Ahmad Zahid Hamidi

Yang Berhormat Dato' Seri Dr. Ahmad Zahid Hamidi DUNM SPDK DP SJMK SPSN PNBS SSAP DPMK SPMP MP
احمد زاهد حميدي‎
Ahmad Zahid Hamidi in 2016
11th Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia
In office 29 July 2015 – 9 May 2018
Monarch	Abdul Halim Muhammad V
Prime Minister	Najib Razak
Preceded by	Muhyiddin Yassin
Succeeded by	Wan Azizah Wan Ismail
Constituency	Bagan Datok
Minister of Home Affairs
In office 16 May 2013 – 9 May 2018
Monarch	Abdul Halim Muhammad V
Prime Minister	Najib Razak
Deputy	Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar (2013–2015) Nur Jazlan Mohamed (2015–2018) Masir Kujat (2015–2018)
Preceded by	Hishammuddin Hussein
Succeeded by	Muhyiddin Yassin
Constituency	Bagan Datok
Minister of Defence
In office 10 April 2009 – 16 May 2013
Monarch	Mizan Zainal Abidin Abdul Halim
Prime Minister	Najib Razak
Deputy	Abdul Latiff Ahmad
Preceded by	Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
Succeeded by	Hishammuddin Hussein
Constituency	Bagan Datok
Minister in the Prime Minister's Department
In office 19 March 2008 – 10 April 2009
Monarch	Mizan Zainal Abidin
Prime Minister	Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
Deputy	Mashitah Ibrahim
Preceded by	Abdullah Md Zin
Succeeded by	Jamil Khir Baharom
Constituency	Bagan Datuk
8th President of the United Malays National Organisation
Incumbent
Assumed office 30 June 2018 Acting: 12 May 2018 – 30 June 2018 On leave: 18 December 2018 – 30 June 2019 Caretaker: since 30 June 2021
Deputy	Hishammuddin Hussein (Acting) (2018) Mohamad Hasan (since 2018)
Preceded by	Najib Razak
Constituency	Bagan Datuk
14th Leader of the Opposition
In office 18 July 2018 – 10 March 2019
Monarch	Muhammad V Abdullah
Prime Minister	Mahathir Mohamad
Preceded by	Wan Azizah Wan Ismail
Succeeded by	Ismail Sabri Yaakob
Constituency	Bagan Datuk
Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Bagan Datuk
Incumbent
Assumed office 25 April 1995
Preceded by	Mohamed Jamrah (UMNO–BN)
Majority	14,830 (1995) 4,617 (1999) 12,539 (2004) 2,692 (2008) 2,108 (2013) 5,073 (2018)
Personal details
Born	Ahmad Zahid bin Hamidi (1953-01-04) 4 January 1953 (age 72) Bagan Datoh, Perak, Federation of Malaya (now Malaysia)
Political party	UMNO (since 1973)
Other political affiliations	Barisan Nasional (since 1973) Muafakat Nasional (since 2019) Perikatan Nasional (10 March 2020 - 8 July 2021)
Spouse(s)	Hamidah Khamis
Children	5
Residence	Bagan Datuk, Perak
Education	University of Malaya University Putra Malaysia
Occupation	Politician
Website	Official blog
Ahmad Zahid Hamidi on Facebook

Dato' Seri Dr. Ahmad Zahid bin Hamidi (Jawi: احمد زاهد بن حميدي; born 4 January 1953) is a Malaysian politician. He was the 14th Leader of the Opposition from July 2018 to March 2019. From 2015 until 2019, he was the Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia.

On 18 October 2018, Zahid was arrested by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) and charged in court the following day on 45 counts of criminal breach of trust (CBT), abuse of power and money laundering.^[1][2]

On 26 June 2019, Zahid became the subject of 7 new corruption charges.^[3] The latest charges brought the total number of outstanding charges to 87.^[4][5][6]

References

1. "Zahid arrested by MACC". The Star Online. Retrieved 2018-10-20.
2. "Zahid Hamidi faces 45 charges of CBT, bribery, money-laundering". The Sun Daily. Retrieved 2018-10-20.
3. Nurbaiti Hamdan (26 June 2019). "Zahid slapped with seven more graft charges, making it 54 in total (Updated)". The Star Online. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
4. Nurbaiti Hamdan (27 June 2019). "Zahid now facing highest number of charges". The Star Online. Retrieved 18 June 2019.
5. Hafiz Yatim (27 June 2019). "Millions in kickbacks from foreign visa system operator". The Edge Financial Daily. Retrieved 27 June 2019.
6. Jessica Lin (27 June 2019). "Malaysia's former deputy prime minister is facing 87 charges – more than twice as many as Najib". Business Insider. Archived from the original on 20 July 2019. Retrieved 27 June 2019.