Ahmad Zahid Hamidi

Dato' Seri Dr. **Ahmad Zahid bin Hamidi** (; born 4 January 1953) is a Malaysian politician. He was the 14th Leader of the Opposition from July 2018 to March 2019. From 2015 until 2019, he was the Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia.

On 18 October 2018, Zahid was arrested by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC) and charged in court the following day on 45 counts of criminal breach of trust (CBT), abuse of power and money laundering.

On 26 June 2019, Zahid became the subject of 7 new corruption charges. The latest charges brought the total number of outstanding charges to 87.

## Infobox (officeholder)

- **honorific-prefix**: Malay titles#Honorary styles, Yang Berhormat Malay titles#Dato' Seri, Dato' Seri Doctor of Philosophy, Dr.
- **name**: Ahmad Zahid Hamidi
- **image**: File:The Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia, Dato' Seri Dr. Ahmad Zahid Bin Hamidi calling on the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, in New Delhi on July 19, 2016 (cropped).jpg
- **caption**: Ahmad Zahid Hamidi in 2016
- **office4**: 8th President of the United Malays National Organisation
- **deputy4**: Hishammuddin Hussein
Mohamad Hasan (politician), Mohamad Hasan
- **term start4**: 30 June 2018

- **predecessor4**: Najib Razak
- **constituency4**: Bagan Datuk (federal constituency), Bagan Datuk
- **office5**: 14th Leader of the Opposition (Malaysia), Leader of the Opposition
- **primeminister5**: Mahathir Mohamad
- **term start5**: 18 July 2018
- **term end5**: 10 March 2019
- **predecessor5**: Wan Azizah Wan Ismail
- **successor5**: Ismail Sabri Yaakob
- **constituency5**: Bagan Datuk (federal constituency), Bagan Datuk
- **order**: 11th
- **office**: Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia
- **term start**: 29 July 2015
- **term end**: 9 May 2018
- **constituency**: Bagan Datuk (federal constituency), Bagan Datok
- **primeminister**: Najib Razak
- **predecessor**: Muhyiddin Yassin
- **successor**: Wan Azizah Wan Ismail
- **office1**: Minister of Home Affairs (Malaysia), Minister of Home Affairs
- **primeminister1**: Najib Razak
- **term start1**: 16 May 2013
- **term end1**: 9 May 2018
- **constituency1**: Bagan Datuk (federal constituency), Bagan Datok
- **predecessor1**: Hishammuddin Hussein
- **successor1**: Muhyiddin Yassin
- **office2**: Minister of Defence (Malaysia), Minister of Defence
- **primeminister2**: Najib Razak
- **term start2**: 10 April 2009
- **term end2**: 16 May 2013
- **deputy2**: Abdul Latiff Ahmad
- **constituency2**: Bagan Datuk (federal constituency), Bagan Datok
- **predecessor2**: Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
- **successor2**: Hishammuddin Hussein
- **office3**: Minister in the Prime Minister's Department
- **primeminister3**: Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
- **term start3**: 19 March 2008
- **term end3**: 10 April 2009
- **constituency3**: Bagan Datuk (federal constituency), Bagan Datuk
- **deputy3**: Mashitah Ibrahim
- **monarch3**: Mizan Zainal Abidin of Terengganu, Mizan Zainal Abidin
- **predecessor3**: Abdullah Md Zin
- **successor3**: Jamil Khir Baharom
- **parliament7**: Malaysian
- **term start7**: 25 April 1995
- **predecessor7**: Mohamed Jamrah (United Malays National Organisation, UMNO–Barisan Nasional, BN)
- **majority7**: 14,830 (1995 Malaysian general election, 1995)
4,617 (1999 Malaysian general election, 1999)
12,539 (2004 Malaysian general election, 2004)
2,692 (2008 Malaysian general election, 2008)
2,108 (2013 Malaysian general election, 2013)
5,073 (2018 Malaysian general election, 2018)
- **birth name**: Ahmad Zahid bin Hamidi
- **birth place**: Bagan Datoh, Perak, Federation of Malaya
(now Malaysia)
- **residence**: Bagan Datuk, Perak
- **party**: United Malays National Organisation, UMNO (since 1973)
- **otherparty**: Barisan Nasional (since 1973)
 Muafakat Nasional (since 2019)
 Perikatan Nasional (10 March 2020 - 8 July 2021)
- **occupation**: Politician
- **spouse**: Hamidah Khamis
- **children**: 5
- **education**: University of Malaya University Putra Malaysia