Azmi Khalid | |
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بيسريء @ عزمي بن خالد | |
Minister of Natural Resources and Environment | |
In office 14 February 2006 – 18 March 2008 | |
Monarch | Mizan Zainal Abidin |
Prime Minister | Abdullah Ahmad Badawi |
Deputy | S. Sothinathan |
Preceded by | Adenan Satem |
Succeeded by | Douglas Uggah Embas |
Constituency | Padang Besar |
Minister of Home Affairs | |
In office 27 March 2004 – 14 February 2006 | |
Monarchs | Sirajuddin Mizan Zainal Abidin |
Prime Minister | Abdullah Ahmad Badawi |
Deputy | Tan Chai Ho |
Preceded by | Abdullah Ahmad Badawi |
Succeeded by | Mohd Radzi Sheikh Ahmad |
Constituency | Padang Besar |
Minister of Rural Development | |
In office 15 December 1999 – 26 March 2004 | |
Monarchs | Salahuddin Sirajuddin |
Prime Minister | Mahathir Mohamad Abdullah Ahmad Badawi |
Deputy | Palanivel Govindasamy |
Preceded by | Annuar Musa |
Succeeded by | Abdul Aziz Shamsuddin (Minister of Rural and Regional Development) |
Constituency | Padang Besar |
Deputy Minister of Home Affairs II | |
In office 2 July 1997 – 14 December 1999 Serving with Ong Ka Ting (Deputy Minister of Home Affairs I) | |
Monarchs | Ja'afar Salahuddin |
Prime Minister | Mahathir Mohamad |
Minister | Mahathir Mohamad |
Preceded by | Megat Junid Megat Ayub |
Succeeded by | Zainal Abidin Zin |
Constituency | Padang Besar |
Parliamentary Secretary in the Prime Minister's Department | |
In office 8 May 1995 – 2 July 1997 | |
Monarchs | Ja'afar Salahuddin |
Prime Minister | Mahathir Mohamad |
Constituency | Padang Besar |
Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Padang Besar | |
In office 25 April 1995 – 5 May 2013 | |
Preceded by | constituency created |
Succeeded by | Zahidi Zainul Abidin (BN–UMNO) |
Majority | 10,070 (1995) 4,519 (1999) 9,265 (2004) 5,348 (2008) |
Faction represented in Dewan Rakyat | |
1995–2013 | Barisan Nasional |
Personal details | |
Born | Azmi bin Khalid 13 December 1940 Perlis, British Malaya (now Malaysia) |
Political party | United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) (until ?) Malaysian United Indigenous Party (Bersatu) (?-present) |
Other political affiliations | Barisan Nasional (BN) (until ?) Perikatan Nasional (PN) (?-present) |
Spouse(s) | Yasmin Abdullah (Deceased) Normala Shamsuddin |
Occupation | Politician |
Azmi bin Khalid (Jawi: بيسريء @ عزمي بن خالد; born 13 December 1940) is a former member of the Parliament of Malaysia. He represented the constituency of Padang Besar in Perlis. He was also a minister in the federal Cabinet from 1999 to 2008, as a member of the United Malay National Organisation (UMNO) in the then-ruling Barisan Nasional coalition.
Tan Sri Azmi's first ministerial appointment was as Minister of Rural Development, becoming the first Cabinet minister from Perlis.[1] He became the Minister of Home Affairs in 2004,[2] before moving to the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment in 2006.[3] He lost his Cabinet position after the 2008 election for reasons tied to his involvement in political disruption in Perlis.[4] He did not re-contest Padang Besar in the 2013 election.
In 2005, Azmi married television personality Normala Shamsuddin. He has four children to his late wife Yasmin Abdullah.[5]