Mohd Nizar Zakaria

Mohd Nizar bin Zakaria (Jawi: محمد نزار بن زكريا; born 3 January 1969) is a Malaysian politician who served as Member of the Perak State Executive Council (EXCO) in the Barisan Nasional (BN) state administration under former Menteri Besar Zambry Abdul Kadir from May 2013 to the collapse of the BN state administration in May 2018, Member of Parliament (MP) for Parit from March 2008 to May 2013 and again from May 2018 to November 2022 and Member of the Perak State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Belanja from May 2013 to May 2018. He is a member of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), a component party in of the BN coalition.

Nizar was elected to Parliament in the 2008 Malaysian general election for the UMNO held seat of Parit. In June 2010, he was a passenger on the ''MV Rachel Corrie'' when it was seized by the Israel Defense Forces while attempting to deliver supplies to Gaza.

For the 2013 Malaysian general election, Nizar left parliament to contest, and eventually won, the Perak State Legislative Assembly seat of Belanja. Provided by Wikipedia