Mohamad bin Hasan (Jawi: محمد بن حسن; born 2 May 1956), familiarly known as Tok Mat or Mat Hasan, is a Malaysian politician who has served as the Minister of Foreign Affairs in the Unity Government administration under Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim since December 2023 and previously served as the Minister of Defence prior to the 2023 cabinet reshuffle from December 2022 to December 2023.
He has also served as the Deputy Chairman of Barisan Nasional (BN) and Deputy President of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) since June 2018, the Member of Parliament (MP) for Rembau since November 2022 as well as Member of the Negeri Sembilan State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Rantau from March 2004 to February 2019 and again since April 2019.
[1][2] Mohamad was born in Kampung Kundur Hilir, Rantau, Seremban, Negeri Sembilan, on 2 May 1956.
After dabbling in the banking world, he moved to the corporate sector as Chief Executive Officer of Cold Storage Malaysia Berhad (1992-1994).
[7][9] Among the related projects were Malaysia Visionary Valley (MVV), Agropolis and Biodiversiti in the region of Seremban, Port Dickson, Jempol, Tampin, Kuala Pilah and Jelebu.
As Deputy President of UMNO, he was assigned to head the Ministry of Defence, a very senior ministerial position.
Note: 1 The Election Court has on the 16 September 2018, passed a ruling that Mohamad Hasan had not been duly elected and a fresh by-election was called to be held after Mohamad Hasan's appeal was dismissed by the Federal Court on 18 February 2019.