Syed Hamid Albar | |
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| سيد حميد البر | |
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| 1st Chancellor of the Asia e University | |
| Assumed office 15 October 2022 | |
| Vice Chancellor | Nik Mustapha Raja Abdullah |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Ministerial roles | |
| 1990–1995 | Minister in the Prime Minister's Department |
| 1990–1995 | Minister of Justice |
| 1995–1999 | Minister of Defence |
| 1999–2008 | Minister of Foreign Affairs |
| 2008–2009 | Minister of Home Affairs |
| Faction represented in Dewan Rakyat | |
| 1990–2013 | Barisan Nasional |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Syed Hamid bin Syed Jaafar Albar 15 January 1944 Kampung Melayu Air Hitam, Penang, Japanese occupation of Malaya (now Malaysia) |
| Political party | United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) (–2018) Malaysian United Indigenous Party (BERSATU) (2018–2022) |
| Other political affiliations | Barisan Nasional (BN) (–2018) Pakatan Harapan (PH) (2018–2020) Perikatan Nasional (PN) (2020–2022) |
| Spouse | Sharifah Aziah Syed Zainal Abidin |
| Relations | Syed Jaafar Albar (father) |
| Children | 6 |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Profession | Lawyer[1] |
| Website | syedhamidalbar44 |
Syed Hamid bin Syed Jaafar Albar (Jawi: سيد حميد بن سيد جعفر البر; Arabic: سيد حامد بن سيد جعفر البار Sayyid Ḥāmid bin Sayyid Ja'far al-bār;[2][3] born 15 January 1944) is a Malaysian lawyer and politician who has served as 1st Chancellor of the Asia e University (AeU) since October 2022. He served as Minister in the Prime Minister's Department, Minister of Justice, Minister of Defence, Minister of Foreign Affairs and Minister of Home Affairs in the Barisan Nasional (BN) administration under former Prime Ministers Mahathir Mohamad and Abdullah Ahmad Badawi from October 1990 to April 2009. He also served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Kota Tinggi from November 1990 to May 2013. He was a member of the Malaysian United Indigenous Party (BERSATU), a component party of the ruling Perikatan Nasional (PN) and formerly Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalitions. Prior to that, he was also a member of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), a component party of the ruling BN coalition. He retired from politics in February 2022 and left UMNO for BERSATU in September 2018. He had also served as the Chairman of Land Public Transport Commission (SPAD) which was already dissolved.[4]
- ^ Deadline should be set for its usage in courts, New Straits Times, p. 6
- ^ "人民网--404页面". Archived from the original on 11 December 2013. Retrieved 29 December 2012.
- ^ "حقوق: مقتل إمام تايلاندي قد يشعل هجرة إلى ماليزيا |". www.ipsinternational.org. Archived from the original on 14 July 2014.
- ^ Syed Hamid Albar is head of public transport commission