Dato' Seri Zahrain bin Mohamed Hashim (born 12 November 1955) is a Malaysian

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previously from the People's Justice Party (PKR), a component party of then

Pakatan Rakyat The People's Alliance ( ms, Pakatan Rakyat; abbrev: PR) was an informal Malaysian political coalition and successor to Barisan Alternatif (BA). The political coalition was formed by the People's Justice Party (PKR), Democratic Action Party (DA ...

(PR) opposition coalition who served as the 16th Ambassador of Malaysia to Indonesia from September 2013 to June 2018 and

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(MP) for Bayan Baru from March 2008 to May 2013. He is now an

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after leaving PR and PKR.

Political career

Zahrain was elected to Parliament in the

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as a member of the opposition People's Justice Party (PKR). As Chairman of the Penang division of PKR, he had been criticised by his

coalition partner, the

Democratic Action Party The Democratic Action Party (abbreviation: DAP; ms, Parti Tindakan Demokratik; ; ta, ஜனநாயக செயல் கட்சி) is a centre-left social democratic political party in Malaysia. As one of four component parties of the ...

, for speaking out against Penang Chief Minister

Lim Guan Eng Lim Guan Eng (; born 8 December 1960) is a Malaysian politician and accountant from the Democratic Action Party (DAP), a component party of the Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalition who has served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Bagan, Member of t ...

. 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. 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. Zahrain was recalled from his posting following the

Pakatan Harapan The Alliance of Hope ( ms, Pakatan Harapan; abbrev: PH; stylized as HARAPAN) is a Malaysian political coalition consisting of centre-left political parties which was formed in 2015 to succeed the Pakatan Rakyat coalition. It has been the ...

(PH) government's decision to stop the previous practice adopted by the

Barisan Nasional The National Front ( ms, Barisan Nasional; abbrev: BN) is a political coalition of Malaysia that was founded in 1973 as a coalition of centre-right and right-wing political parties. It is also the third largest political coalition with 30 ...

(BN) of appointing politicians to head overseas missions.

Election results

Honours

* : **

MY-PEN Order of the Defender of State - Officer - DSPN

Officer of the Order of the Defender of State (DSPN) - Dato' (1995) ** MY-PEN Order of the Defender of State - Commander - DGPN

Commander of the Order of the Defender of State (DGPN) - Dato' Seri (2009)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mohamed Hashim, Zahrain Living people 1955 births People from Penang Members of the Dewan Rakyat People's Justice Party (Malaysia) politicians Ambassadors of Malaysia to Indonesia Independent politicians in Malaysia Malaysian people of Malay descent Malaysian people of Minangkabau descent Malaysian Muslims

Political career

Diplomatic career

Election results

Honours

See also

References