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Malaysian politician From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Dato' Rashid bin Din (born 29 July 1946) was the Member of the Parliament of Malaysia for the Merbok constituency in the state of Kedah from 2008 to 2013. He sat in Parliament as a member of the People's Justice Party (PKR) in the opposition Pakatan Rakyat coalition.[1]
Rashid Din | |
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رشيد دين | |
Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Merbok, Kedah | |
In office 8 March 2008 – 5 March 2013 | |
Preceded by | Zainuddin Maidin (BN–UMNO) |
Succeeded by | Ismail Daut (BN–UMNO) |
Majority | 3,098 (2008) |
Personal details | |
Born | Penang, Malayan Union (now Malaysia) | 29 July 1946
Political party | PKR–Pakatan Rakyat |
Occupation | Politician |
Rashid won the seat of Merbok in the 2008 election. The seat, previously held comfortably by the Barisan Nasional coalition, swung to the PKR for Rashid to win it by 3,098 votes.[2] Rashid was replaced as the PKR's candidate for the seat at the 2013 election, and the party lost the seat to the Barisan Nasional's Ismail Daut.[3]
In January 2010, Rashid was conferred the honorific title of Datuk by Sultan Abdul Halim of Kedah.[5]
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