Hasan Malek
{{short description|Malaysian politician (born 1946)}}
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{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix = Yang Berbahagia Dato' Sri
| name = Hasan Malek
| native_name = {{lang|ms|{{Script|Arab|حسن مالك}}}}
| honorific-suffix = {{post-nominals|country=MYS|size=100%|SSNS|SSAP|DSAP|DSNS|DMSM|JP|AMN}}
| image =
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| birth_name = Hasan bin Malek
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1946|04|24|df=y}}
| birth_place = Negeri Sembilan, Malayan Union (now Malaysia)
| residence =
| death_date =
| death_place =
| office = Minister of Domestic Trade, Cooperatives and Consumerism
| term_start = 16 May 2013
| term_end = 29 July 2015
| constituency = Kuala Pilah
| primeminister = Najib Razak
| monarch = Abdul Halim
| deputy = Ahmad Bashah Md Hanipah
| predecessor = Ismail Sabri Yaakob
| successor = Hamzah Zainudin
| office1 = Deputy Minister of Rural and Regional Development I
| primeminister1 = Najib Razak
| term_end1 = 15 May 2013
| term_start1 = 10 April 2009
| constituency1 = Kuala Pilah
| monarch1 = Mizan Zainal Abidin
Abdul Halim
| minister1 = Shafie Apdal
| alongside1 = Joseph Entulu Belaun
| successor1 = Alexander Nanta Linggi
| predecessor1 = Joseph Kurup
| office2 = Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister's Department
| primeminister2 = Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
| term_end2 = 9 April 2009
| term_start2 = 19 March 2008
| constituency2 = Kuala Pilah
| monarch2 = Mizan Zainal Abidin
| minister2 = Mohamed Nazri Abdul Aziz
Zaid Ibrahim (2008)
| successor2 = Liew Vui Keong
Murugiah Thopasamy
| predecessor2 = M. Kayveas
| constituency_MP3 = Kuala Pilah
| term_start3 = 21 March 2004
| term_end3 = 9 May 2018
| parliament3 = Malaysian
| predecessor3 = Napsiah Omar (BN–UMNO)
| successor3 = Eddin Syazlee Shith (PH–BERSATU)
| majority3 = 13,342 (2004)
10,008 (2008)
9,661 (2013)
| constituency_AM4 = Juasseh
| assembly4 = Negeri Sembilan State Legislative
| term_start4 = 25 April 1995
| term_end4 = 21 March 2004
| majority4 = 4,291 (1995)
985 (1999)
| predecessor4 = Mohamad Ahmad (BN–UMNO)
| successor4 = Mohammad Razi Kail (BN–UMNO)
| party = United Malays National Organisation (UMNO)
| otherparty = Barisan Nasional (BN)
| occupation = Politician
| relations =
| spouse = Norainee binti Mohd Yatib
| children =
| website =
| footnotes =
| alma_mater = University of Malaya University of Manchester
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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.{{cite web|url=http://www.kpdnkk.gov.my/kpdnkkv3/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=91&Itemid=197&lang=en|title=YB Dato' Sri Hasan bin Malek|work=Ministry of Domestic Trade, Cooperatives and Consumerism (Malaysia)|access-date=24 October 2014|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141024212551/http://www.kpdnkk.gov.my/kpdnkkv3/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=91&Itemid=197&lang=en|archive-date=24 October 2014|df=dmy-all}}{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com.au/newspapers?id=_D4hAAAAIBAJ&sjid=LHsFAAAAIBAJ&pg=4410,835697&dq=hasan-malek&hl=en|title=Negri urged to organise 'Week of Hard Life'|date=22 October 2002|publisher=New Straits Times|access-date=23 January 2010}} 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.{{Cite web
| title = Malaysia Decides 2008
| work = The Star (Malaysia)
| url = http://thestar.com.my/election/
| access-date = 23 January 2010}} 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.{{cite news|url=http://www.mysinchew.com/node/86478|title=Cabinet ministers take oath of office|date=16 May 2013|work=Sin Chew Jit Poh|access-date=24 October 2014}}
