Mohd Radzi bin Sheikh Ahmad ( Jawi: محمد رضي بن شيخ احمد; born 24 February 1942) is a

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former

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, lawyer, and

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. He was the

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(MP) of

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for the seat of

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twice (1982-1990 and 2004–2013), currently served as a senator in Dewan Negara. He was also the

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for Legal Affairs (2004-2006) and

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(2006-2008). Presently he is a member of

Malaysian United Indigenous Party The Malaysian United Indigenous Party ( ms, Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia), abbreviated BERSATU or PPBM, is a nationalist political party in Malaysia. The party was preceded by the United Indigenous Association of Malaysia (). It is a major c ...

or Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia (BERSATU), a component of

Perikatan Nasional The National Alliance ( ms, Perikatan Nasional; abbreviation, abbrev: PN) is a political coalition composed of the Malaysian United Indigenous Party (BERSATU), Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS) and Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia (GERAKAN). This coa ...

(PN) coalition, after his resignation from

United Malays National Organisation The United Malays National Organisation ( Malay: ; Jawi: ; abbreviated UMNO () or less commonly PEKEMBAR), is a nationalist right-wing political party in Malaysia. As the oldest continuous national political party within Malaysia (since its ...

(UMNO) of

Barisan Nasional The National Front ( ms, Barisan Nasional; abbrev: BN) is a political coalition of Malaysia that was founded in 1973 as a coalition of centre-right and right-wing political parties. It is also the third largest political coalition with 30 ...

(BN) for the second time in 2018.

Background and formal education

Radzi is the son of former

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, the late Tan Sri Sheikh Ahmad Mohd Hashim. Radzi received his early education at Sekolah Melayu Kangar in 1948. he then continued his secondary education at Derma English School in 1952 before entering Royal Military College,

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in 1957. In 1961 he took Barrister-at-Law, Inns of Court in Middle Temple, London.

Early legal and sports career

Radzi had served in the Jurisdiction Department as a Deputy Public Prosecutor in Selangor and later as the President of Session Court in Klang before he left to open his own legal firm. Radzi was a footballer of Perlis state. He represented the nation and was a goal scorer during his youth career in the

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, which was held in Malaya.

Politics

Radzi was first elected to

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in 1982. He has held various Ministries including Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister's Department (1983–1984) and Deputy Minister for the Primary Industries Ministry (1984–1986). Radzi joined the Parti Melayu Semangat 46 (S46) in 1989 before rejoining back UMNO in 1996 after S46 was dissolved. Radzi was picked as UMNO secretary-general on 1 June 2004 by the then UMNO President Abdullah Ahmad Badawi. He was appointed Minister for Home Affairs in February 2006, but in March 2008 was dropped from the Cabinet. He also resigned as the Secretary-General of UMNO and BN on 20 March 2008, saying he would not be able to work effectively without a Cabinet post. He was dropped from UMNO's list of candidates for the 2013 general election (GE13), replaced by Shaharuddin Ismail. In December 2018, Radzi quit UMNO again and joined

(BERSATU) which is part of new

Pakatan Harapan The Alliance of Hope ( ms, Pakatan Harapan; abbrev: PH; stylized as HARAPAN) is a Malaysian political coalition consisting of centre-left political parties which was formed in 2015 to succeed the Pakatan Rakyat coalition. It has been the ...

(PH) government following the fall of BN and UMNO in the earlier May 2018 general election (GE14). He was then made a Senator after the Sheraton Move by BERSATU led

(PN) and sworn in on 17 June 2020.

Personal life

Radzi married first Ellisha Abdullah, an

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who died in an accident in 1984 and the couple has five children. He is married second time to Mahani Abdul Hamid and they has three children.

Election results

Honours

Honours of Malaysia

* : **

Commander of the

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(PSM) – Tan Sri (2013) * : ** MY-PAH Order of Sultan Ahmad Shah of Pahang - Grand Knight - SSAP

Grand Knight of the

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(SSAP) – Dato' Sri (2006) * : ** MY-PERL Order of the Crown of Perlis - Knight Commander - DPMP

Knight Commander of the

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(DPMP) – Dato' (1985) ** MY-PERL Order of the Crown of Perlis - Knight Grand Commander - SPMP

Knight Grand Commander of the

(SPMP) – Dato' Seri (2005)

References

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