Abdul Rahim Bakri

In this Malay name, there is no surname or family name. The name Bakri is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by their given name, Abdul Rahim. The word "bin" or "binti"/"binte" means 'son of' or 'daughter of', respectively.
Yang Berbahagia Datuk Haji
Abdul Rahim Bakri
DMSM
عبدالرحيم بن بكري
Deputy Minister of Finance I
In office
10 March 2020 – 16 August 2021
Serving with Mohd Shahar Abdullah (Deputy Minister of Finance II)
MonarchAbdullah
Prime MinisterMuhyiddin Yassin
MinisterTengku Zafrul Aziz
Preceded byAmiruddin Hamzah
Succeeded byMohd Shahar Abdullah
ConstituencyKudat
Deputy Minister of Defence
In office
16 May 2013 – 29 July 2015
MonarchAbdul Halim
Prime MinisterNajib Razak
MinisterHishammuddin Hussein
Preceded byAbdul Latiff Ahmad
Succeeded byMohd Johari Baharum
ConstituencyKudat
Deputy Minister of Transport
In office
10 April 2009 – 15 May 2013
Serving with Robert Lau Hoi Chew
(2009–2010)
Jelaing Mersat
(2010–2013)
MonarchsMizan Zainal Abidin
Abdul Halim
Prime MinisterNajib Razak
MinisterOng Tee Keat
(2009–2010) &
Kong Cho Ha
(2010–2013)
Preceded byLajim Ukin
Succeeded byAziz Kaprawi
ConstituencyKudat
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office
19 March 2008 – 9 April 2009
MonarchsMizan Zainal Abidin
Abdul Halim
Prime MinisterAbdullah Ahmad Badawi
MinisterRais Yatim
Preceded byJoseph Salang Gandum
Succeeded byA. Kohillan Pillay
Lee Chee Leong
ConstituencyKudat
Member of the Malaysian Parliament
for Kudat
In office
21 March 2004 – 19 November 2022
Preceded byAmir Kahar
(BN–UMNO)
Succeeded byVerdon Bahanda
(Independent)
Majority6,748 (2004)
9,895 (2008)
12,376 (2013)
1,359 (2018)
Faction represented in Dewan Rakyat
2004–2018Barisan Nasional
2018–2019Independent
2019–2020Pakatan Harapan
2020Malaysian United Indigenous Party
2020–2022Perikatan Nasional
Personal details
Born
Abdul Rahim bin Bakri

(1961-04-11) 11 April 1961 (age 63)
Crown Colony of North Borneo (now Sabah, Malaysia)
CitizenshipMalaysian
Political partyUnited Malays National Organisation (UMNO)
(–2018)
Independent
(2018–2019)
Malaysian United Indigenous Party (BERSATU)
(since 2019)
Other political
affiliations		Barisan Nasional (BN)
(–2018, aligned:since 2020)
Pakatan Harapan (PH)
(2019–2020)
Perikatan Nasional (PN)
(since 2020)
OccupationPolitician

Datuk Haji Abdul Rahim bin Bakri (Jawi: عبدالرحيم بن بكري; born 11 April 1961) is a Malaysian politician who served as the Deputy Minister of Finance I in the Perikatan Nasional (PN) administration under former Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin and former Minister Tengku Zafrul Aziz from March 2020 to August 2021, Deputy Minister of Defence, Deputy Minister of Transport, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs in the Barisan Nasional (BN) administration under former Prime Ministers Abdullah Ahmad Badawi and Najib Razak and former Ministers Rais Yatim, Ong Tee Keat, Kong Cho Ha and Hishammuddin Hussein from March 2008 to May 2013 and Member of Parliament (MP) for Kudat from March 2008 to November 2022. He is a member of the Malaysian United Indigenous Party (BERSATU), a component party of the PN coalition was a member of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), a component party of the BN coalition. After the defeat of BN to PH in the 2018 general election, he resigned from UMNO in 2018 and joined BERSATU in 2019.[1] was a member of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), a component party of the BN coalition. After the defeat of BN to PH in the 2018 general election, he resigned from UMNO to be an independent in 2018 and joined BERSATU in 2019.[2]

Abdul Rahim was elected to federal Parliament in the 2004 general election.[3] Since 2008 he had been a deputy minister in the former ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) government till 2018.[4] In April 2008, he was appointed as Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs,[5] and was appointed Deputy Minister of Transport in April 2009.[6] He was again moved, this time being appointed as the Deputy Minister of Defence, after the 2013 election.[7]

  1. ^ Mazwin Nik Anis and Joseph Kaos Jr (15 March 2019). "Six Sabah reps who jumped from Umno get Bersatu cards". The Star. Retrieved 15 March 2019.
  2. ^ Muguntan Vanar, Stephanie Lee and Natasha Joibi (12 December 2018). "Sabah Umno exodus sees nine of 10 Aduns, five of six MPs leave". The Star. Retrieved 15 December 2018.
  3. ^ "Keputusan Pilihan Raya Umum Parlimen/Dewan Undangan Negeri". Election Commission of Malaysia. Retrieved 18 May 2018. Percentage figures based on total turnout (including votes for candidates not listed).
  4. ^ "Abdul Rahim bin Bakri, Y.B. Datuk Haji". Parliament of Malaysia. Archived from the original on 29 January 2011. Retrieved 11 March 2010.
  5. ^ "Deputy ministers chosen". The Star. 19 April 2008. Retrieved 11 March 2010.
  6. ^ "Najib Announces 28-member Cabinet". Bernama. 9 April 2008. Archived from the original on 22 June 2011. Retrieved 11 March 2010. (subscription required)
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