Razman Zakaria

In this Malay name, there is no surname or family name. The name Zakaria is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by their given name, Razman. The word "bin" or "binti"/"binte" means 'son of' or 'daughter of', respectively.

Razman bin Zakaria (born 16 February 1960) is a Malaysian politician who has served as State Leader of the Opposition of Perak since December 2022 and Member of the Perak State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Gunong Semanggol since May 2018. He served as Member of the Perak State Executive Council (EXCO) in the Perikatan Nasional (PN) state administration under former Menteri Besar Ahmad Faizal Azumu briefly from March 2020 to the collapse of the PN administration in December 2020 and again from in the Barisan Nasional (BN) state administration under Menteri Besar Saarani Mohamad from December 2020 to November 2022. He is a member of the Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS), a component party of the PN coalition, and was the party's State Commissioner in Perak until his suspension from the role in 2025. He has been suspended as both the State Leader of the Opposition of Perak and Gunong Semanggol MLA since 16 April 2025 for six months. His suspension is set to expire on 15 October 2025.^[1][2] He also holds the role of Deputy Chairman of PN in the state. An opposition leader, he is known for making defamatory, misleading and false statements.

Yang Berhormat Tuan Razman Zakaria MLA
رازمن بن زكريا
State Leader of the Opposition of Perak
Incumbent
Assumed office 9 December 2022 Suspended : 16 April 2025 – 15 October 2025
Monarch	Nazrin Shah
Menteri Besar	Saarani Mohamad
Preceded by	Abdul Aziz Bari
Constituency	Gunong Semanggol
Member of the Perak State Executive Council
In office 15 December 2020 – 21 November 2022
Monarch	Nazrin Shah
Menteri Besar	Saarani Mohamad
Portfolio	Plantations, Agriculture and Food Industry
Preceded by	Abdul Yunus Jamahri
Succeeded by	Mohd Zolkafly Harun
Constituency	Gunong Semanggol
In office 31 March 2020 – 5 December 2020
Monarch	Nazrin Shah
Menteri Besar	Ahmad Faizal Azumu
Portfolio	Education, Human Capital Development, Non-Governmental Organisations and Civil Community
Preceded by	Abdul Aziz Bari (Education) Howard Lee Chuan How (Human Capital Development) Hasnul Zulkarnain Abdul Munaim (Non-Governmental Organisations) Sivanesan Achalingam (Civil Community)
Succeeded by	Ahmad Saidi Mohamad Daud (Education and Human Capital Development) Wan Norashikin Wan Noordin (Non-Governmental Organisation) Abdul Yunus Jamahri (Civil Community)
Constituency	Gunong Semanggol
Member of the Perak State Legislative Assembly for Gunong Semanggol
Incumbent
Assumed office 9 May 2018 Suspended : 16 April 2025 – 15 October 2025
Preceded by	Mohd Zawawi Abu Hassan (PAS)
Majority	1,903 (2018) 7,466 (2022)
Personal details
Born	Razman bin Zakaria (1960-02-16) 16 February 1960 (age 65) Perak, Malaysia
Citizenship	Malaysian
Nationality	Malaysia
Political party	Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS)
Other political affiliations	Gagasan Sejahtera (GS) (2016–2020) Perikatan Nasional (PN) (since 2020)
Occupation	Politician

Election results

Parliament of Malaysia^[3][4]

Year	Constituency	Candidate		Votes	Pct	Opponent(s)		Votes	Pct	Ballots cast	Majority	Turnout
2013	P055 Lenggong		Razman Zakaria (PAS)	9,832	42.53%		Shamsul Anuar Nasarah (UMNO)	13,285	57.47%	23,736	3,453	84.92%

Perak State Legislative Assembly^[3][4]

Year	Constituency	Candidate		Votes	Pct	Opponent(s)		Votes	Pct	Ballots cast	Majority	Turnout
2018	N11 Gunong Semanggol		Razman Zakaria (PAS)	7,444	45.10%		Zaini Cha (UMNO)	5,541	33.57%	16,505	1,903	80.47%
							Ismail Ali (BERSATU)	3,520	21.33%
2022			Razman Zakaria (PAS)	12,825	59.29%		Nazirul Jamaluddin (UMNO)	5,359	24.77%	21,631	7,466	78.96%
							Sheikh Khuzaifah (AMANAH)	3,447	15.94%