Hasan bin Malek ( Jawi: حسن بن مالك; born 24 April 1946) is a

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. He was the

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for the

Kuala Pilah Kuala Pilah (Negeri Sembilan Malay: ''Kolo Pilah''), or simply Pilah, is a town in Kuala Pilah District, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia. Townscape Kuala Pilah is an old valley town with many of the pre-war Chinese shop houses still fronting the ...

constituency in the

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of Negeri Sembilan (2004-2018) and formerly the Ambassador of

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. He was the federal Minister of Domestic Trade, Cooperatives and Consumerism. He is a member of the

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(UMNO) party in Malaysia's previously governing

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(BN) coalition. In the 1995 general election and 1999 general election, Hasan won the state seat of

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in the Negeri Sembilan State Legislative Assembly. He remained in the State Assembly until the 2004 election, in which he was elected to the federal Parliament for the seat of Kuala Pilah. Includes results from the 2004 election. Results from earlier elections are not available. He was re-elected in

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and

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. After the 2008 election he became a deputy minister, and after the 2013 election, he was appointed as the Minister of Domestic Trade Cooperative and Consumerism in the Cabinet of Prime Minister Najib Razak. In the 2018 general election, Hasan lost to

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of Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia (PPBM), in a three-corner fight with Rafiei Mustapha of

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(PAS) for the Kuala Pilah parliamentary seat.

Controversy

On 29 August 2019, the High Court had allowed the government's forfeiture of RM100,000 frozen from Hasan's bank account earlier in July in connection with the 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) scandal investigation.

Election results

Honours

* : ** Member of the

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(AMN) (1981) * : ** MY-MAL Exalted Order of Malacca

Companion Class I of the

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(DMSM) - Datuk (2000) * : ** MY-NEG Order of Loyalty to Negeri Sembilan

Knight Commander of the

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(DSNS) - Dato' (2005) ** MY-NEG Order of Loyalty to Negeri Sembilan

Principal Grand Knight of the

(SSNS) - Dato' Seri (2015) * : ** MY-PAH Order of Sultan Ahmad Shah of Pahang - Knight Companion - DSAP

Knight Companion of the

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(DSAP) - Dato' (2011) ** MY-PAH Order of Sultan Ahmad Shah of Pahang - Grand Knight - SSAP

Grand Knight of the

(SSAP) - Dato' Sri (2013)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Hasan Malek Living people 1946 births People from Negeri Sembilan Malaysian people of Malay descent Malaysian Muslims Ambassadors of Malaysia to Cambodia United Malays National Organisation politicians Members of the Dewan Rakyat Government ministers of Malaysia Members of the Negeri Sembilan State Legislative Assembly Members of the Order of the Defender of the Realm 21st-century Malaysian politicians