Mohd Na'im Mokhtar | |
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محمّد نعيم مختار | |
Minister in the Prime Minister's Department (Religious Affairs) | |
Assumed office 3 December 2022 | |
Monarchs | Abdullah (2022–2024) Ibrahim Iskandar (since 2024) |
Prime Minister | Anwar Ibrahim |
Deputy | Zulkifli Hasan (since 2023) |
Preceded by | Idris Ahmad |
Constituency | Senator |
Senator Appointed by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong | |
Assumed office 3 December 2022 | |
Monarchs | Abdullah (2022–2024) Ibrahim Iskandar (since 2024) |
Prime Minister | Anwar Ibrahim |
4th Chief Judge of the Syariah Court | |
In office 1 April 2019 – 3 December 2022 | |
Monarch | Abdullah |
Prime Minister | Mahathir Mohamad (2019–2020) Muhyiddin Yassin (2020–2021) Ismail Sabri Yaakob (2021–2022) Anwar Ibrahim (24 November–3 December 2022) |
Preceded by | Mukhyuddin Ibrahim |
Succeeded by | Mohd Amran Mat Zain |
Personal details | |
Born | Mohd Na'im bin Mokhtar 25 November 1967 Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
Political party | Independent |
Spouse | Nik Roslini Raja Ismail |
Children | 3 |
Alma mater | International Islamic University Malaysia University of London National University of Malaysia |
Occupation | Politician, legal scholar |
Profession | Lawyer |
Mohd Na'im bin Mokhtar (Jawi: محمد نعيم بن مختار; born 25 November 1967) is a Malaysian judge, lawyer and legal scholar who has served as Minister in the Prime Minister's Department in charge of Religious Affairs in the Anwar Ibrahim cabinet as well as a Senator since December 2022. He served as 4th Chief Judge of the Syariah Court from April 2019 to his appointment as a minister in December 2022. He is one of the two independent Cabinet ministers alongside the Minister of Finance II Amir Hamzah Azizan. He was the sole independent Cabinet minister before the 2023 cabinet reshuffle.
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