Zulkifli bin Ibrahim (born 30 November 1979) is a Malaysian politician who served as Member of the State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Sungai Acheh from May 2018 to March 2023. He is a member of the

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(BERSATU), a component party of the

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(PN) coalition and was a member of the People's Justice Party (PKR), a component party of the

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(PH) coalition.

Education

He has studied in Methodist Nibong Tebal Primary and Secondary School, and in Nibong Tebal Technical School. He got his Diploma in Marine Technology Engineering from UTM.

Politics

Zulkifli started his political career as the Political Secretary for the by-then

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MP, Goh Kheng Huat in 1999. He is also one of the hosts during the launch of PKR in Renaissance Kuala Lumpur Hotel on 4 April 1999. He is also one of the co-founders of Keadilan Penang together with Zaki and

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. In 2000, he was appointed as the Spokesperson of the Youth Wing of Keadilan Penang. He was also a Member of Keadilan Youth Wing Committee. He is also one of the Youth leader that wanted

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to be chosen as the Deputy Chief of the Youth Wing of Keadilan instead of

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, who was seen to be too weak when several Youth leaders of Keadilan had been arrested under the ISA. On 29 June 2020, PKR Chairman of Disciplinary Committee, Datuk Ahmad Kassim had announced that Zulkifli is expelled from PKR as he supported the

government openly and held posts from the government. On 5 July 2020, he had announced that he will join

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in the near future.

Election results

Family

He was born at

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on 30 November 1979 in Sungai Bakap Hospital. He is the youngest of 8 children of Haji Ibrahim bin Abd Razak and Hajah Sopiah binti Omar.

References

{{reflist University of Technology Malaysia alumni Malaysian United Indigenous Party politicians Former People's Justice Party (Malaysia) politicians Members of the Penang State Legislative Assembly Malaysian politicians of Malay descent Living people 1979 births