Zakaria Edris

{{Short description|Malaysian politician}}

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{{Malay name|note=on|Zakaria|Edris}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| honorific-prefix = Yang Berbahagia Datuk

| name = Zakaria Mohd Edris

| honorific-suffix = {{post-nominals|country=MYS|size=100%|DMSM|JP}}

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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1950|07|16|df=y}}

| birth_place = Crown Colony of North Borneo

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| citizenship = Malaysian

| constituency_MP = Libaran

| parliament = Malaysian

| term_start = 9 May 2018

| term_end = 19 November 2022

| majority = 678 (2018)

| predecessor = Juslie Ajirol
(BN–UMNO)

| successor = Suhaimi Nasir
(BN–UMNO)

| office1 = State Assistant Minister of Housing and Local Government of Sabah

| term_start1 = 2013

| term_end1 = 2018

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| governor1 = Juhar Mahiruddin

| 1blankname1 = Chief Minister

| 1namedata1 = Musa Aman

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| constituency1 = Gum-Gum

| constituency_AM2 = Gum-Gum

| assembly2 = Sabah State Legislative

| term_start2 = 21 March 2004

| term_end2 = 9 May 2018

| majority2 = 2,498 (2004)
Walkover (2008)
2,357 (2013)

| predecessor2 = Position established

| successor2 = Arunarsin Taib (WARISAN)

| office3 = Faction represented in Dewan Rakyat

| subterm3 = 2018

| suboffice3 = Barisan Nasional

| subterm4 = 2018–2019

| suboffice4 = Independent

| subterm5 = 2019–2020

| suboffice5 = Pakatan Harapan

| subterm6 = 2020

| suboffice6 = Malaysian United Indigenous Party

| subterm7 = 2020–2022

| suboffice7 = Perikatan Nasional

| office8 = Faction represented in Sabah State Legislative Assembly

| subterm8 = 2004–2018

| suboffice8 = Barisan Nasional

| party = United Malays National Organisation (UMNO)
{{small|(–2018)}}
Independent
{{small|(2018–2019)}}
Malaysian United Indigenous Party (BERSATU)
{{small|(2019–2023)}}
25px Gagasan Rakyat (since 2023)

| otherparty = Barisan Nasional (BN)
{{small|(–2018, aligned:since 2020)}}
Pakatan Harapan (PH)
{{small|(2019–2020)}}
Perikatan Nasional (PN)
{{small|(2020-2023)}}
30px Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS)
{{small|(aligned:since 2020, member:since 2023)}}

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Datuk Zakaria bin Mohd Edris is a Malaysian politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Libaran from May 2018 to November 2022, State Assistant Minister of Housing and Local Government of Sabah in the Barisan Nasional (BN) administration under former Chief Minister Musa Aman from 2013 to 2018 and Member of the Sabah State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Gum-Gum from March 2004 to May 2018. He is a former member of Malaysian United Indigenous Party (BERSATU), an official main component party of the Perikatan Nasional (PN) and a former component party of Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) coalition also a former component party of Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalition. He also a former member of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), a component party of the BN coalition. He left UMNO to be an independent in 2018 and later joined BERSATU in 2019 until 2023.{{Cite news|url=https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2019/03/15/six-sabah-reps-who-jumped-from-umno-get-bersatu-cards/|title=Six Sabah reps who jumped from Umno get Bersatu cards|work= The Star|author= Mazwin Nik Anis and Joseph Kaos Jr|date=15 March 2019|access-date=15 March 2019}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2018/12/12/sabah-umno-exodus-begins-with-nine-of-10-assemblymen-leaving-party/|title=Sabah Umno exodus sees nine of 10 Aduns, five of six MPs leave|work= The Star|author=Muguntan Vanar, Stephanie Lee and Natasha Joibi|date=12 December 2018|access-date=15 December 2018}} In 2023, he officially became the member of Sabah People's Ideas Party (Gagasan Rakyat), the main component party of Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) along with 7 other parties.