Zulkifli Mohamad Al-Bakri
Zulkifli Mohamad Al-Bakri | |
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| ذوالكفل محمد البكري | |
| Minister in the Prime Minister's Department (Religious Affairs) | |
| In office 10 March 2020 – 16 August 2021 | |
| Monarch | Abdullah |
| Prime Minister | Muhyiddin Yassin |
| Deputy | Ahmad Marzuk Shaary |
| Preceded by | Mujahid Yusof Rawa |
| Succeeded by | Idris Ahmad |
| Constituency | Senator |
| Senator Appointed by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong | |
| In office 10 March 2020 – 9 March 2023 | |
| Monarch | Abdullah |
| Prime Minister | Muhyiddin Yassin (2020–2021) Ismail Sabri Yaakob (2021–2022) Anwar Ibrahim (2022–2023) |
| 7th Mufti of the Federal Territories of Malaysia | |
| In office 23 June 2014 – 9 March 2020 | |
| Monarchs | Abdul Halim (2014–2016) Muhammad V (2016–2019) Abdullah (2019–2020) |
| Prime Minister | Najib Razak (2014–2018) Mahathir Mohamad (2018–2020) Muhyiddin Yassin (2020) |
| Minister | Jamil Khir Baharom (2014–2018) Mujahid Yusof Rawa (2018–2020) |
| Preceded by | Wan Zahidi Wan Teh |
| Succeeded by | Luqman Abdullah |
| Faction represented in Dewan Negara | |
| 2020–2023 | Independent |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 16 January 1969 Kampung Gong Pauh, Kemaman, Terengganu |
| Citizenship | Malaysia |
| Alma mater | Islamic University of Madinah Al-Ulum Al-Islamiah Wa Al-Arabiah University, Damascus Universiti Sains Malaysia (PhD) |
| Website | Zulkifli al-Bakri |
| Zulkifli Mohamad Al-Bakri on Facebook | |
Zulkifli Mohamad Al-Bakri (Jawi: ذوالكفل محمد البكري; born 16 January 1969) is a Malaysian Islamic scholar who 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, Senator from March 2020 to March 2023 and 7th Mufti of the Federal Territories from June 2014 to his political appointments in March 2020. He is currently a member of the Muslim Council of Elders based in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, led by Sheikh Dr. Ahmed el-Tayeb, and a member of The Assembly of Muslim Jurists of America. He remains actively involved in presenting papers at national and international levels. Zulkifli is also the founder of Federal Territories Islamic Religious Council's Pondok Moden Al-'Abaqirah, a religious educational institute.