# Hasan Malek

Hasan bin Malek (Jawi: حسن بن مالك; born 24 April 1946) is a Malaysian politician who served as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Kuala Pilah from March 2004 to May 2018. and formerly the Ambassador of Malaysia to Cambodia. He was the federal Minister of Domestic Trade, Cooperatives and Consumerism. He is a member of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), a component party of the Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition.
In the 1995 general election and 1999 general election, Hasan won the state seat of Juasseh in the Negeri Sembilan State Legislative Assembly. He remained in the State Assembly until the 2004 election, in which he was elected to the federal Parliament for the seat of Kuala Pilah. He was re-elected in 2008 and 2013. After the 2008 election he became a deputy minister, and after the 2013 election, he was appointed as the Minister of Domestic Trade Cooperative and Consumerism in the Cabinet of Prime Minister Najib Razak.
In the 2018 general election, Hasan lost to Eddin Syazlee Shith of Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia (BERSATU), in a three-corner fight with Rafiei Mustapha of Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS) for the Kuala Pilah parliamentary seat.

## Controversy

On 29 August 2019, the High Court had allowed the government's forfeiture of RM100,000 frozen from Hasan's bank account earlier in July in connection with the 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) scandal investigation.

## Election results

Negeri Sembilan State Legislative Assembly :
| Year | Constituency | Candidate | Candidate | Votes | Pct | Opponent(s) | Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout |
| 1995 | N13 Juasseh | | Hasan Malek (UMNO) | 4,979 | 85% | | Mat Rais Paris (S46) | 688 | 12% | | | |
| 1999 | N13 Juasseh | | Hasan Malek (UMNO) | 3,495 | 56% | | Shamsul Bahri Shamsudin (keADILan) | 2,510 | 40% | | | |
Parliament of Malaysia :
| Year | Constituency | Candidate | Votes | Pct | Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout |
| 2004 | P129 Kuala Pilah | Hasan Malek (UMNO) | 22,105 | 71.61% | Annuar Mohd Salleh (PKR) | 8,763 | 28.39% | 31,778 | 13,342 | 73.74% |
| 2008 | P129 Kuala Pilah | Hasan Malek (UMNO) | 20,417 | 66.23% | Annuar Mohd Salleh (PKR) | 10,409 | 33.77% | 31,734 | 10,008 | 74.97% |
| 2013 | P129 Kuala Pilah | Hasan Malek (UMNO) | 24,507 | 62.27% | Mohd Nazree Mohd Yunus (PKR) | 14,846 | 37.73% | 40,291 | 9,661 | 84.52% |
| 2018 | P129 Kuala Pilah | Hasan Malek (UMNO) | 17,845 | 44.35% | Eddin Syazlee Shith (BERSATU) | 18,045 | 44.85% | 41,156 | 200 | 82.64% |
| 2018 | P129 Kuala Pilah | Hasan Malek (UMNO) | 17,845 | 44.35% | Rafiei Mustapha (PAS) | 4,347 | 10.80% | 41,156 | 200 | 82.64% |

## Honours

* Malaysia :
** Member of the Order of the Defender of the Realm (AMN) (1981)
* Malacca :
** Companion Class I of the Exalted Order of Malacca (DMSM) – Datuk (2000)
* Negeri Sembilan :
** Knight Grand Companion of the Order of Loyalty to Negeri Sembilan (SSNS) – Dato' Seri (2015)
** Knight Commander of the Order of Loyalty to Negeri Sembilan (DSNS) – Dato' (2005)
** Justice of the Peace of Negeri Sembilan (JP) (1998)
* Pahang :
** Grand Knight of the Order of Sultan Ahmad Shah of Pahang (SSAP) – Dato' Sri (2013)
** Knight Companion of the Order of Sultan Ahmad Shah of Pahang (DSAP) – Dato' (2011)