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.{{cite news|url=http://bernama.com/en/news.php?id=1762401|title=1MDB: Court allows government's forfeiture of RM100,000 from Hasan Malek|date= 29 August 2019|publisher=Bernama|access-date=11 September 2019}}{{cite news|url=https://www.thesundaily.my/local/1mdb-court-allows-government-s-forfeiture-of-rm100-000-from-hasan-malek-CC1316242|title=1MDB: Court allows government's forfeiture of RM100,000 from Hasan Malek|date= 29 August 2019|publisher=The Sun Daily|access-date=11 September 2019}}
Election results
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|+ Negeri Sembilan State Legislative Assembly{{cite web|url=http://semak.spr.gov.my/spr/laporan/5_KedudukanAkhir.php |title=Keputusan Pilihan Raya Umum Parlimen/Dewan Undangan Negeri |publisher=Election Commission of Malaysia |language=ms |access-date=4 February 2017 }} Percentage figures based on total turnout. !|Year !|Constituency !colspan=2|Candidate !|Votes !|Pct !colspan=2|Opponent(s) !|Votes !|Pct !|Ballots cast !|Majority !|Turnout |
1995
|rowspan=2|N13 Juasseh |{{Party shading/Barisan Nasional}} | |{{nowrap|Hasan Malek}} (UMNO) |align="right" |4,979 |85% |{{Party shading/S46}} | |Mat Rais Paris (S46) |align="right" |688 |12% | | | |
1999
|{{Party shading/Barisan Nasional}} | |{{nowrap|Hasan Malek}} (UMNO) |align="right" |3,495 |56% |{{Party shading/Keadilan}} | |Shamsul Bahri Shamsudin (keADILan) |align="right" |2,510 |40% | | | |
Honours
- {{Flag|Malaysia}} :
- 50px Member of the Order of the Defender of the Realm (AMN) (1981)
- {{Flag|Malacca}} :
- 50px Companion Class I of the Exalted Order of Malacca (DMSM) – Datuk (2000){{cite web|url=http://www.istiadat.gov.my/index.php/component/semakanlantikanskp/|publisher=Prime Minister's Department (Malaysia)|access-date=25 October 2018|title=SEMAKAN PENERIMA DARJAH KEBESARAN, BINTANG DAN PINGAT}}
- {{Flag|Negeri Sembilan}} :
- 50px Knight Grand Companion of the Order of Loyalty to Negeri Sembilan (SSNS) – Dato' Seri (2015){{cite web|publisher=Berita Harian|language=ms|date=14 January 2015|url=https://www.bharian.com.my/node/29080|title=812 terima darjah kebesaran, bintang, pingat Negeri Sembilan|access-date=25 October 2018}}
- 50px Knight Commander of the Order of Loyalty to Negeri Sembilan (DSNS) – Dato' (2005){{cite web|work=The Star|date=25 July 2005|url=https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2005/07/25/yang-dipertuan-besar-of-negri-sembilans-83rd-birthday-honours-list/|title=Yang Di-Pertuan Besar of Negri Sembilan's 83rd Birthday Honours list|access-date=25 October 2018}}
- Justice of the Peace of Negeri Sembilan (JP) (1998){{cite web|url=https://ipingatns.ns.gov.my/carian_penerima_pingat_warta.php|title=CARIAN PENERIMA DARJAH KEBESARAN / BINTANG / PINGAT TAHUN 1981 - 2010|access-date=14 December 2023}}{{Dead link|date=July 2024 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}
- {{Flag|Pahang}} :
- 50px Grand Knight of the Order of Sultan Ahmad Shah of Pahang (SSAP) – Dato' Sri (2013){{cite web|work=The Star|date=24 October 2013|url=https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2013/10/24/artistes-among-those-conferred-titles-643-make-it-to-pahang-sultans-birthday-honours-list/|title=Artistes among those conferred titles in conjunction with Pahang Sultan's birthday|access-date=25 October 2018}}
- 50px Knight Companion of the Order of Sultan Ahmad Shah of Pahang (DSAP) – Dato' (2011){{cite web|publisher=Malaysiakini|date=24 October 2011|url=https://www.malaysiakini.com/news/179472|title=Rektor UIA, Karam Singh terima darjah dari sultan|language=ms|work=Bernama|access-date=25 October 2018}}
References
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