Syed Hamid Albar

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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.<ref>Syed Hamid Albar is head of public transport commission</ref>

Early life

Syed Hamid was born in Kampung Melayu Air Hitam, Penang, Malaysia, to Syed Jaafar Albar, an UMNO politician and former cabinet minister. Syed Hamid's father was of Hadhrami Arab descent, and migrated from Indonesia to Malaysia shortly before World War II.<ref>The Straits Times, 1 June 2007, Insight–Boosting links, 'software' to rekindle Arab ties, by Jeremy Au Yong</ref><ref>The world's successful diasporas</ref><ref>Speech by Dato Seri Syed Hamid Albar</ref>

He had his secondary education at Maxwell School before going to Methodist Boys' School (Kuala Lumpur) for his Form Six education. For his tertiary education, he read law in the Inns of Court, London and was called to the Degree of an Utter Barrister by the Honourable Society of Middle Temple in 1970. As a student in London, he set up a club for Malaysian expatriates and students.

He is married with 6 children.

Political career

Syed Hamid has been active in UMNO in his student days, including while studying in the United Kingdom. After returning to Malaysia he became a magistrate, and then president of the Sessions Court, before entering the corporate world. In 1986 he won election to UMNO's Supreme Council and entered Parliament in 1990, as the member for Kota Tinggi. He was immediately appointed Minister for Justice, and in 1995 became the Defence Minister.<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

In 1999, he was appointed the Foreign Minister by Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad. In March 2008, he was appointed the Home Minister. In April 2009, he was dropped from the Cabinet. The previous month he had contested, but failed to win, one of UMNO's three vice-president positions at the party's general assembly.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> He left Parliament in 2013, deciding not to re-contest the seat of Kota Tinggi, which he had held by large margins since 1990.<ref>Template:Cite news</ref> On 18 February 2022, he announced his retirement from politics and devotion of time to legal practice work and non-governmental organisation (NGO) activities.

Post-political career (2022–present)

Chancellor of the Asia e University (2022–present)

On 15 October 2022 during the 11th convocation ceremony of the Asia e University (AeU), Syed Hamid was appointed its 1st Chancellor. His appointment was made based on his "vast experience in administration and management he possesses" and confidence that he would "provide AeU with the direction and leadership to further enhance its academic standing". Responding to the appointment, Syed Hamid said that it was unexpected and that he was deeply moved, humbled and touched to get the "recognition". He also described it as a "great honour and privilege".<ref>{{#invoke:citation/CS1|citation |CitationClass=web }}</ref>

Election results

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CitationClass=web }}. Percentages exclude informal votes.</ref>	Year	Constituency	Candidate		Votes	Pct	Opponent(s)		Votes	Pct	Ballot casts	Majority	Turnout
1990	P128 Kota Tinggi	Template:Party shading/Barisan Nasional |	Template:Nowrap (UMNO)	36,504	78.57%	Template:Party shading/S46 |	Ma'on Omar (S46)	9,956	21.43%	48,073	26,548	79.42%
1995	P139 Kota Tinggi	Template:Party shading/Barisan Nasional |	Template:Nowrap (UMNO)	36,776	92.44%	Template:Party shading/PAS |	Mohamed Hanipa Maidin (PAS)	3,007	7.56%	41,577	33,769	78.83%
1999		Template:Party shading/Barisan Nasional |	Template:Nowrap (UMNO)	36,819	86.84%	Template:Party shading/Keadilan |	Rosdin Taha Abd Rahman (keADILan)	5,651	13.16%	44,994	32,161	78.15%
2004	P156 Kota Tinggi	Template:Party shading/Barisan Nasional |	Template:Nowrap (UMNO)	Unopposed
2008		Template:Party shading/Barisan Nasional |	Template:Nowrap (UMNO)	22,682	85.91%	Template:Party shading/PAS |	Onn Jaafar (PAS)	3,721	14.09%	27,109	18,961	79.29%

Honours

Honours of Malaysia

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Foreign honours

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