Zulkifli Mohamad Al-Bakri

Zulkifli Mohamad Al-Bakri (Jawi: ذوالكفل محمد البكري; born 16 January 1969) is a Malaysian Islamic ulama. He served as Minister in the Prime Minister's Department in charge of Religious Affairs in the Perikatan Nasional (PN) administration under former Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin from March 2020 to August 2021. [1] He has served as Senator since March 2020. Prior to his appointments as minister and senator, he served as the 7th Mufti of the Federal Territories from June 2014 to his appointments in March 2020. [2]

Yang Berhormat Senator Datuk Dr.
Zulkifli Mohamad Al-Bakri
PJN PMW DGPN
ذوالكفل محمد البكري‎
7th Mufti of the Federal Territories
In office
23 June 2014 – 9 March 2020
MonarchAbdul Halim
Muhammad V
Abdullah
Prime MinisterNajib Razak
Mahathir Mohamad
MinisterJamil Khir Baharom (2014–2018)
Mujahid Yusof Rawa (2018–2020)
Preceded byWan Zahidi Wan Teh
Succeeded byLuqman Abdullah
Ministerial roles
2020–2021Minister in the Prime Minister's Department
Faction represented in Dewan Negara
2020–Independent
Personal details
Born (1969-01-16) January 16, 1969
Terengganu, Malaysia
Alma materIslamic University of Madinah
University of Science, Malaysia
WebsiteMufti Wilayah Persekutuan
Zulkifli Mohamad Al-Bakri on Facebook

Zulkifli is also the founder of Federal Territories Islamic Religious Council's Pondok Moden Al-'Abaqirah, a religious educational institute.[3] On 5 October 2020, he tested positive for COVID-19 after he returned from campaigning in the Sabah state election.[4] He was discharged from Tuanku Ja'afar Hospital in Seremban after his full recovery nine days later.[5]

Honours

Honours of Malaysia

References
  1. Danial Dzulkifly (12 March 2020). "From mufti to minister: Who is Zulkifli Mohamad, the Islamic scholar now in Putrajaya?". Malay Mail. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
  2. "KL mufti meets archbishop in 'historic' event". The Star. 8 January 2016.
  3. "History of Pondok Moden Al-'Abaqirah". Pondok Moden Al-A\'baqirah. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
  4. "Zulkifli positive for Covid-19". The Star. 6 October 2020. Retrieved 6 December 2020.
  5. Esther Landau (14 October 2020). "Zulkifli discharged today after full recovery from Covid-19". New Straits Times. Retrieved 13 January 2021.
  6. "SEMAKAN PENERIMA DARJAH KEBESARAN, BINTANG DAN PINGAT". Prime Minister's Department (Malaysia). Retrieved 9 March 2020.
  7. "CJ, AG Tommy Thomas, IGP among those awarded 'Tan Sri' in conjunction with Agong's birthday". Bernama. Malay Mail. 9 September 2019. Retrieved 9 March 2020.
  8. "Peguam Negara dahului senarai penerima darjah kebesaran Hari Wilayah Persekutuan". Bernama (in Malay). Berita Harian. 1 February 2015. Retrieved 5 February 2021.
  9. "Panglima ATM dahului senarai penerima darjah kebesaran Pulau Pinang". Bernama (in Malay). Astro Awani. 14 July 2018. Retrieved 5 February 2021.


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