan Baru from March 2008 to May 2013. He is now an independent after leaving PR and PKR.

Political career

Zahrain was elected to Parliament in the 2008 election as a member of the opposition People's Justice Party (PKR).[1] As Chairman of the Penang division of PKR, he had been criticised by his Pakatan Rakyat coalition partner, the Democratic Action Party, for speaking out against Penang Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng.[2] In January 2010, he attacked Lim as being a "dictator, a chauvinist and communist-minded", citing what Zahrain saw as a failure by Lim to deliver on his election promises.[3] He subsequently left PKR to sit in Parliament as an independent.

Diplomatic career

After leaving Parliament following the 2013 general elections, Zahrain was appointed as the Malaysia Ambassador to Indonesia.[4]

Zahrain was recalled from his posting following the Pakatan Harapan (PH) government's decision to stop the previous practice adopted by the Barisan Nasional (BN) of appointing politicians to head overseas missions.[5][6]

Election results

Parliament of Malaysia[7][8][9]
Year Constituency Candidate Votes Pct Opponent(s) Votes Pct Ballots Cast Majority Turnout
2008 P052 Bayan Baru, Penang Zahrain Mohamed Hashim (PKR) 27,618 62.47% Ooi Siew Kim (MCA) 16,589 37.53% 46,418 11,029 76.45%

Honours

See also

References

  1. ^ "Malaysia Decides 2008". The Star (Malaysia). Retrieved 31 December 2009.
  2. ^ "DAP: Zahrain behaving like 'little Umno leader'". The Star (Malaysia). Retrieved 1 January 2010.
  3. ^ Habibu, Sira. "Zahrain: Lim is a dictator". The Star (Malaysia). Star Publications (Malaysia). Retrieved 29 January 2010.
  4. ^ Zuhrin Azad Ahmad (5 September 2013). "Former Bayan Baru rep named Malaysian ambassador to Indonesia". The Star. Retrieved 30 August 2014.
  5. ^ "Envoys told to return to Malaysia". Royce Tan, Eddie Chua. The Star (Malaysia). 30 June 2018. Retrieved 22 March 2019.
  6. ^ "No more Malaysian politicians as ambassadors: Mahathir". Bernama. Channel News Asia. 21 September 2018. Retrieved 22 March 2019.
  7. ^ "Malaysia General Election". undiinfo Malaysian Election Data. Malaysiakini. ((cite web)): Missing or empty |url= (help) Results only available from the 2004 election.
  8. ^ "Keputusan Pilihan Raya Umum Parlimen/Dewan Undangan Negeri" (in Malay). Election Commission of Malaysia. Retrieved 4 February 2017. Percentage figures based on total turnout.
  9. ^ "Malaysia Decides 2008". The Star (Malaysia). Retrieved 1 January 2009.
  10. ^ a b "SEMAKAN PENERIMA DARJAH KEBESARAN, BINTANG DAN PINGAT". Prime Minister's Department (Malaysia). Retrieved 22 March 2019.
Diplomatic posts Preceded bySyed Munshe Afdzaruddin Syed Hassan Ambassador of Malaysia to Indonesia 2013–2018 Succeeded byZainal Abidin Bakar
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