Zainal Abidin Sakom

زين العابدين ساکوم‎Chairman of the Yayasan Basmi KemiskinanAssumed office
1990Preceded byPosition establishedMember of the Selangor State Legislative Assembly
for Batang KaliIn office
25 November 1999 – 8 March 2008Preceded byMuhammad Muhammad Taib
(BN–UMNO)Succeeded byMohd Isa Abu Kasim
(BN–UMNO)Majority4,907 (1999)
8,828 (2004)Member of the Selangor State Legislative Assembly
for Hulu BernamIn office
25 April 1995 – 25 November 1999Preceded byConstituency createdSucceeded byMohamed Idris Abu Bakar
(BN–UMNO)Majority9,756 (1995) Personal detailsBorn
(1950-08-14) 14 August 1950 (age 74)
Selangor, Federation of MalayaCitizenshipMalaysianPolitical partyUnited Malays National Organisation (UMNO)Other political
affiliationsBarisan Nasional (BN)OccupationPoliticianZainal Abidin Sakom on Facebook

Dato' Haji Zainal Abidin bin Haji Sakom (born 14 August 1950) is a Malaysian politician and currently as chairman of Poverty Eradication.^[1]

Selangor State Legislative Assembly^[2]

Year	Constituency	Candidate		Votes	Pct	Opponent(s)		Votes	Pct	Ballots cast	Majority	Turnout
1995	N07 Hulu Bernam		Zainal Abidin Sakom (UMNO)	10,579	92.78%		Abdul Majid Hasan (PAS)	823	7.22%	11,756	9,756	68.72%
1999	N09 Batang Kali		Zainal Abidin Sakom (UMNO)	9,048	68.60%		Sharifuddin Budin (KeADILan)	4,141	31.40%	13,648	4,907	72.91%
2004	N07 Batang Kali		Zainal Abidin Sakom (UMNO)	12,898	76.01%		Halil Rahmat (PKR)	4,070	23.99%	17,386	8,828	76.82%

•  Malaysia :
  • Member of the Order of the Defender of the Realm (AMN) (1995)^[3]
•  Selangor :
  • Member of the Order of the Crown of Selangor (AMS) (1988)^[4]
  • Justice of the Peace (JP) (1991)^[5]
  • Knight Companion of the Order of Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah (DSSA) – Dato' (1996)^[6]