Zulkifli Mohamad Al-Bakri
Zulkifli Mohamad Al-Bakri
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ذوالكفل محمد البكري | |
Minister in the Prime Minister's Department (Religious Affairs) | |
In office 10 March 2020 – 16 August 2021 |
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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 |
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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 |
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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 |
Zulkifli Mohamad Al-Bakri on Facebook | |
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
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Malaysia :
- Commander of the Order of Meritorious Service (PJN) – Datuk (2019)
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Federal Territory (Malaysia) :
- Commander of the Order of the Territorial Crown (PMW) – Datuk (2015)
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Penang :
- Commander of the Order of the Defender of State (DGPN) – Dato' Seri (2018)