Mohd Rashid Hasnon

Mohd Rashid bin Hasnon (Jawi: محمد راشد بن حسنون; born 2 January 1960) is a Malaysian politician formerly from the Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR), a component of Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalition. He is the incumbent Member of Parliament for the Batu Pahat constituency in the state of Johor since May 2018, as well as the current Deputy Speaker 1 of the Parliament.

Yang Berhormat Dato' Mohd Rashid bin Hasnon DMPN MP
محمد راشد بن حسنون
Deputy Speaker of Dewan Rakyat
Incumbent
Assumed office 16 July 2018 Serving with Nga Kor Ming (2018–2020) Azalina Othman Said (since 2020)
Monarch	Muhammad V (2018–2019) Abdullah (since 2019)
Prime Minister	Mahathir Mohamad (2018–2020) Muhyiddin Yassin (since 2020)
Speaker	Mohamad Ariff Md Yusof (2018–2020) Azhar Azizan @ Harun (since 2020)
Preceded by	Ronald Kiandee Ismail Mohamed Said
Constituency	Batu Pahat
Deputy Chief Minister 1 of Penang
In office 9 May 2013 – 15 May 2018
Governor	Abdul Rahman Abbas
Chief Minister	Lim Guan Eng
Preceded by	Mansor Othman
Succeeded by	Ahmad Zakiyuddin Abdul Rahman
Constituency	Pantai Jerejak
Penang State Executive Councillor for International Trade, Industrial Development, Entrepreneur and Co-operatives Development and Community Relations
In office 9 May 2013 – 15 May 2018
Governor	Abdul Rahman Abbas
Chief Minister	Lim Guan Eng
Preceded by	Lim Guan Eng (International Trade, Industrial Development) Mansor Othman (Entrepreneur and Co-operatives Development, Community Relations)
Succeeded by	Abdul Halim Hussain (International Trade, Entrepreneur and Co-operatives Development) Ahmad Zakiyuddin Abdul Rahman (Industrial Development, Community Relations)
Constituency	Pantai Jerejak
Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Batu Pahat
Incumbent
Assumed office 9 May 2018
Preceded by	Mohd Idris Jusi (PKR – PH)
Majority	17,894 (2018)
Member of the Penang State Legislative Assembly for Pantai Jerejak
In office 5 May 2013 – 9 May 2018
Preceded by	Sim Tze Tzin (PKR – PR)
Succeeded by	Saifuddin Nasution Ismail (PKR – PH)
Majority	5,354 (2013)
Personal details
Born	Mohd Rashid bin Hasnon 2 January 1960 Muar, Johor, Malaysia
Citizenship	Malaysian
Political party	PKR (2001-2020) BERSATU (since 2020)
Other political affiliations	BA (2001-2004) PR (2008-2015) PH (2015-2020) PN (since 2020) MN (since 2020)
Spouse(s)	Nor Azizah Haron
Children	5
Residence	Semerah, Batu Pahat District
Education	Royal Military College
Alma mater	University of Sheffield, National University of Malaysia
Occupation	Politician
Website	www.rashidhasnon.com

Rashid was also the former Deputy Chief Minister 1 of Penang, Malaysia serving from 2013 to 2018.

Early years, education and career

Rashid Hasnon was born in Muar, Johor Bahru to Hasnon and Tek. He was educated in Muar High School and later went to Royal Military College, Sungai Besi. He completed his A-Levels in Southampton Technical College, United Kingdom. He obtained a degree in BSc. Control Engineering at the University of Sheffield, UK. He studied his Master in Business Administration (MBA) at National University of Malaysia. Rashid began his first job at Pernas NEC in 1984. He held the position as the head of planning department in Motorola in 1987. He became the chairman of Personal Managers Group which manages all company that is governed under Free Industrial Zone (FTZ) at Bayan Lepas in 2006. He married Datin Hajjah Nor Azizah bt Haron in 1982 and has 5 children.

Political career

Rashid became the chairman of GERAK Penang in 1999. In 2001, he held the position as PKR State Treasurer. He was one of the founding members of PKR in Penang and has been serving as vice-chairman of Penang State PKR, the opposition party then in Malaysia.

He was elected as Penang State Legislative Assemblyman for Pantai Jerejak in 2013 election with a bigger majority vote than his predecessor and was appointed as the Deputy Chief Minister 1 of Penang. He was sworn into the position which was assigned to PKR since Pakatan Rakyat took over Penang on 9 May 2013 to succeed Dato' Mansor Othman.[1] Rashid was also the Penang State Executive Council Member in the portfolio of Industrial Development & International Trade, Entrepreneurial Development, Cooperative and Community Relation.[2] He was also the deputy-chairman of Perbadanan Bekalan Air Pulau Pinang (PBAPP) board of directors.[3] He was also the Deputy Chairman of Penang Development Corporation (PDC).

