Mohd Radzi bin Md Jidin ( Jawi: محمد راضي بن محمد جيدين‎; born 4 September 1977) is a

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politician and forensic accountant who served as Senior Minister of the Education and Social Cluster and as Minister of Education from 2021 to 2022. He has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for

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since November 2022. Radzi first served as education minister from 2020 to 2021. He was a

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from 2018 to his resignation in 2022. He is a member of and has served as Vice-President of the Malaysian United Indigenous Party (BERSATU), a component party of Perikatan Nasional (PN), since 2020.

Early life

Radzi was born on 4 September 1977 to a former headmaster in Ketereh, Kota Bharu, Kelantan. Before joining politics, he was a lecturer in forensic accounting at University of Tasmania in

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, Australia.

Political career

He contested in the 2018 general election for Ketereh federal seat in Kelantan against incumbent Annuar Musa from UMNO of BN and Wan Ismail Wan Jusoh from the Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS) but was defeated. Percentage figures based on total turnout. Percentage figures based on total turnout. He served as the Deputy Minister of Economic Affairs in the Pakatan Harapan (PH) administration under former Prime Minister

Mahathir Mohamad Mahathir bin Mohamad ( ms, محاضير بن محمد, label= Jawi, script=arab, italic=unset; ; born 10 July 1925) is a Malaysian politician, author, and physician who served as the 4th and 7th Prime Minister of Malaysia. He held the office ...

and former Minister Mohamed Azmin Ali from July 2018 to the collapse of the PH administration in February 2020. He is a member of the Malaysian United Indigenous Party (BERSATU), a component party of the ruling PN coalition and formerly PH coalition and was a member of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), a component party of the Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition.

Election results

Honour

* : **

MY-FED Darjah Mahkota Wilayah - Knight Commander - PMW

Knight Commander of the Order of the Territorial Crown (PMW) – Datuk (2021)

References

Living people 1977 births People from Kelantan Malaysian people of Malay descent Malaysian Muslims Malaysian accountants Malaysian academics Education ministers of Malaysia Malaysian United Indigenous Party politicians Former United Malays National Organisation politicians Government ministers of Malaysia Members of the Dewan Negara 21st-century Malaysian politicians {{Malaysia-politician-stub