Marzuki bin Yahya (born 4 September 1970) is a Malaysian

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. He is a member of the

Parti Bumiputera Perkasa Malaysia Parti Bumiputera Perkasa Malaysia ( Malay for "Malaysia Mighty Bumiputera Party", Jawi: ڤرتي بوميڤوترا ڤركاس مليسيا, Abbr.: PUTRA) is a nationalist political party in Malaysia. The party was founded and led by Ibrahim Al ...

(PUTRA), a former member of the Homeland Fighters' Party (PEJUANG) and its Deputy President from August 2020 to his resignation in January 2023, and a former member of the

Malaysian United Indigenous Party The Malaysian United Indigenous Party ( Malay: ''Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia''; abbrev: BERSATU or PPBM) is a nationalist political party in Malaysia. The party was preceded by the United Indigenous Association of Malaysia ( Malay: ) and ...

(BERSATU) and its Secretary-General from September 2018 to his termination from position in March 2020. He served as the Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs in the

Pakatan Harapan Pakatan Harapan (PH; stylised as HARAPAN; ) is a Malaysian Parliamentary group, political coalition consisting of Centre-left politics, centre-left political parties which was formed in 2015 to succeed the Pakatan Rakyat coalition. It has led ...

(PH) administration under former Prime Minister

Mahathir Mohamad Mahathir bin Mohamad (; ; born 10 July 1925) is a Malaysian politician, author and doctor who was respectively the fourth and seventh Prime Minister of Malaysia, prime minister of Malaysia from 1981 to 2003 and from 2018 to 2020. He was the ...

from July 2018 to the collapse of the PH administration in February 2020 and

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from July 2018 to July 2021.

Education

Marzuki had been accused of making a false claim that he holds a

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from the

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via distance learning. However, it was later revealed that the University of Cambridge does not offer any distance learning degree. He later clarified that he in fact obtained his degree from Cambridge International University, which is not affiliated or related to the University of Cambridge. Cambridge International University was reportedly a non-accredited institution and a

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Political career

Marzuki's involvement in the political arena began in 1998 when he was appointed as the Treasurer for

United Malays National Organisation The United Malays National Organisation (Abbreviation, abbrev: UMNO; , PEKEMBAR) is a Conservatism, conservative, Nationalism, Malay nationalist political party in Malaysia. As the oldest national political party in the country (since its ince ...

(UMNO) Youth

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Division. After holding several other posts in UMNO, he eventually left the party and became one of the founding members of then-opposition PPBM, led by former UMNO President, 4th and 7th

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Dr.

, in 2016. He contested the Tasek Gelugor parliamentary seat in the

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but lost with the narrowest of margins overall, at just 81 votes. Shortly thereafter, he was appointed as a Senator in the upper house of the

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and sworn in as a deputy minister by the

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on 17 July 2018. On 18 November 2018,

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Richard Malanjum ordered the petition filed by Marzuki challenging the results of the election to go to trial. The petition was struck out by the Election Court on 15 February 2019.

Election results

Honours

* : **

Knight Commander of the Exalted Order of Malacca (DCSM) – Datuk Wira (2019) * : ** MY-PEN Order of the Defender of State - Officer - DSPN

Officer of the

Order of the Defender of State The Order of the Defender of State () is the sole order of chivalry of the state of Penang which was constituted in 1967 by then Yang di-Pertua Negeri Tun Dato' Seri Utama Raja Uda Raja Muhammad to recognize eminent contributions of individuals t ...

(DSPN) – Dato' (2018) ** MY-PEN Meritorious Service Medal - PJK

Recipient of the Meritorious Service Medal (PJK) (2002)

References

{{authority control 1970 births Living people People from Kedah Malaysian politicians of Malay descent Malaysian Muslims Former Malaysian United Indigenous Party politicians Former United Malays National Organisation politicians Members of the Dewan Negara 21st-century Malaysian politicians

Education

Political career

Election results

Honours

See also

References