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 (UMNO–BN)Succeeded byMohd Isa Abu Kasim (UMNO–BN)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 (UMNO–BN)Majority9,756 (1995) Personal detailsBorn
(1950-08-14) 14 August 1950 (age 74)
SelangorCitizenshipMalaysianPolitical 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]