Mohd Radzi Md Jidin

Mohd Radzi Md Jidin (born 4 September 1977) is a Malaysian politician who has served as the Senior Minister for Education and Society and Minister of Education in the Perikatan Nasional (PN) administration under Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin since March 2020. He was also the Deputy Minister of Economic Affairs in the Pakatan Harapan (PH) administration under former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad from July 2018 to the alliance's fall from administration in February 2020. He has also served as the Senator since July 2018 following his appointment as the Deputy Minister in the PH government. In addition, he left the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) to join Malaysian United Indigenous Party (BERSATU) and has served as the BERSATU's Information Chief since September 2018.

In this Malay name, the name Md Jidin is a patronymic, not a family name, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Mohd Radzi.
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Mohd. Radzi Md. Jidin
Senior Minister
(Education and Society)
Assumed office
10 March 2020
MonarchAbdullah
Prime MinisterMuhyiddin Yassin
Preceded byWan Azizah Wan Ismail
(Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia)
ConstituencySenator
Minister of Education
Assumed office
10 March 2020
Prime MinisterMuhyiddin Yassin
DeputyMuslimin Yahaya
Mah Hang Soon
Preceded byMahathir Mohamad (Acting)
ConstituencySenator
Deputy Minister of Economic Affairs
In office
17 July 2018 – 24 February 2020
MonarchMuhammad V
Abdullah
Prime MinisterMahathir Mohamad
MinisterAzmin Ali
Preceded byDevamany S. Krishnasamy as Deputy Minister in Prime Minister's Department (Economic Planning Unit)
Succeeded byArthur Joseph Kurup as Deputy Minister in Prime Minister's Department (Economic Affairs)
ConstituencySenator
Information Chief of the Malaysian United Indigenous Party
Assumed office
27 September 2018
PresidentMuhyiddin Yassin
ChairmanMahathir Mohamad (2018–2020)
Muhyiddin Yassin (acting) (since 2020)
Preceded byKamaruddin Mohd Nor
ConstituencyKetereh
Senator
Assumed office
17 July 2018
MonarchMuhammad V
Abdullah
Prime MinisterMahathir Mohamad
Muhyiddin Yassin
Preceded byAzizah Harun (UMNO—BN)
Personal details
Born
Mohd. Radzi bin Md. Jidin

(1977-09-04) September 4, 1977
Ketereh, Kelantan, Malaysia
Political partyUnited Malays National Organisation (UMNO)
(before 2018)
Malaysian United Indigenous Party (BERSATU)
(present)
Other political
affiliations		Barisan Nasional (BN)
(before 2018)
Pakatan Harapan (PH)
(2018–2020)
Perikatan Nasional (PN)
(since 2020)
Spouse(s)Balkis Zakaria
ProfessionForensic accountant, lecturer
WebsiteDr Radzi Jidin on Facebook

Radzi was born in 1977 to a former headmaster at Ketereh, Kelantan. Before being involved in politics, he was a lecturer in forensic accounting at University of Tasmania, Hobart in Australia.[1]

He contested in the 2018 general election for the Ketereh parliamentary seat in Kelantan against incumbent Annuar Musa from United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) of Barisan Nasional (BN) and Wan Ismail Wan Jusoh from Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS) but was defeated.[2][3]

Election results
Parliament of Malaysia[3][4]
Year Constituency Government Votes Pct Opponent(s) Votes Pct Ballots cast Majority Turnout
2018 Ketereh Mohd Radzi Md Jidin (PPBM) 6,799 12.6% Annuar Musa (UMNO) 25,467 47.3% 53,888 4,625 82.60%
Wan Ismail Wan Jusoh (PAS) 20,841 38.7%
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References
  1. Salhan K. Ahmad (2019-02-05). "Accounting lecturer dumps Umno for Bersatu over 1MDB |". www.themalaysianinsight.com. The Malaysian Insight. Retrieved 2019-02-18.
  2. "SEMAKAN KEPUTUSAN PILIHAN RAYA UMUM KE - 14" (in Malay). Election Commission of Malaysia. Retrieved 17 May 2018. Percentage figures based on total turnout.
  3. "The Star Online GE14". The Star. Retrieved 24 May 2018. Percentage figures based on total turnout.
  4. "Maklumat Calon dan Kawasan Pilihan Raya P26 KETEREH Kelantan". Utusan Online. Archived from the original on 2018-09-26. Retrieved 2019-02-18.


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