Hasan bin Malek (Jawi: حسن بن مالك; born 24 April 1946) is a Malaysian politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Kuala Pilah from March 2004 to May 2018. and formerly the Ambassador of Malaysia to Cambodia. He was the federal Minister of Domestic Trade, Cooperatives and Consumerism. He is a member of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), a component party of the Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition.
In the 1995 general election and 1999 general election, Hasan won the state seat of Juasseh 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 2008 and 2013. 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 Eddin Syazlee Shith of Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia (BERSATU), in a three-corner fight with Rafiei Mustapha of Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (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 + Negeri Sembilan State Legislative Assembly Percentage figures based on total turnout.YearConstituencyCandidateVotesPctOpponent(s)VotesPctBallots castMajorityTurnout1995N13 Juasseh (UMNO)4,97987.86%Mat Rais Paris (S46)68812.14%4,2911999Hasan Malek (UMNO)3,49558.20%Shamsul Bahri Shamsudin (keADILan)2,510 41.80%6,24298571.45%
+ Parliament of Malaysia Results only available from the 2004 election. Percentage figures based on total turnout. Percentage figures based on total turnout.YearConstituencyCandidateVotesPctOpponent(s)VotesPctBallots castMajorityTurnout2004P129 Kuala Pilah (UMNO)22,10571.61%Annuar Mohd Salleh (PKR)8,76328.39%31,77813,34273.74%2008 (UMNO)20,41766.23%Annuar Mohd Salleh (PKR)10,40933.77%31,73410,00874.97%2013 (UMNO)24,50762.27%Mohd Nazree Mohd Yunus (PKR)14,84637.73%40,2919,66184.52%2018 (UMNO)17,84544.35%Eddin Syazlee Shith (BERSATU)18,04544.85%41,15620082.64%Rafiei Mustapha (PAS)4,34710.80%
Honours
Member of the Order of the Defender of the Realm (AMN) (1981)
Companion Class I of the Exalted Order of Malacca (DMSM) – Datuk (2000)
Knight Grand Companion of the Order of Loyalty to Negeri Sembilan (SSNS) – Dato' Seri (2015) Knight Commander of the Order of Loyalty to Negeri Sembilan (DSNS) – Dato' (2005) Justice of the Peace of Negeri Sembilan (JP) (1998)
Grand Knight of the Order of Sultan Ahmad Shah of Pahang (SSAP) – Dato' Sri (2013) Knight Companion of the Order of Sultan Ahmad Shah of Pahang (DSAP) – Dato' (2011)
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