Ahmad Zahid Hamidi

Member of the Malaysian Parliament
for Bagan DatukAssumed office
25 April 1995Preceded byMohamed JamrahMajority14,830 (1995)
4,617 (1999)
12,539 (2004)
2,692 (2008)
2,108 (2013)
5,073 (2018)
348 (2022)Personal detailsBornAhmad Zahid bin Hamidi
(1953-01-04) 4 January 1953
CitizenshipMalaysiaPartyUMNO
(1973–present)Barisan Nasional
(1973–present)SpouseHamidah KhamisChildren5Parent(s)Raden Hamidi Raden Abdul Fatah
(father)
Tuminah Abdul Jalil
(mother)EducationUniversity of Malaya (BA)
University of Putra Malaysia (PhD)OccupationWebsiteOfficial blogAhmad Zahid Hamidi on Facebook
Ahmad Zahid Hamidi on Parliament of Malaysia

Ahmad Zahid bin Hamidi (Jawi: أحمد زاهد بن حميدي; born 4 January 1953) is a Malaysian politician who is the deputy prime minister since 2022. A president of UMNO since 2018, he represented Bagan Datuk in Dewan Rakyat since 1995. Zahid is also the rural and regional development minister since 2022, as well as the leader and the chairman of the coalition Barisan Nasional (BN) since May 2018.

Born in Perak. He served in several cabinet positions under former Prime Ministers Abdullah Ahmad Badawi and Najib Razak from March 2008 to May 2018 and served as deputy prime minister from July 2015 to May 2018. Zahid became the president of the UMNO in 2018 following the party's defeat in 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 and other regional parties, he was appointed Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia alongside Fadillah Yusof 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.