Adly bin Zahari

Adly bin Zahari (born 15 February 1971) is a Malaysian politician who currently serves as the Deputy Minister of Defence in the Unity Government since December 2022, and as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Alor Gajah since November 2022. He is also a Member of the Malacca State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Bukit Katil since May 2018. Previously, he served as the 11th Chief Minister of Malacca from May 2018 to March 2020 and State Leader of the Opposition of Malacca from April 2020 to December 2022. He is a member of Parti Amanah Negara (AMANAH), a component party of the Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalition, where he serves as a Vice-President since September 2021 and State Chairman of Malacca since August 2017. He was formerly the Treasurer-General of AMANAH and a member of the Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS). Adly holds a Bachelor of Engineering (BEng) in electrical engineering from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (UTM) and worked as an engineer in the corporate sector before entering politics.