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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 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. He is the first UMNO president, after the Malayan independence to not be elected as prime minister. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in 15 different languages on Wikipedia. Ahmad Zahid Hamidi is the 15,006th most popular politician (down from 13,445th in 2024), 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 15,006 out of 19,576. Before 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 332. Before 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 90. Before 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), Francisco Mendes (1939), Lee Chong Wei (1982), Irene Fernandez (1946), and Subkhiddin Mohd Salleh (1966).

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Among POLITICIANS In Malaysia

Among politicians born in Malaysia, Ahmad Zahid Hamidi ranks 29. Before 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).

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