Mohd Na'im Mokhtar

Mohd Na'im Mokhtar
محمّد نعيم مختار
Minister in the Prime Minister's Department
(Religious Affairs)
Assumed office
3 December 2022
MonarchsAbdullah
(2022–2024)
Ibrahim Iskandar
(since 2024)
Prime MinisterAnwar Ibrahim
DeputyZulkifli Hasan
(since 2023)
Preceded byIdris Ahmad
ConstituencySenator
Senator
Appointed by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong
Assumed office
3 December 2022
MonarchsAbdullah
(2022–2024)
Ibrahim Iskandar
(since 2024)
Prime MinisterAnwar Ibrahim
4th Chief Judge of the Syariah Court
In office
1 April 2019 – 3 December 2022
MonarchAbdullah
Prime MinisterMahathir Mohamad
(2019–2020)
Muhyiddin Yassin
(2020–2021)
Ismail Sabri Yaakob
(2021–2022)
Anwar Ibrahim
(24 November–3 December 2022)
Preceded byMukhyuddin Ibrahim
Succeeded byMohd Amran Mat Zain
Personal details
Born
Mohd Na'im bin Mokhtar

(1967-11-25) 25 November 1967 (age 56)
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Political partyIndependent
SpouseNik Roslini Raja Ismail
Children3
Alma materInternational Islamic University Malaysia
University of London
National University of Malaysia
OccupationPolitician, legal scholar
ProfessionLawyer

Mohd Na'im bin Mokhtar (Jawi: محمد نعيم بن مختار; born 25 November 1967) is a Malaysian politician, lawyer and legal scholar who has served as Minister in the Prime Minister's Department in charge of Religious Affairs in the Anwar Ibrahim cabinet as well as a Senator since December 2022. He served as 4th Chief Judge of the Syariah Court from April 2019 to his appointment as a minister in December 2022. He is one of the two independent Cabinet ministers alongside the Minister of Finance II Amir Hamzah Azizan. He was the sole independent Cabinet minister before the 2023 cabinet reshuffle.