Zakri Hassan

Zakri bin Hassan is a Malaysian politician who has served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Kangar since November 2022. He is a member of the Malaysian United Indigenous Party (BERSATU), a component party of the Perikatan Nasional (PN) coalition.

Early career Prior his political career, he worked as school dormitory warden.

Political positions Education Zakri Hassan has claimed that religious schools in Perlis outperform national schools in Perlis according to the data in Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia between the years of 2023 and 2024. He also said that more religious schools should be built instead of secular schools, stating: "These schools perform better than secular schools ran by the Ministry of Education." He had also said that the Ministry of Education must work harder to balance the Islamic curriculum, technology and humanity, stating: "Technology moves at lighting speed like AI, while religious questions of humanity are more statistical in nature. If we pursue technology too much, we will miss out on matters such as spirituality and religion."

Zakri Hassan had also said that bullying in Malaysia could be eradicated if teachers showed the bullies some care, and that constant scolding and harshly treating them is going to make the bullies even worser.

Women Rights Zakri Hassan had said that the Dewan Undangan Negeri of Malaysia only had 13.5% of women in the Dewan Rakyat and 12.6% of women in the Dewan Negara, and that it shall "increase".

Agriculture The "Skim Takaful Padi" is an Agrobank plan to give farmers which are having problems around RM 3000. However, Zakri Hassan said that it was proposed earlier in 2023 instead of 2024.

Welfare Zakri Hassan had stated that the people in Jualan Rahmah are not locals, instead they are traders from outside the area. Because of that, he said the government must review the initiative so that it's only locals.

Election results

Honours Honours of Malaysia