Hasan Malek
Introduction '''Hasan bin Malek''' (Jawi: حسن بن مالك; born 24 April 1946) is a Malaysian politician. He was the Member of Parliament of Malaysia for the Kuala Pilah constituency in the State of Negeri Sembilan (2004-2018) 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) party in Malaysia's previously governing 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. 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. 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.In the 2018 general election, Hasan lost to Eddin Syazlee Shith of Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia (PPBM), 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.
Election results + '''Negeri Sembilan State Legislative Assembly'''YearConstituencyCandidateVotesPctOpponent(s)VotesPctBallots castMajorityTurnout1995N13 Juasseh ('''UMNO''')'''4,979''''''85%'''Mat Rais Paris (S46)68812%1999 ('''UMNO''')'''3,495''''''56%'''Shamsul Bahri Shamsudin (keADILan)2,510	 40%+ '''Parliament of Malaysia'''  YearConstituencyCandidateVotesPctOpponent(s)VotesPctBallots castMajorityTurnout2004P129 Kuala Pilah, Negeri Sembilan ('''UMNO''')'''22,105''''''71.61%'''Annuar Mohd Salleh (PKR)8,76328.39%31,77813,34273.74%2008 ('''UMNO''')'''20,417''''''66.23%'''Annuar Mohd Salleh (PKR)10,40933.77%31,73410,00874.97%2013 (UMNO)'''24,507''''''62.27%'''Mohd Nazree Mohd Yunus (PKR)14,84637.73%40,2919,66184.52%2018  (UMNO)17,84544.35%'''Eddin Syazlee Shith''' ('''PPBM''')'''18,045''''''44.85%'''41,15620082.64%Rafiei Mustapha (PAS)4,34710.80%
Honours *  :** 50px Member of the Order of the Defender of the Realm (AMN) (1981)*  :** 50px Companion Class I of the Exalted Order of Malacca (DMSM) – '''Datuk''' (2000)*  :** Justice of the Peace of Negeri Sembilan (JP) (1998)** 50px Knight Commander of the Order of Loyalty to Negeri Sembilan (DSNS) – '''Dato'''' (2005)** 50px Knight Grand Companion of the Order of Loyalty to Negeri Sembilan (SSNS) – '''Dato' Seri''' (2015)*  :** 50px Knight Companion of the Order of Sultan Ahmad Shah of Pahang (DSAP) – '''Dato'''' (2011)** 50px Grand Knight of the Order of Sultan Ahmad Shah of Pahang (SSAP) – '''Dato' Sri''' (2013)
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