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Ahmad Zahid Hamidi

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Ahmad Zahid bin Hamidi (Jawi: أحمد زاهد بن حميدي; born 4 January 1953) is a Malaysian politician who has served as Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Rural and Regional Development since December 2022. A member of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), he has served as its leader and the Chairman of the Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition since May 2018. Zahid has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Bagan Datuk since April 1995. He is also the first UMNO President, after the Malayan independence, to not be elected as Prime Minister of Malaysia. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ahmad Zahid Hamidi is the 14,988th most popular politician (down from 13,451st in 2019), the 45th most popular biography from Malaysia (down from 35th in 2019) and the 29th most popular Malaysian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Ahmad Zahid Hamidi ranks 14,988 out of 19,576Before him are Billy Hughes, Carlo Petrini, Evangelos Venizelos, Ivan Kukuljević Sakcinski, Domenico Flabanico, and Eva Šuranová. After him are Wasim Sajjad, Ashtavakra, Prosper Avril, Eric Arturo Delvalle, Chuy García, and Claudia Roth.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1953, Ahmad Zahid Hamidi ranks 332Before him are Elaine Chao, Darlanne Fluegel, Antoine de Caunes, Ching Siu-tung, Leonid Buryak, and Valery Korzun. After him are Oscar Alberto Ortiz, Yuri Bashmet, Alexandr Romankov, Jean-Louis Gasset, Branko Milanović, and Levir Culpi.

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In Malaysia

Among people born in Malaysia, Ahmad Zahid Hamidi ranks 45 out of 90Before him are Claudia Wells (1966), Sebastian Francis (1951), Mokhtar Dahari (1953), Siti Nurhaliza (1979), Putra of Perlis (1920), and Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat (1931). After him are Ismail Petra of Kelantan (1949), Anthony Soter Fernandez (1930), Judo at the 2020 Summer Olympics – Men's 66 kg (null), Francisco Mendes (1939), Lee Chong Wei (1982), and Irene Fernandez (1946).

Among POLITICIANS In Malaysia

Among politicians born in Malaysia, Ahmad Zahid Hamidi ranks 29Before him are Mizan Zainal Abidin of Terengganu (1962), Yahya Petra of Kelantan (1917), Ismail Nasiruddin of Terengganu (1907), Muhammad V of Kelantan (1969), Putra of Perlis (1920), and Nik Abdul Aziz Nik Mat (1931). After him are Francisco Mendes (1939), and Penny Wong (1968).