Dr. Maszlee bin Malik is a Malaysian politician currently serving as the Minister of Education since 21 May 2018 and the Member of Parliament for Simpang Renggam.Born in Johor Bahru, Johor, he is of Hakka Chinese and Malay descent. He attended the English College and Maahad Johor. He completed his doctorate in Political Science from Durham University with his doctoral thesis titled "Constructing the Architectonics and Formulating the Articulation of Islamic Governance: A Discursive Attempt in Islamic Epistemology". Before being elected, he taught at the International Islamic University Malaysia and studied Islam and the Middle East. Apart from speaking fluent Malay, Arabic and English, he also speaks moderate French, German, simple Chinese and Hokkien.
Maszlee joined the Pakatan Harapan coalition's component party, the Malaysian United Indigenous Party in March 2018 and defeated incumbent Liang Teck Meng for the Simpang Renggam constituency in the 2018 General election.
Maszlee Malik (2018) cited in " Maszlee pledges to introduce more kindness into school system https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2018/10/01/need-for-wellrounded-youths-maszlee-pledges-to-introduce-more-kindness-into-school-system/" on The Star Online, 1 October 2018
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