Ahmad Zahid Hamidi

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أحمد زاهد حميدي‎
Zahid in 2017
11th and 14th Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia
Incumbent
Assumed office 3 December 2022 Serving with Fadillah Yusof
Monarchs	Abdullah (2022–2024) Ibrahim Iskandar (since 2024)
Prime Minister	Anwar Ibrahim
Preceded by	Ismail Sabri Yaakob (2021)
In office 29 July 2015 – 10 May 2018
Monarchs	Abdul Halim (2015–2016) Muhammad V (2016–2018)
Prime Minister	Najib Razak
Preceded by	Muhyiddin Yassin
Succeeded by	Wan Azizah Wan Ismail
14th Leader of the Opposition
In office 18 July 2018 – 10 March 2019
Monarchs	Muhammad V (2018–2019) Abdullah (31 January–10 March 2019)
Prime Minister	Mahathir Mohamad
Preceded by	Wan Azizah Wan Ismail
Succeeded by	Ismail Sabri Yaakob
8th President of the United Malays National Organisation (ex officio: Chairman of Barisan Nasional)
Incumbent
Assumed office 30 June 2018 Acting: 12 May 2018 – 30 June 2018 On leave: 18 December 2018 – 30 June 2019
Deputy	Hishammuddin Hussein (acting) Mohamad Hasan
Preceded by	Najib Razak
Ministerial portfolios 2008–2009 Minister in the Prime Minister's Department 2009–2013 Minister of Defence 2013–2018 Minister of Home Affairs 2022–present Minister of Rural and Regional Development
Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Bagan Datuk
Incumbent
Assumed office 25 April 1995
Preceded by	Mohamed Jamrah
Majority	14,830 (1995) 4,617 (1999) 12,539 (2004) 2,692 (2008) 2,108 (2013) 5,073 (2018) 348 (2022)
Personal details
Born	Ahmad Zahid bin Hamidi (1953-01-04) 4 January 1953 (age 71) Bagan Datuk, Perak, Federation of Malaya (now Malaysia)
Political party	United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) (since 1973)
Other political affiliations	Barisan Nasional (BN) (since 1973)
Spouse	Hamidah Khamis
Children	5
Residence(s)	Bagan Datuk, Perak
Education	University of Malaya (BA) University Putra Malaysia (PhD)
Occupation	Politician
Website	Official blog
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Ahmad Zahid bin Hamidi (Jawi: أحمد زاهد بن حميدي; born 4 January 1953) is a Malaysian politician who has served as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Rural and Regional Development since December 2022. A member of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), he has served as its leader and the chairman of the Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition since May 2018. Zahid has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Bagan Datuk since April 1995. He is also the first president of UMNO, after Malaya independence, not being elected as Prime Minister of Malaysia.

Born in Perak, Zahid studied and began a career in banking before entering politics. He served in several cabinet positions under former Prime Ministers Abdullah Ahmad Badawi and Najib Razak from March 2008 to May 2018.^[1] He was also Deputy Prime Minister from July 2015 to May 2018. Zahid became the President of the UMNO in 2018 following the party's defeat at the 2018 election. He served as the 14th Leader of the Opposition from July 2018 to March 2019. Under his leadership, UMNO and BN won at the 2021 Malacca state election and the 2022 Johor state election, but achieved its worst result in Malaysian history at the 2022 federal election. After BN formed a coalition government with Pakatan Harapan, he was appointed Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia in December 2022, making him the first person to be appointed to this position twice, under two different administrations.

Zahid has faced several investigations and charges for corruption during his career.