Mohamed Hanipa Maidin
Malaysian politician
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]
Election results
Parliament of Malaysia [ 10] [ 11] [ 12] [ 13] [ 14] [ 15] [ 16] [ 17]
Year
Constituency
Candidate
Votes
Pct
Opponent(s)
Votes
Pct
Ballots cast
Majority
Turnout
1995
P139 Kota Tinggi
Mohamed Hanipa Maidin (PAS )
3,007
7.56%
Syed Hamid Albar (UMNO )
36,776
92.44%
41,577
33,769
78.83%
1999
P131 Parit Sulong
Mohamed Hanipa Maidin (PAS )
13,603
30.32%
Ruhanie Ahmad (UMNO )
31,260
69.68%
46,006
17,657
73.95%
2004
P150 Batu Pahat
Mohamed Hanipa Maidin (PAS )
9,880
20.22%
Junaidy Abd Wahab (UMNO )
38,982
79.78%
50,234
29,102
73.43%
2008
P095 Tanjong Karang
Mohamed Hanipa Maidin (PAS )
12,253
42.18%
Noh Omar (UMNO )
16,073
55.32%
29,052
3,820
79.83%
2013
P113 Sepang
Mohamed Hanipa Maidin (PAS )
36,800
49.91%
Mohd Zin Mohamed (UMNO )
35,658
48.36%
75,135
1,142
89.06%
Suhaimi Mohd Ghazali (IND )
962
1.30%
Hanapiah Mohamad (IND )
315
0.43%
2018
Mohamed Hanipa Maidin (AMANAH )
46,740
51.56%
Marsum Paing (UMNO )
28,035
30.92%
92,087
18,705
88.11%
Sabirin Marsono (PAS )
15,882
17.52%
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