Dato' Datuk (or its variant Dato or Datu) is a Malay title commonly used in Brunei, Indonesia, and Malaysia, as well as a traditional title by Minangkabau people in West Sumatra, Indonesia. The title of the wife of Datuk is Datin. Origin The oldes ...

Rashid bin Din (born 29 July 1946) was the Member of the

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for the

Merbok Merbok is a mukim in Kuala Muda District, Kedah, Malaysia. The historical Bujang Valley is located here. It is also the location for the Universiti Teknologi MARA Kedah Campus (UiTM Merbok/Sungai Petani). Etymology The town derived its name fro ...

constituency in the state of

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from 2008 to 2013. He sat in Parliament as a member of the

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(PKR) in the opposition

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coalition. Rashid won the seat of Merbok in the

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. The seat, previously held comfortably by the

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coalition, swung to the PKR for Rashid to win it by 3,098 votes. Rashid was replaced as the PKR's candidate for the seat at the 2013 election, and the party lost the seat to the Barisan Nasional's

Ismail Daut Ismail bin Daut (12 April 1956 – 4 June 2022) was a Malaysian lecturer and politician. He was the Member of the Parliament of Malaysia for the seat of Merbok, for one term from 2013 to 2018 representing the United Malays National Organisatio ...

Election results

Honours

In January 2010, Rashid was conferred the honorific title of Datuk by Sultan

Abdul Halim of Kedah Abdul (also transliterated as Abdal, Abdel, Abdil, Abdol, Abdool, or Abdoul; ar, عبد ال, ) is the most frequent transliteration of the combination of the Arabic word '' Abd'' (, meaning "Servant") and the definite prefix '' al / el'' (, mea ...

. * : ** Knight Companion of the

Order of Loyalty to the Royal House of Kedah The Illustrious Order of Loyalty to the Royal House of Kedah (Bahasa Melayu: ''Darjah Yang Mulia Setia di-Raja'') is an honorific order of the Sultanate of Kedah History It was founded by Sultan Abdul Halim of Kedah on 21 September 1973. C ...

(DSDK) – Dato' (2010)

References

Living people 1946 births People from Penang People's Justice Party (Malaysia) politicians Malaysian people of Malay descent Malaysian Muslims Members of the Dewan Rakyat {{Malaysia-politician-stub