Hassan Abdul Karim

Hassan Abdul Karim
حسن بن عبد الكريم
5th President of the Parti Rakyat Malaysia
In office
17 April 2005 – 17 November 2009
DeputyS. K. Song
Preceded bySyed Husin Ali
Succeeded byAriffin Salimon
(Acting President)
State Chairman of the
People's Justice Party of Johor
In office
28 December 2018 – 12 July 2019
PresidentWan Azizah Wan Ismail
(2014–2018)
Anwar Ibrahim
(2018–2019)
Preceded byChua Jui Meng
Succeeded bySyed Ibrahim Syed Noh
Chairman of the
Federal-State Relations Select Committee
In office
4 December 2018 – 19 November 2022
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byPosition abolished
Member of the Malaysian Parliament
for Pasir Gudang
Assumed office
9 May 2018
Preceded byNormala Abdul Samad
(BNUMNO)
Majority24,726 (2018)
31,558 (2022)
Personal details
Born
Hassan bin Abdul Karim

(1951-10-17) 17 October 1951 (age 73)
Pontian, Johor, Federation of Malaya (now Malaysia)
CitizenshipMalaysian
Nationality Malaysia
Political partyParti Rakyat Malaysia (PRM)
(1978–2009)
People's Justice Party (PKR)
(since 2009)
Other political
affiliations
Barisan Alternatif (BA)
(1998–2004)
Pakatan Rakyat (PR)
(2009–2015)
Pakatan Harapan (PH)
(since 2015)
Residence(s)Pontian Besar, Pontian, Johor, Malaysia
Alma materUniversity of Malaya
University of London
OccupationPolitician
ProfessionLawyer
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Hassan bin Abdul Karim (born 17 October 1951; Jawi: حسن بن عبد الكريم) is a Malaysian politician and lawyer who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Pasir Gudang since May 2018. He was chairman of the Federal-State Relations Select Committee from December 2018 to November 2022.

He is a member of the People's Justice Party (PKR), a component party of the Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalition, and served as the state chairman of its Johor branch from December 2018 until his resignation in July 2019. Hassan previously led Parti Rakyat Malaysia (PRM) as its president.