Mohamed Hanipa Maidin

{{short description|Malaysian politician}}

{{Malay name|Hanipa|Maidin|note=on}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=December 2020}}

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| name = Mohamed Hanipa Maidin

| native_name = محمد حنيفة بن ميدين

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| birth_name = Mohamed Hanipa bin Maidin

| birth_date = {{birth year and age|1969}}

| birth_place = Batu Pahat, Johor, Malaysia

| residence = Selangor, Malaysia

| nationality = Malaysian

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| office = Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister's Department
{{small|(Legal Affairs)}}

| monarch = Muhammad V
{{small|(2018–2019)}}
Abdullah
{{small|(2019–2020)}}

| primeminister = Mahathir Mohamad

| minister = Liew Vui Keong

| term_start = 2 July 2018

| term_end = 24 February 2020

| predecessor = Razali Ibrahim

| successor = Eddin Syazlee Shith

| constituency_MP2 = Sepang

| parliament2 = Malaysian

| term_start2 = 5 May 2013

| term_end2 = 19 November 2022

| majority2 = 1,142 (2013)
18,705 (2018)

| predecessor2 = Mohd Zin Mohamed
(BN–UMNO)

| successor2 = Aiman Athirah Sabu
(PH–AMANAH)

| party = Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS)
{{small|(–2015)}}
National Trust Party (AMANAH)
{{small|(since 2015)}}

| otherparty = Angkatan Perpaduan Ummah (APU)
{{small|(–1996)}}
Barisan Alternatif (BA)
{{small|(1998–2004)}}
Pakatan Rakyat (PR)
{{small|(2008–2015)}}
Pakatan Harapan (PH)
{{small|(since 2015)}}

| alma_mater = International Islamic University of Malaysia

| occupation = Politician

| profession = Barrister

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Mohamed Hanipa bin Maidin (Jawi: محمد حنيفة بن ميدين) is a Malaysian politician and barrister who served as the Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister's Department in charge of legal affairs in the Pakatan Harapan (PH) administration under former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad and former Minister Liew Vui Keong from July 2018 to the collapse of the PH administration in February 2020 and the Member of Parliament (MP) for Sepang from May 2013 to November 2022. He is a member of the National Trust Party (AMANAH), a component party of the PH coalition.{{cite web|url=http://www.parlimen.gov.my/profile-ahli.html?uweb=dr&id=3637|title=AHLI PARLIMEN Laman Utama : Profile Ahli Dewan|work=Parlimen Malaysia|language=ms |access-date=27 September 2018}} and was a member of Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS). He and other progressive PAS leaders referred to as the G18 were ousted at the 2015 PAS Muktamar.{{cite news|url=http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2015/08/31/seven-rebel-mps-ditch-pas-for-breakaway-ghb/|title=Seven rebel MPs ditch PAS for breakaway GHB|author=FMT Reporters|date=31 August 2015|work=Free Malaysia Today|access-date=9 September 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150902230529/http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2015/08/31/seven-rebel-mps-ditch-pas-for-breakaway-ghb/|archive-date=2 September 2015|url-status=dead}} This led them to launch Gerakan Harapan Baru (GHB),{{cite news|url=http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysia/article/purged-pas-leaders-launch-splinter-movement|title='Purged' PAS leaders launch splinter movement|author=Jennifer Gomez|date=13 July 2015|work=The Malaysian Insider|access-date=13 July 2015|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150713224043/http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysia/article/purged-pas-leaders-launch-splinter-movement|archive-date=13 July 2015|url-status=dead}} which took over the dormant Malaysian Workers' Party,{{cite news|url=http://www.themalaysianinsider.com/malaysia/article/ghb-to-take-over-dormant-workers-party/|title=GHB to take over dormant Workers Party|author=Ram Anand|date=31 August 2015|work=The Malaysian Insider|access-date=31 August 2015}} after their attempt to form a new party called Parti Progresif Islam (PPI) was rejected by the Home Affairs Ministry.{{cite news|url=http://www.bhplus.com.my/node/78646|title=GHB ambil alih Parti Pekerja Malaysia|date=31 August 2015|work=Berita Harian|access-date=9 September 2015}}{{cite news|url=http://www.nst.com.my/node/98717|title=GHB to form new Islamic party under existing political vehicle|author=Adrian Lai|date=31 August 2015|work=New Straits Times|access-date=9 September 2015}} GHB was later rebranded as AMANAH with Mohamad Sabu as its 1st President.{{cite news|url=http://www.astroawani.com/berita-politik/parti-amanah-negara-jadi-wadah-politik-ghb-71693|title=Parti Amanah Negara jadi wadah politik GHB|author=Khairunnisa Kasnoon|date=31 August 2015|work=Astro Awani|access-date=9 September 2015}}{{cite news|url=http://www.thestar.com.my/News/Nation/2015/08/31/GHB-Amanah-PAS/|title=GHB announces setting up of Parti Amanah Negara|author=Rahmah Ghazali|date=31 August 2015|work=The Star Online|access-date=9 September 2015}}

Hanipa is a barrister by profession. He married Rohani Rohmat.{{cite web |title=Senarai Timbalan Menteri dan pasangan |url=http://www.istiadat.gov.my/v9/images/protokolpersekutuan/2018/TIMBALAN%20MENTERI%2027.08.2018.pdf |language=ms |access-date=7 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180921000753/http://www.istiadat.gov.my/v9/images/protokolpersekutuan/2018/TIMBALAN%20MENTERI%2027.08.2018.pdf |archive-date=21 September 2018 |url-status=dead }}