Mohd Rashid Hasnon

Rashid Hasnon was born in Muar, Johor Bahru to Hasnon and Tek. He was educated in Muar High School and later went to Royal Military College, Sungai Besi. He completed his A-Levels in Southampton Technical College, United Kingdom. He obtained a degree in BSc. Control Engineering at the University of Sheffield, UK. He studied his Master in Business Administration (MBA) at National University of Malaysia. Rashid began his first job at Pernas NEC in 1984. He held the position as the head of planning department in Motorola in 1987. He became the chairman of Personal Managers Group which manages all company that is governed under Free Industrial Zone (FTZ) at Bayan Lepas in 2006. He married Datin Hajjah Nor Azizah bt Haron in 1982 and has 5 children.

Rashid became the chairman of GERAK Penang in 1999. In 2001, he held the position as PKR State Treasurer. He was one of the founding members of PKR in Penang and has been serving as vice-chairman of Penang State PKR, the opposition party then in Malaysia.

He was elected as Penang State Legislative Assemblyman for Pantai Jerejak in the 2013 election with a bigger majority vote than his predecessor and was appointed as the Deputy Chief Minister 1 of Penang. He was sworn into the position which was assigned to PKR since Pakatan Rakyat took over Penang on 9 May 2013 to succeed Dato' Mansor Othman.{{cite news|url=http://www.theedgemarkets.com/article/questions-linger-over-choice-rashid-hasnon-penang-dcm-i|title=Questions linger over choice of Rashid Hasnon as Penang DCM (I)|work=The Edge|access-date=2 May 2018}} Rashid was also the Penang State Executive Council Member in the portfolio of Industrial Development & International Trade, Entrepreneurial Development, Cooperative and Community Relation.{{cite news|url=http://www.theedgemarkets.com/article/penang-exco-20-sworn-newcomer-rashid-and-ramasamy-made-dcms|title=Penang exco 2.0' sworn in, newcomer Rashid and Ramasamy made DCMs|work=The Edge|access-date=2 May 2018}} He was also the deputy-chairman of Perbadanan Bekalan Air Pulau Pinang (PBAPP) board of directors.{{cite news|url=https://www.bloomberg.com/research/stocks/people/person.asp?personId=242344351&capId=7689783&previousCapId=879243&previousTitle=Texchem%20Resources%20Bhd|title=Rashid Hasnon

|work=Bloomberg|access-date=18 January 2017}} He was also the Deputy Chairman of Penang Development Corporation (PDC).

In the May 2018 election, he went back to his home state Johor and contested the parliamentary seat of Batu Pahat. He successfully defeated his opponents from BN and PAS with majority of 17,894.

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Rashid had joined the team of volunteers to Aceh and Meulaboh to help victims of tsunami in 2004. In 2009, he led a mission to help Muslims in Cambodia and Southeast Asian countries. In addition, as the chairman of International JIM national, he did not miss out on a relief mission in Gaza (2011) with a Malaysian non-governmental organization, Islamic Organisations Consultative Council (MAPIM), among the earliest mission to bring aid to Gaza after the Mavi Marmara incident.

On 22 January 2019, Rashid had purportedly asked to deliver a speech text by the organisers in the event of the launch of the Enhanced Malaysia International Internet Gateway (EM-IIG) High-Speed Broadband project in Shah Alam which wrongly implicated him and he was mistakenly thought to be representing Deputy Prime Minister Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail who could not attend it. The Office of the Deputy Prime Minister said in a statement later that Dr Wan Azizah had never approved the speech text that was delivered and had also not delegated anyone to read out the text of the speech at the event.{{Cite news |url= https://www.theedgemarkets.com/article/dpm-did-not-say-govt-supports-emiig-project|title=DPM did not say govt supports EM-IIG project|agency=Bernama|publisher=The Edge Markets|author=Adam Aziz|date=23 January 2019|access-date=13 February 2019}} It also denied that the government would extend its full cooperation to the implementation of the EM-IIG project.{{Cite news |url= https://www.thesundaily.my/local/dpm-never-approved-speech-delivered-at-internet-gateway-project-launch-updated-BE413276|title=DPM never approved speech delivered at Internet gateway project launch (Updated)|agency=Bernama|work=The Sun Daily|date=22 January 2019|access-date=13 February 2019}} Rashid had denied that he represented the Deputy Prime Minister at the event. He demanded the organisers to act immediately to correct the situation and clear his name of any confusion or he would consider legal action against them.{{Cite news |url= https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2019/01/22/deputy-speaker-denies-representing-dpm-at-launch-and-warns-of-legal-action/|title=Deputy Speaker denies representing DPM, warns of legal action over Internet gateway project launch speech|work=The Star|author=Sira Habibu|date=22 January 2019|access-date=13 February 2019}}

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• 50px Companion of the Order of the Defender of State (DMPN) – Dato' (2013){{cite web|url=http://www.istiadat.gov.my/index.php/component/semakanlantikanskp/|title=SEMAKAN PENERIMA DARJAH KEBESARAN, BINTANG DAN PINGAT|publisher=Prime Minister's Department (Malaysia)|access-date=25 October 2018}}{{cite web|work=The Star|access-date=1 November 2018|url=https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2013/08/26/pandikar-amin-heads-honour-roll-speaker-among-1085-to-be-conferred-awards/|title=Pandikar Amin heads honour roll|date=26 August 2013}}

• Batu Pahat (federal constituency)
• Pantai Jerejak (state constituency)

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Category:1960 births

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