Mahdzir Khalid

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This is a Malay name; the name Khalid is a patronymic, not a family name, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Mahdzir.

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Dato' Seri Mahdzir bin Khalid (born 15 December 1960[1]) is a Malaysian politician who has served as Minister of Education of Malaysia since 2015. He is the member of the Parliament of Malaysia for the seat of Padang Terap, Kedah, having been elected in the 2013 general election. He was Deputy Minister for Energy, Green Technology and Water from 2013 to 2015. Previously, he served as the ninth Menteri Besar (Chief Minister) of the State of Kedah from 2005 to 2008 and represented the seat of Pedu in the Kedah State Legislative Assembly from 2004 to 2013. He is a member of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) party in Malaysia's ruling Barisan Nasional coalition.

Political career

Mahdzir started his political career as a staffer and in 1999 became the political secretary to Deputy Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi.[1] In 2004 he was elected to the Kedah State Legislative Assembly for the rural seat of Pedu. In December 2005 he became the state's Chief Minister after his predecessor, Syed Razak Syed Zain Barakhbah, resigned because of ill health. Mahdzir had been acting in the position since July 2005.[2]

Mahdzir's tenure as Menteri Besar came to an end after his Barisan Nasional government was defeated in the 2008 election by an opposition coalition led by the Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS).[3] Mahdzir became Barisan Nasional's opposition leader in the state assembly before moving to federal parliament in the 2013 election, winning the seat of Padang Terap from PAS. After the election he was appointed as Deputy Minister for Energy, Green Technology and Water in the government of Prime Minister Najib Razak.[4]

Election results

Parliament of Malaysia: Padang Terap, Kedah[5]
Year Government Votes Pct Opposition Votes Pct
2013 Mahdzir Khalid (UMNO) 20,654 56% Mohd Nasir Zakaria (PAS) 16,202 44%
Kedah State Legislative Assembly: Pedu[5]
Year Government Votes Pct Opposition Votes Pct
2004 Mahdzir Khalid (UMNO) 7,684 57% Wan Jaafar Wan Ahmad (PAS) 5,785 43%
2008 Zamri Yusuf (PKR) 6,047 41% Mahdzir Khalid (UMNO) 8,780 59%

References

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Political offices
Preceded by Menteri Besar of Kedah
2005–2008		 Succeeded by
Azizan Abdul Razak

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