Ahmad Zahid Hamidi

Yang Berhormat Dato' Seri Dr.

Ahmad Zahid Hamidi

DUNM SPDK DP SJMK SPSN PNBS SSAP DPMK SPMP MP
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 Template:Pseat
	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; 4 January 1953 (age 71); 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 (Malay: 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]