Zainal Bakar

Zainal Bakar
Governor of West Sumatra
In office
24 February 2000 – 14 March 2005
Preceded byMuchlis Ibrahim
Succeeded byGamawan Fauzi
Regent of Padang Pariaman
In office
1990–1993
Personal details
Born(1940-08-16)16 August 1940
Pariaman, Dutch East Indies
Died31 July 2012(2012-07-31) (aged 71)
Padang, West Sumatra, Indonesia

Zainal Bakar (16 August 1940 – 31 July 2012) was an Indonesian politician and bureaucrat who served as the governor of West Sumatra between 2000 and 2005. Prior to becoming governor, he served as the regent of Padang Pariaman between 1990 and 1993, and had been part of the province's bureaucracy since 1967.