In May 2018 election, he went back to his home state Johor and contested the parliamentary seat of Batu Pahat. He successfully defeated his opponents from BN and PAS with majority of 17,894.

International assistance mission

Rashid had joined the team of volunteers to Aceh and Meulaboh to help victims of tsunami in 2004. In 2009, he led a mission to help Muslims in Cambodia and Southeast Asian countries. In addition, as the chairman of International JIM national, he did not miss out on a relief mission in Gaza (2011) with a Malaysian non-governmental organization, Islamic Organisations Consultative Council (MAPIM), among the earliest mission to bring aid to Gaza after the Mavi Marmara incident.

Controversies

On 22 January 2019, Rashid had purportedly asked to deliver a speech text by the organisers in the event of the launch of the Enhanced Malaysia International Internet Gateway (EM-IIG) High-Speed Broadband project in Shah Alam which wrongly implicated him and he was mistakenly thought to be representing Deputy Prime Minister Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail who could not attend it. The Office of the Deputy Prime Minister said in a statement later that Dr Wan Azizah had never approved the speech text that was delivered and had also not delegated anyone to read out the text of the speech at the event.[4] It also denied that the government would extend its full cooperation to the implementation of the EM-IIG project.[5] Rashid had denied that he represented the Deputy Prime Minister at the event. He demanded the organisers to act immediately to correct the situation and clear his name of any confusion or he would consider legal action against them.[6]

Election results

Penang State Legislative Assembly[7][8][9][10]

Year	Constituency			Votes	Pct	Opponent(s)		Votes	Pct	Ballots cast	Majority	Turnout
2013	N36 Pantai Jerejak, P52 Bayan Baru		Mohd Rashid Hasnon (PKR)	11,805	64.66%		Wong Mun Hoe (Gerakan)	6,451	35.34%	18,464	5,354	85.64%

Parliament of Malaysia[7][11]

Year	Constituency			Votes	Pct	Opponent(s)		Votes	Pct	Ballots cast	Majority	Turnout
2018	P150 Batu Pahat, Johor		Mohd Rashid Hasnon (PKR)	45,929	55.92%
							Halizah Abdullah (UMNO)	28,035	34.13%	83,234	17,894	84.81%
							Mahfodz Mohamed (PAS)	8,173	9.95%

Honours

•  Penang :
  • Companion of the Order of the Defender of State (DMPN) – Dato' (2013)[12][13]

See also

• Batu Pahat (federal constituency)
• Pantai Jerejak (state constituency)

Notes

1. "Questions linger over choice of Rashid Hasnon as Penang DCM (I)". The Edge. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
2. "Penang exco 2.0' sworn in, newcomer Rashid and Ramasamy made DCMs". The Edge. Retrieved 2 May 2018.
3. "Rashid Hasnon". Bloomberg. Retrieved 18 January 2017.
4. Adam Aziz (23 January 2019). "DPM did not say govt supports EM-IIG project". The Edge Markets. Bernama. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
5. "DPM never approved speech delivered at Internet gateway project launch (Updated)". The Sun Daily. Bernama. 22 January 2019. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
6. Sira Habibu (22 January 2019). "Deputy Speaker denies representing DPM, warns of legal action over Internet gateway project launch speech". The Star. Retrieved 13 February 2019.
7. "Malaysia General Election". undiinfo Malaysian Election Data. Malaysiakini. Retrieved 19 April 2013. Results only available from the 2004 election (GE11).
8. "KEPUTUSAN PILIHAN RAYA UMUM 13". Sistem Pengurusan Maklumat Pilihan Raya Umum (in Malay). Election Commission of Malaysia. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
9. "my undi : Kawasan & Calon-Calon PRU13 : Keputusan PRU13 (Archived copy)". myundi.com.my. Archived from the original on 30 March 2014. Retrieved 9 April 2014.
10. "Keputusan Pilihan Raya Umum ke-13". Utusan Malaysia. Archived from the original on 21 March 2018. Retrieved 26 October 2014.
11. "SEMAKAN KEPUTUSAN PILIHAN RAYA UMUM KE – 14" (in Malay). Election Commission of Malaysia. Retrieved 17 May 2018. Percentage figures based on total turnout.
12. "SEMAKAN PENERIMA DARJAH KEBESARAN, BINTANG DAN PINGAT". Prime Minister's Department (Malaysia). Retrieved 25 October 2018.
13. "Pandikar Amin heads honour roll". The Star. 26 August 2013. Retrieved 1 November 2018.