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Dato' Seri Dr. Ahmad Zahid Hamidi (born 4 January 1953) is a Malaysian politician who has been Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia since 2015 in the Barisan Nasional coalition government of Prime Minister Najib Razak. He has also been Minister of Home Affairs since 2013, and he previously served as Minister of Defence from 2009 to 2013.〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=Ahmad Zahid bin Hamidi, Y.B. Dato' Seri Dr. )〕 He is the Member of the Parliament of Malaysia for the Bagan Datoh constituency in Perak and a member of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) political party. Early in his political career, Zahid was a Senator and chairman of Bank Simpanan Nasional before becoming the head of UMNO's youth wing. In 1998, Zahid spoke out against Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad, calling for an end to cronyism and nepotism in the Malaysian government.〔 〕 Zahid, seen as an ally of deposed Deputy Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim, was subsequently arrested and held in prison under the Internal Security Act. However, in 1999, Zahid was welcomed back into the UMNO fold, stating that Anwar had put him up to raising allegations of cronyism and nepotism and alleging that Anwar had used his position as Finance Minister to direct business opportunities to Zahid. After the 2004 election, Zahid became a Deputy Minister in the government of Abdullah Ahmad Badawi. While a Deputy Minister, Zahid studied for and was conferred the degree of Doctor of Philosophy from Universiti Putra Malaysia. After the 2008 election, Zahid became a Minister in the Prime Minister's Department. He was appointed Minister of Defence in April 2009. Ahmad Zahid Hamidi was appointed as Minister of Home Affairs in 2013, replacing Hishamuddin Hussein. Hishamuddin took Ahmad Zahid Hamidi's previous position at the Ministry of Defence.〔("Najib announces the new cabinet line-up (Updated)" ), ''New Strait Times'', 15 May 2013. Retrieved on 16 May 2013.〕 In July 2015, he was appointed as Deputy Prime Minister in a cabinet reshuffle.〔http://www.utusan.com.my/berita/nasional/senarai-penuh-jemaah-menteri-dan-timbalan-menteri-1.117971〕 ==Family== Ahmad Zahid is the eldest son, of nine siblings. In 2013, Ahmad Zahid revealed to the Indonesian media that he is of Javanese descent; both of his paternal grandparents were natives of Kulon Progo Regency, Yogyakarta, while his maternal grandfather came from Ponorogo in East Java and married his Malaysian Malay grandmother.〔("Malaysian defense minister visits ‘home’" ), 22 March 2013, ''The Jakarta Post'', retrieved 18 May 2013〕 On 1 October 2011, his mother died of a stroke and heart complication in her hometown Sungai Nipah Darat, Bagan Datoh. She was hospitalized at the Hospital Angkatan Tentera, Tunku Mizan, Kuala Lumpur. His daughter, Nurul Hidayah Ahmad Zahid, hosts the local TV show ''Inspirasi Ramadhan'' and is involved with the Rejimen Askar Wataniah as a volunteer. He was raised by a Malaysian Chinese foster-father and sold ice cream together for six years with his foster family when he was in elementary school. Following accusations that he was anti-Chinese, he stated "Am I anti-Chinese when I have a Chinese foster father?" 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Ahmad Zahid Hamidi」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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