Mohd Rashid Hasnon

In this Malay name, there is no surname or family name. The name Hasnon is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by their given name, Mohd Rashid. The word "bin" or "binti"/"binte" means 'son of' or 'daughter of', respectively.

Yang Berbahagia Dato' Mohd Rashid Hasnon DMPN
محمد راشد بن حسنون
Deputy Speaker of the Dewan Rakyat I
In office 16 July 2018 – 19 December 2022 Serving with Nga Kor Ming (2018–2020) & Azalina Othman Said (2020–2021)
Monarchs	Muhammad V (2018–2019) Abdullah (2019–2022)
Prime Minister	Mahathir Mohamad (2018–2020) Muhyiddin Yassin (2020–2021) Ismail Sabri Yaakob (2021–2022)
Speaker	Mohamad Ariff Md Yusof (2018–2020) Azhar Azizan Harun (2020–2022)
Preceded by	Ronald Kiandee
Succeeded by	Ramli Mohd Nor
Constituency	Batu Pahat
Deputy Chief Minister of Penang I
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
Member of the Penang State Executive Council (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
In office 9 May 2018 – 19 November 2022
Preceded by	Mohd Idris Jusi (PH–PKR)
Succeeded by	Onn Abu Bakar (PH–PKR)
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 (PH–PKR)
Succeeded by	Saifuddin Nasution Ismail (PH–PKR)
Majority	5,354 (2013)
Faction represented in Dewan Rakyat
2018–2020	Pakatan Harapan
2020	Malaysian United Indigenous Party
2020–2022	Perikatan Nasional
Faction represented in Penang State Legislative Assembly
2013–2018	People's Justice Party
Personal details
Born	Mohd Rashid bin Hasnon (1960-01-02) 2 January 1960 Muar, Johor, Malaysia
Citizenship	Malaysian
Political party	People's Justice Party (PKR) (2001–2020) Malaysian United Indigenous Party (BERSATU) (since 2020)
Other political affiliations	Barisan Alternatif (BA) (2001–2004) Pakatan Rakyat (PR) (2008–2015) Pakatan Harapan (PH) (2015–2020) Perikatan Nasional (PN) (since 2020)
Spouse	Nor Azizah Haron
Children	5
Residence(s)	Semerah, Batu Pahat District
Education	Royal Military College
Alma mater	University of Sheffield, National University of Malaysia
Occupation	Politician
Website	www.rashidhasnon.com

Mohd Rashid bin Hasnon (Jawi: محمد راشد بن حسنون; born 2 January 1960) is a Malaysian politician who served as Deputy Speaker of the Dewan Rakyat I under former Speakers Mohamad Ariff Md Yusof and Azhar Azizan Harun from July 2018 to December 2022, Member of Parliament (MP) for Batu Pahat from May 2018 to November 2022, Deputy Chief Minister of Penang I, Member of the Penang State Executive Council (EXCO) under former Chief Minister Lim Guan Eng and Member of the Penang State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Pantai Jerejak from May 2013 to May 2018. He is a member of the Malaysian United Indigenous Party (BERSATU), a component party of the Perikatan Nasional (PN) coalition and was a member of People's Justice Party (PKR), a component party of the Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalition.

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. Rashid was also the Penang State Executive Council Member in the portfolio of Industrial Development & International Trade, Entrepreneurial Development, Cooperative and Community Relation. He was also the deputy-chairman of Perbadanan Bekalan Air Pulau Pinang (PBAPP) board of directors. 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. It also denied that the government would extend its full cooperation to the implementation of the EM-IIG project. 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.

Election results

Penang State Legislative Assembly

Year	Constituency	Candidate		Votes	Pct	Opponent(s)		Votes	Pct	Ballots cast	Majority	Turnout
2013	N36 Pantai Jerejak		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

Year	Constituency	Candidate		Votes	Pct	Opponent(s)		Votes	Pct	Ballots cast	Majority	Turnout
2018	P150 Batu Pahat		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%
2022			Mohd Rashid Hasnon (BERSATU)	29,270	29.42%		Onn Abu Bakar (PKR)	45,242	45.47%	99,494	15,972	75.20%
							Ishak @ Mohd Farid Siraj (UMNO)	24,309	24.43%
							Nizam Bashir Abdul Kariem Bashier (PEJUANG)	410	0.41%
							Zahari Osman (PRM)	263	0.26%

Honours

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

See also

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