Zahari Sarip

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

Dato' Zahari bin Sarip (born 18 February 1967) is a Malaysian politician who has served as Member of the Johor State Executive Council (EXCO) in the Barisan Nasional (BN) state administration under Menteri Besar Onn Hafiz Ghazi since March 2022 and Member of the Johor State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Buloh Kasap since May 2018. He also served as a Senator from June 2017 to June 2020. He is a member and the Division Chief of Segamat of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), a component party of the BN coalition.

Yang Berhormat Dato' Zahari Sarip DIMP MLA
ظهري شريف‎
Member of the Johor State Executive Council
Incumbent
Assumed office 26 March 2022 (Agriculture, Agro-based Industry and Rural Development)
Monarch	Ibrahim
Menteri Besar	Onn Hafiz Ghazi
Preceded by	Samsolbari Jamali
Constituency	Buloh Kasap
Member of the Johor State Legislative Assembly for Buloh Kasap
Incumbent
Assumed office 9 May 2018
Preceded by	Norshida Ibrahim (BN–UMNO)
Majority	877 (2018) 5,377 (2022)
Senator Elected by the Johor State Legislative Assembly
In office 5 June 2017 – 4 June 2020 Serving with Chia Song Cheng (2017) Lim Pay Hen (2017-2020)
Monarchs	Muhammad V (2017–2019) Abdullah (2019–2020)
Prime Minister	Najib Razak (2017–2018) Mahathir Mohamad (2018–2020) Muhyiddin Yassin (2020)
Preceded by	Adam Abdul Hamid
Succeeded by	Jefridin Atan
Faction represented in Johor State Legislative Assembly
2018–	Barisan Nasional
Faction represented in Dewan Negara
2017–2020	Barisan Nasional
Personal details
Born	Zahari bin Sarip (1967-02-18) 18 February 1967 (age 58) Johor, Malaysia
Citizenship	Malaysian
Political party	United Malays National Organisation (UMNO)
Other political affiliations	Barisan Nasional (BN)
Occupation	Politician

Election results

Johor State Legislative Assembly^[1][2][3]

Year	Constituency	Candidate		Votes	Pct	Opponent(s)		Votes	Pct	Ballots cast	Majority	Turnout
2018	N01 Buloh Kasap		Zahari Sarip (UMNO)	9,186	52.51%		Norsamsu Mohd Yusof (BERSATU)	8,309	47.49%	17,881	877	88.23%
2022			Zahari Sarip (UMNO)	8,956	56.96%		Subramani Chami (PKR)	3,579	22.76%	15,724	5,377	55.21%
							Norazman Md Diah (BERSATU)	2,999	19.07%
							Mohd Hanafi Ahmad (PEJUANG)	190	1.21%

Honours

• Pahang :
  • Knight Companion of the Order of the Crown of Pahang (DIMP) – Dato' (2015)^[4]