Zakaria Edris

Zakaria Mohd Edris
Member of the Malaysian Parliament
for Libaran
In office
9 May 2018 – 19 November 2022
Preceded byJuslie Ajirol
(BNUMNO)
Succeeded bySuhaimi Nasir
(BN–UMNO)
Majority678 (2018)
State Assistant Minister of Housing and Local Government of Sabah
In office
2013–2018
GovernorJuhar Mahiruddin
Chief MinisterMusa Aman
ConstituencyGum-Gum
Member of the Sabah State Legislative Assembly
for Gum-Gum
In office
21 March 2004 – 9 May 2018
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byArunarsin Taib (WARISAN)
Majority2,498 (2004)
Walkover (2008)
2,357 (2013)
Faction represented in Dewan Rakyat
2018Barisan Nasional
2018–2019Independent
2019–2020Pakatan Harapan
2020Malaysian United Indigenous Party
2020–2022Perikatan Nasional
Faction represented in Sabah State Legislative Assembly
2004–2018Barisan Nasional
Personal details
Born (1950-07-16) 16 July 1950 (age 74)
Crown Colony of North Borneo
CitizenshipMalaysian
Political partyUnited Malays National Organisation (UMNO)
(–2018)
Independent
(2018–2019)
Malaysian United Indigenous Party (BERSATU)
(2019–2023)
Gagasan Rakyat (since 2023)
Other political
affiliations
Barisan Nasional (BN)
(–2018, aligned:since 2020)
Pakatan Harapan (PH)
(2019–2020)
Perikatan Nasional (PN)
(since 2020)
Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS)
(aligned:since 2020, member:since 2023)
OccupationPolitician

Datuk Zakaria bin Mohd Edris is a Malaysian politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Libaran from May 2018 to November 2022, State Assistant Minister of Housing and Local Government of Sabah in the Barisan Nasional (BN) administration under former Chief Minister Musa Aman from 2013 to 2018 and Member of the Sabah State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Gum-Gum from March 2004 to May 2018. He is a former member of Malaysian United Indigenous Party (BERSATU), an official main component party of the Perikatan Nasional (PN) and a former component party of Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) coalition also a former component party of Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalition. He also a former member of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), a component party of the BN coalition. He left UMNO to be an independent in 2018 and later joined BERSATU in 2019 until 2023.[1][2] In 2023, he officially became the member of Sabah People's Ideas Party (Gagasan Rakyat), the main component party of Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) along with 7 other parties.

  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.