Biography
Hamzah bin Zainudin (born 12 March 1957 in Perak) is the Leader of the Opposition in the Dewan Rakyat and has been the Member of Parliament for Larut since 2008. He returned to the opposition leadership in June 2026 after founding a new party, Parti Wawasan Negara, having previously held the post from December 2022 until his resignation in April 2026. Hamzah was educated at Sekolah Tuanku Abdul Rahman and took a diploma in quantity surveying at Universiti Teknologi Malaysia in 1975, working in business before entering politics. He sat in the Senate before winning Larut at the 2008 general election, and served continuously in Barisan Nasional governments under Abdullah Ahmad Badawi and Najib Razak — as deputy minister for housing and local government, plantation industries and commodities, and foreign affairs, and later as Minister of Domestic Trade, Cooperatives and Consumerism — until the coalition's defeat in 2018. He left UMNO for the Malaysian United Indigenous Party (BERSATU) in December 2018. When the Pakatan Harapan government fell in February 2020, Hamzah was appointed Home Minister by Muhyiddin Yassin and kept the portfolio under Ismail Sabri Yaakob, holding it until November 2022. He was BERSATU's secretary-general from 2020 and later its deputy president. After the 2022 general election he became Leader of the Opposition at the head of Perikatan Nasional. In February 2026 BERSATU's disciplinary board expelled him along with sixteen other members, including Wan Ahmad Fayhsal, over alleged party violations — a rupture that set off an internal crisis in the party. He launched Parti Wawasan Negara in June 2026 and was reappointed Leader of the Opposition.
Constituencies (1)
Electoral track record
| Year | Party | Votes | % | Majority | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | PPBM | 28,350 | 54.65% | — | Won |
| 2018 | UMNO | 18,184 | 45.90% | — | Won |
| 2013 | BN | 22,184 | 56.38% | — | Won |
| 2008 | BN | 15,878 | 53.20% | — | Won |
Parliamentary activity
From 249 Dewan Rakyat sittings- 3 Mar 2026· Sitting 2022Present
- 2 Mar 2026· Sitting 1915Present
- 26 Feb 2026· Sitting 18Absent
- 25 Feb 2026· Sitting 17Absent
- 24 Feb 2026· Sitting 16Absent
- 23 Feb 2026· Sitting 15Present
- 12 Feb 2026· Sitting 14On leave
- 11 Feb 2026· Sitting 13On leave
- 10 Feb 2026· Sitting 12On leave
- 9 Feb 2026· Sitting 11On leave
- 5 Feb 2026· Sitting 10On leave
- 4 Feb 2026· Sitting 93Present
- Division4 Nov 2025No
- RANG UNDANG-UNDANG PEKERJA GIG 202528 Aug 2025No
- RANG UNDANG-UNDANG PERLEMBAGAAN (PINDAAN) 20254 Mar 2025Abstain
- RANG UNDANG-UNDANG PERLEMBAGAAN (PINDAAN) 20254 Mar 2025Abstain
- RANG UNDANG-UNDANG PERLEMBAGAAN (PINDAAN) 202417 Oct 2024Yes
- RANG UNDANG-UNDANG PERLEMBAGAAN (PINDAAN) 202417 Oct 2024Yes
- Division18 Jul 2024No
- RANG UNDANG-UNDANG SURUHANJAYA PENERBANGAN MALAYSIA (PEMBUBARAN) 202426 Jun 2024No
Attendance, participation & recorded votes extracted from official Hansard records.
Connections (354)
Explore network- Shahidan KassimPAS100% aligned
- Wan Ahmad Fayhsal bin Wan Ahmad KamalWAWASAN100% aligned
- Afnan Hamimi bin Taib AzamuddenPAS100% aligned
- Ismail bin Abdul MuttalibPAS100% aligned
- Wan Hassan bin Mohd RamliPAS100% aligned
- Mohd Suhaimi bin AbdullahBERSATU100% aligned
- Sabri bin AzitPAS100% aligned
- Halimah AliPAS100% aligned
- Shaharizukirnain Abdul KadirPAS100% aligned
- Kamal bin AshaariPAS100% aligned
- Muhyiddin YassinBERSATU16 articles
- Abdul Hadi AwangPAS13 articles
- Ahmad Samsuri MokhtarPAS11 articles
- Ahmad Fadhli ShaariPAS4 articles
- Wan Ahmad Fayhsal bin Wan Ahmad KamalWAWASAN3 articles
- AHMAD FAIZAL AZUMU @ PEJA3 articles
- Ronald KiandeeBERSATU3 articles
- Mohamed Azmin bin AliBERSATU2 articles
- Khairil Nizam KhirudinPAS2 articles
News sentiment over time
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Reaksi Hamzah dan Ahli Parlimen PN di Mahkamah Ketua Pembangkang yang juga Ahli Parlimen Larut, Datuk Seri Hamzah Zainudin menunjukkan tanda bagus selepas Mahkamah Tinggi hari ini menggantung keputusan Jabatan Pendaftaran Pertubuhan M - Facebook
Hamzah Zainudin, Ketua Pembangkang dan Ahli Parlimen Larut, menunjukkan tanda bagus setelah Mahkamah Tinggi menggantung keputusan Jabatan…
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PN supreme council to meet, Bersatu invited
PN secretary-general Takiyuddin Hassan confirmed Bersatu remains a component party and will be invited to PN supreme council meetings…
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Perlis MB suspended from Bersatu over alleged rival ties - The Star
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Melaka polls: RoS decision to cancel PN registration malicious, says Hamzah - Sinar Daily
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Hamzah alleges bad faith in PN deregistration - Free Malaysia Today
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