Azmi Khalid

In this Malay name, there is no surname or family name. The name Khalid is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by their given name, Azmi. The word "bin" or "binti"/"binte" means 'son of' or 'daughter of', respectively.

Azmi bin Khalid (Jawi: عزمي خالد; born 13 December 1940) is a Malaysian politician who served as Minister of Natural Resources and Environment and Member of Parliament (MP) for Padang Besar from April 1995 to May 2013. 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.

Yang Berbahagia Tan Sri Dato' Seri Azmi Khalid PSM SPMP DPMP SIMP DGSM SMP
عزمي 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	Sothinathan Sinna Goundar (2004–2008)
Preceded by	Adenan Satem
Succeeded by	Douglas Uggah Embas
Constituency	Padang Besar
Minister of Home Affairs
In office 27 March 2004 – 14 February 2006
Monarch	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 Abdul Aziz Shah Syed Sirajuddin
Prime Minister	Mahathir Mohamad Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
Deputy	Palanivel Govindasamy
Preceded by	Annuar Musa
Succeeded by	Abdul Aziz Shamsuddin as 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 Abdul Aziz Shah
Prime Minister	Mahathir Mohamad
Minister	Mahathir Mohamad
Preceded by	Megat Junid Megat Ayub
Constituency	Padang Besar
Parliamentary Secretary in the Prime Minister's Department
In office 1995–1997 Serving with Muhammad Abdullah
Monarch	Ja'afar
Prime Minister	Mahathir Mohamad
Minister	Abdul Hamid Othman Abang Abu Bakar Abang Mustapha Chong Kah Kiat Siti Zaharah Sulaiman Tajol Rosli Mohd Ghazali
Deputy Minister	Mohamed Nazri Abdul Aziz Raja Ariffin Raja Sulaiman Ibrahim Saad Ibrahim Ali Fauzi Abdul Rahman
Succeeded by	Noh Omar
Constituency	Padang Besar
Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Padang Besar
In office 25 April 1995 – 5 May 2013
Preceded by	new constituency
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 (1940-12-13) 13 December 1940 (age 84)[1] Perlis, Unfederated Malay States (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

Tan Sri Azmi's first ministerial appointment was as Minister of Rural Development, becoming the first Cabinet minister from Perlis.^[2] He became the Minister of Home Affairs in 2004,^[3] before moving to the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment in 2006.^[4] He lost his Cabinet position after the 2008 election for reasons tied to his involvement in political disruption in Perlis.^[5] 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.^[6]

Election results

Parliament of Malaysia^[7]

Year	Constituency	Candidate		Votes	Pct	Opponent(s)		Votes	Pct	Ballots cast	Majority	Turnout
1995	P001 Padang Besar		Azmi Khalid (UMNO)	17,013	71.02%		Hisharudin Hasan (PAS)	6,943	28.98%	25,854	10,070	77.65%
1999			Azmi Khalid (UMNO)	14,386	59.32%		Mohd Anuar Mohd Tahir (keADILan)	9,867	40.68%	25,347	4,519	78.04%
2004			Azmi Khalid (UMNO)	18,323	66.92%		Wan Kharizal Wan Khazim (PAS)	9,058	33.08%	28,453	9,265	83.93%
2008			Azmi Khalid (UMNO)	16,991	59.34%		Zolkharnain Abidin (PAS)	11,643	40.66%	29,310	5,348	80.05%

Honours

Honours of Malaysia

•  Malaysia :
  • Commander of the Order of Loyalty to the Crown of Malaysia (PSM) – Tan Sri (2013)^[8]
•  Malacca :
  • Grand Commander of the Exalted Order of Malacca (DGSM) – Datuk Seri (2007)^[9]
•  Pahang :
  • Grand Knight of the Order of the Crown of Pahang (SIMP) – formerly Dato', now Dato' Indera (2000)
•  Perlis :
  • Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Crown of Perlis (SPMP) – Dato' Seri (2005)
  • Knight Commander of the Order of the Crown of Perlis (DPMP) – Dato' (1996)
  • Companion of the Order of the Crown of Perlis (SMP) (1980)^[10]