Mohamed Hanipa Maidin

In this Malay name, there is no surname or family name. The name Maidin is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by their given name, Hanipa. The word "bin" or "binti"/"binte" means 'son of' or 'daughter of', respectively.
Mohamed Hanipa Maidin
محمد حنيفة بن ميدين
Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister's Department
(Legal Affairs)
In office
2 July 2018 – 24 February 2020
MonarchsMuhammad V
(2018–2019)
Abdullah
(2019–2020)
Prime MinisterMahathir Mohamad
MinisterLiew Vui Keong
Preceded byRazali Ibrahim
Succeeded byEddin Syazlee Shith
Member of the Malaysian Parliament
for Sepang
In office
5 May 2013 – 19 November 2022
Preceded byMohd Zin Mohamed
(BN–UMNO)
Succeeded byAiman Athirah Sabu
(PH–AMANAH)
Majority1,142 (2013)
18,705 (2018)
Personal details
Born
Mohamed Hanipa bin Maidin

1969 (age 54–55)
Batu Pahat, Johor, Malaysia
Political partyMalaysian Islamic Party (PAS)
(–2015)
National Trust Party (AMANAH)
(since 2015)
Other political
affiliations		Angkatan Perpaduan Ummah (APU)
(–1996)
Barisan Alternatif (BA)
(1998–2004)
Pakatan Rakyat (PR)
(2008–2015)
Pakatan Harapan (PH)
(since 2015)
Residence(s)Selangor, Malaysia
Alma materInternational Islamic University of Malaysia
OccupationPolitician
ProfessionBarrister

Mohamed Hanipa bin Maidin (Jawi: محمد حنيفة بن ميدين) is a Malaysian politician and barrister who served as the Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister's Department in charge of legal affairs in the Pakatan Harapan (PH) administration under former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad and former Minister Liew Vui Keong from July 2018 to the collapse of the PH administration in February 2020 and the Member of Parliament (MP) for Sepang from May 2013 to November 2022. He is a member of the National Trust Party (AMANAH), a component party of the PH coalition.[1] and was a member of Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS). He and other progressive PAS leaders referred to as the G18 were ousted at the 2015 PAS Muktamar.[2] This led them to launch Gerakan Harapan Baru (GHB),[3] which took over the dormant Malaysian Workers' Party,[4] after their attempt to form a new party called Parti Progresif Islam (PPI) was rejected by the Home Affairs Ministry.[5][6] GHB was later rebranded as AMANAH with Mohamad Sabu as its 1st President.[7][8]

Hanipa is a barrister by profession. He married Rohani Rohmat.[9]

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