Abdul Rahim Bakri

Abdul Rahim Bakri
Born	(1961-04-11) April 11, 1961 Sabah, Malaysia
Occupation	Politician
Years active	2004–2022 (Member of Parliament)
Known for	Deputy Minister of Finance I (2020–2021), Deputy Minister of Defence, Transport, and Foreign Affairs (2008–2015)

Abdul Rahim bin Bakri (Jawi: عبدالرحيم بن بكري; born 11 April 1961) is a Malaysian political figure who held the position of Deputy Minister of Finance I during the Perikatan Nasional (PN) government, serving under former Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin and Minister Tengku Zafrul Aziz from March 2020 until August 2021. Prior to this, he occupied deputy minister roles in Defence, Transport, and Foreign Affairs within the Barisan Nasional (BN) administration, which was led by former Prime Ministers Abdullah Ahmad Badawi and Najib Razak, between 2008 and 2013. Abdul Rahim served as the Member of Parliament for the Kudat constituency from 2004 through to 2022.

Currently, he is affiliated with the Malaysian United Indigenous Party (BERSATU), a component of the PN coalition. He transitioned from the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), a BN member party, in 2018 after BN's loss in that year's general election. He officially joined BERSATU in 2019.

Abdul Rahim’s parliamentary career began with his election in the 2004 general election. Between 2008 and 2018, he was appointed as deputy minister across several ministries under the BN administration, including Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs (2008–2009), Deputy Minister of Transport (2009–2013), and Deputy Minister of Defence (2013–2015).

Election results

Parliament of Malaysia

Year	Constituency	Candidate		Votes	Pct	Opponent(s)		Votes	Pct	Ballots Cast	Majority	Turnout
2004	P167 Kudat	rowspan=3 Template:Party shading/Barisan Nasional |	Abdul Rahim Bakri (UMNO)	13,236	56.61%	Template:Party shading/Independent |	Abdul Rahman Sedik (IND)	6,488	27.75%	24,442	6,748	65.90%
		Template:Party shading/Independent |				Abdul Razak Abdul Salam (IND)	2,375	10.16%
		Template:Party shading/Independent |				Asbiah Anggar (IND)	1,282	5.48%
2008		Template:Party shading/Barisan Nasional |	Abdul Rahim Bakri (UMNO)	17,634	69.50%	Template:Party shading/Keadilan |	Yahya Othman (PKR)	7,739	30.50%	26,551	9,895	66.98%
2013		rowspan=3 Template:Party shading/Barisan Nasional |	Abdul Rahim Bakri (UMNO)	21,883	61.75%	Template:Party shading/Keadilan |	Rahimah Majid (PKR)	9,507	26.83%	36,421	12,376	77.08%
		Template:Party shading/State Reform Party |				Jutirim Galibai Galabi (STAR)	3,083	8.70%
		Template:Party shading/Sabah Progressive Party |				Mojurip Diyun (SAPP)	963	2.72%
2018		rowspan=2 Template:Party shading/Barisan Nasional |	Abdul Rahim Bakri ( UMNO)	18,503	49.90%	38,205	1,359	73.12%
		Template:Party shading/Sabah Heritage Party			Shariff Azman Shariff Along (WARISAN)	17,144	46.24%
getrowspan=1 bgcolor=	Mohd Ashraf Chin Abdullah ( PPRS)	1,432	3.86%

Honours

• • Companion Class I of the Exalted Order of Malacca (DMSM) – awarded the title of Datuk (2002)

See also

• Kudat (federal constituency)