Zulkifli Mohamad Al-Bakri

Zulkifli Mohamad Al-Bakri
ذوالكفل محمد البكري
Minister in the Prime Minister's Department
(Religious Affairs)
In office
10 March 2020 – 16 August 2021
Monarch Abdullah
Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin
Deputy Ahmad Marzuk Shaary
Preceded by Mujahid Yusof Rawa
Succeeded by Idris Ahmad
Constituency Senator
Senator
In office
10 March 2020 – 9 March 2023
Monarch Abdullah
Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin
(2020–2021)
Ismail Sabri Yaakob
(2021–2022)
Anwar Ibrahim
(2022–2023)
7th Mufti of the Federal Territories
In office
23 June 2014 – 9 March 2020
Monarchs Abdul Halim
(2014–2016)
Muhammad V
(2016–2019)
Abdullah
(2019–2020)
Prime Minister Najib Razak
(2014–2018)
Mahathir Mohamad
(2018–2020)
Muhyiddin Yassin
(2020)
Minister Jamil Khir Baharom
(2014–2018)
Mujahid Yusof Rawa
(2018–2020)
Preceded by Wan Zahidi Wan Teh
Succeeded by Luqman Abdullah
Faction represented in Dewan Negara
2020–2023 Independent
Personal details
Born 16 January 1969
Website Zulkifli al-Bakri
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Zulkifli Mohamad Al-Bakri (Jawi: ذوالكفل محمد البكري; born 16 January 1969) is a Malaysian Islamic scholar who served as Minister in the Prime Minister's Department in charge of Religious Affairs in the Perikatan Nasional (PN) administration under former Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin from March 2020 to August 2021, Senator from March 2020 to March 2023 and 7th Mufti of the Federal Territories from June 2014 to his political appointments in March 2020.

Zulkifli is also the founder of Federal Territories Islamic Religious Council's Pondok Moden Al-'Abaqirah, a religious educational institute. On 5 October 2020, he tested positive for COVID-19 after he returned from campaigning in the Sabah state election. He was discharged from Tuanku Ja'afar Hospital in Seremban after his full recovery nine days later.

Honours

Honours of Malaysia