Adly Zahari

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Yang Berhormat Tuan Haji Adly Zahari MP MLA
عدلي ظهري‎
Deputy Minister of Defence
Incumbent
Assumed office 10 December 2022
Monarchs	Abdullah (2022–2024) Ibrahim Iskandar (since 2024)
Prime Minister	Anwar Ibrahim
Minister	Mohamad Hasan (2022–2023) Mohamed Khaled Nordin (since 2023)
Preceded by	Ikmal Hisham Abdul Aziz
Constituency	Alor Gajah
11th Chief Minister of Malacca
In office 11 May 2018 – 9 March 2020
Governor	Mohd Khalil Yaakob
Preceded by	Idris Haron
Succeeded by	Sulaiman Md Ali
Constituency	Bukit Katil
State Leader of the Opposition of Malacca
In office 24 April 2020 – 13 December 2022
Governor	Mohd Khalil Yaakob (2020) Mohd Ali Rustam (2020–2022)
Chief Minister	Sulaiman Md Ali
Preceded by	Idris Haron
Succeeded by	Mohd Yadzil Yaakub
Constituency	Bukit Katil
Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Alor Gajah
Incumbent
Assumed office 19 November 2022
Preceded by	Mohd Redzuan Md Yusof (PN–BERSATU)
Majority	890 (2022)
Member of the Malacca State Legislative Assembly for Bukit Katil
Incumbent
Assumed office 9 May 2018
Preceded by	Position established
Majority	3,159 (2018) 1,057 (2021)
Vice President of the National Trust Party
Incumbent
Assumed office 5 September 2021 Serving with Mujahid Yusof Rawa (2021–2023) & Hasanuddin Mohd Yunus (2021–2023) & Mahfuz Omar (since 2021) & Siti Mariah Mahmud (since 2021) Dzulkefly Ahmad (since 2023) Mohd Hatta Ramli (since 2024)
President	Mohamad Sabu
State Chairman of Pakatan Harapan of Kelantan
Incumbent
Assumed office 5 November 2024
President	Wan Azizah Wan Ismail
National Chairman	Anwar Ibrahim
Deputy	Mohamad Suparadi Md Noor
Preceded by	Muhammad Husain
State Chairman of Pakatan Harapan of Malacca
Incumbent
Assumed office 30 August 2017
President	Wan Azizah Wan Ismail
National Chairman	Mahathir Mohamad (2017–2020) Anwar Ibrahim (since 2020)
Preceded by	Position established
Personal details
Born	Adly bin Zahari (1971-02-15) 15 February 1971 (age 53) Kampung Pulau, Durian Tunggal, Malacca, Malaysia
Citizenship	Malaysian
Political party	Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS) (until 2015) National Trust Party (AMANAH) (since 2015)
Other political affiliations	Pakatan Rakyat (PR) (2008–2015) Pakatan Harapan (PH) (since 2015)
Spouse	Dalilah Awaluddin
Children	7
Alma mater	Universiti Teknologi Malaysia (BEng)
Occupation	Politician
Profession	Electrical Engineer

Haji Adly bin Zahari (Jawi: عدلي بن ظهري; born 15 February 1971) is a Malaysian politician who has served as the Deputy Minister of Defence in the Unity Government administration under Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim and Minister Mohamad Hasan since December 2022, Member of Parliament (MP) for Alor Gajah since November 2022 and Member of the Malacca State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Bukit Katil since May 2018. He served as the 11th Chief Minister of Malacca from May 2018 to March 2020 and State Leader of the Opposition of Malacca from April 2020 to December 2022.^[1] He is a member of the National Trust Party (AMANAH), a component party of the PH coalition and was a member of the Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS), a component party of formerly the Pakatan Rakyat (PR) coalition. In AMANAH, he has served as a Vice-President since September 2021 and State Chairman of Malacca since August 2017. He was also the Treasurer-General of AMANAH prior to his promotion to the party vice presidency. He is also the sole Malacca AMANAH MLA.^[2][3]