Wednesday, August 3, 2011

Ahmad Zahid Hamidi

source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ahmad_Zahid_Hamidi

Dato' Seri Dr. Ahmad Zahid Hamidi (born January 14, 1953 in Bagan Datoh) is a Malaysian politician and is currently the Minister for Defence in the Barisan Nasional coalition government of Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak and the Member of the Parliament of Malaysia for the Bagan Datoh constituency in Perak. He is a member of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO).


After the 2004 election, Zahid became a Deputy Minister in the government of Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi.[8] While a Deputy Minister, Zahid studied for and was conferred the degree of Doctor of Philosophy from Universiti Putra Malaysia.[9]
After the 2008 election, Zahid became a Minister in the Prime Minister's Department.[10] He was appointed as Minister for Defence in April 2009


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