Zahid Arip

Zahid Arip
محمد زاهد بن مت عارڤ
Senator
In office
16 June 2020 – 15 June 2023
MonarchAbdullah
Prime MinisterMuhyiddin Yassin
(2020–2021)
Ismail Sabri Yaakob
(2021–2022)
Anwar Ibrahim
(2022–2023)
Political Secretary to the Prime Minister
In office
2018–2020
Serving with Abu Bakar Yahya &
Mohamad Nuhairi Rahmat
MonarchsMuhammad V
(2018–2019)
Abdullah
(2019–2020)
Prime MinisterMahathir Mohamad
Member of the Supreme Council
of the Malaysian United Indigenous Party
In office
2016–2020
PresidentMuhyiddin Yassin
ChairmanMahathir Mohamad
Personal details
Born
Muhammad Zahid bin Mat Arip

(1966-06-22) 22 June 1966 (age 58)
Malacca, Malaysia
Political partyUnited Malays National Organisation (UMNO)
(–2016)
Malaysian United Indigenous Party (BERSATU)
(since 2016)
Other political
affiliations
Barisan Nasional (BN)
(–2016)
Pakatan Harapan (PH)
(2017–2020)
Perikatan Nasional (PN)
(since 2020)

Muhammad Zahid bin Mat Arip (born 22 June 1966) is a Malaysian politician who served as the Senator from June 2020 to June 2023 and Political Secretary to Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad from 2018 to 2020.[1] He is a member of the Malaysian United Indigenous Party (BERSATU), a component party of the Perikatan Nasional (PN) and formerly Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalitions and was a member of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), a component party of the Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition. He also served as Member of the Supreme Council of BERSATU from 2016 to 2020.[2]

  1. ^ "Muhammad Zahid dilantik Setiausaha Politik PM". Utusan Malaysia (in Indonesian). 31 May 2018. Archived from the original on 1 June 2018. Retrieved 20 August 2021.
  2. ^ "Zahid Md Arip sah tanding lawan Najib di Pekan ★ MRM". www.malaysianreview.com. Archived from the original on 23 November 2018.