Abu Bakar Hamzah

Abu Bakar Hamzah
11th Menteri Besar of Perlis
Assumed office
28 December 2025
MonarchSirajuddin
Preceded byMohd Shukri Ramli
ConstituencyKuala Perlis
Member of the
Perlis State Executive Council
(Tourism, Arts and Culture & Rural Development)
In office
25 November 2024 – 25 December 2025
MonarchSirajuddin
Menteri BesarMohd Shukri Ramli
Preceded byWan Badariah Wan Saad
(Tourism, Arts and Culture)
Razali Saad
(Rural Development)
ConstituencyKuala Perlis
Member of the Perlis State Legislative Assembly
for Kuala Perlis
Assumed office
19 November 2022
Preceded byNor Azam Karap
(PHPKR)
Majority154 (2022)
Faction represented in Perlis State Legislative Assembly
2022–Perikatan Nasional
Personal details
BornAbu Bakar bin Hamzah
CitizenshipMalaysian
PartyMalaysian United Indigenous Party (BERSATU)
Other political
affiliations
Perikatan Nasional (PN)
OccupationPolitician
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Abu Bakar bin Hamzah is a Malaysian politician who has served as Menteri Besar of Perlis since December 2025. He had served as Member of the Perlis State Executive Council (EXCO) in the Perikatan Nasional (PN) state administration under Menteri Besar Mohd Shukri Ramli since November 2024 and Member of the Perlis State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Kuala Perlis since November 2022. He is a member of the Malaysian United Indigenous Party (BERSATU), a component party of the PN coalition. He is State Deputy Chairman I of PN of Perlis, State Chairman of BERSATU of Perlis and Division Chief of BERSATU of Kangar.