Dato' Seri
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Zahrain bin Mohamed Hashim (born 12 November 1955) is a
Malaysian
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politician
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previously from the
People's Justice Party (PKR), a component party of then
Pakatan Rakyat
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(PR) opposition coalition who served as the 16th
Ambassador of Malaysia to Indonesia from September 2013 to June 2018 and
Member of Parliament
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(MP) for
Bayan Baru from March 2008 to May 2013. He is now an
independent
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after leaving PR and PKR.
Political career
Zahrain was elected to Parliament in the
2008 election
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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
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 (DAP ...
coalition partner, the
Democratic Action Party, for speaking out against Penang Chief Minister
Lim Guan Eng. 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
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(PH) government's decision to stop the previous practice adopted by the
Barisan Nasional
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(BN) of appointing politicians to head
overseas missions.
Election results
Honours
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Officer of the
Order of the Defender of State
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(DSPN) - Dato' (1995)
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Commander of the
Order of the Defender of State
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(DGPN) - Dato' Seri (2009)
See also
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Bayan Baru (federal constituency)
Bayan Baru is a federal constituency in Northeast Penang Island District and Southwest Penang Island District, Penang, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Dewan Rakyat
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References
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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