Zahid Arip

Zahid Arip
محمد زاهد بن مت عارڤ
Senator
In office
16 June 2020  15 June 2023
MonarchAbdullah
Prime MinisterMuhyiddin Yassin
(2020–2021)
Ismail Sabri Yaakob
(2021–2022)
Anwar Ibrahim
(2022–2023)
Political Secretary to the Prime Minister
In office
2018–2020
MonarchsMuhammad V
(2018–2019)
Abdullah
(2019–2020)
Prime MinisterMahathir Mohamad
Member of the Supreme Council
of the Malaysian United Indigenous Party
In office
2016–2020
PresidentMuhyiddin Yassin
ChairmanMahathir Mohamad
Personal details
Born
Muhammad Zahid bin Md. Arip

(1966-06-22) 22 June 1966
Malacca, Malaysia
Political partyUnited Malays National Organisation (UMNO)
(–2016)
Malaysian United Indigenous Party (BERSATU)
(since 2016)
Other political
affiliations
Barisan Nasional (BN)
(–2016)
Pakatan Harapan (PH)
(2017–2020)
Perikatan Nasional (PN)
(since 2020)

Muhammad Zahid bin Md. Arip (born 22 June 1966) is a Malaysian politician who served as a Senator from June 2020 to June 2023 during the tenure of Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin as the 8th Prime Minister and also the Political Secretary to the 7th Prime Minister Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad from 2018 to 2020. He is a member of the Malaysian United Indigenous Party (BERSATU), a component party of the Perikatan Nasional (PN) and formerly Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalitions and was a member of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), a component party of the Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition. He also served as Member of the Supreme Council of BERSATU from 2016 to 2020.

He had also served as a Special Officer to the Federal Land Development Authority (FELDA) Chairman, Tan Sri Mohd Isa Abdul Samad during the tenure of Dato' Sri Mohd Najib Razak as the 6th Prime Minister.