Preceded by Azmi Khalid Name Mohd Sheikh Preceded by Abdul Hamid Pawanteh Role Politician | Occupation Politician Succeeded by Syed Hamid Albar Religion Sunni Islam | |
Born 24 February 1942 (age 82)
Kangar, Perlis, British Malaya (now Malaysia) ( 1942-02-24 ) Political party United Malays National Organisation – BN People also search for Abdul Razak Hussein, Zainal Abidin Ahmad, Hamzah Abdullah |
Dato' Seri Mohd Radzi Sheikh Ahmad (born 24 February 1942) is a former Malaysian politician from the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO). He was the Member of Parliament for the seat of Kangar in Perlis and was the Minister of Home Affairs from 2006 to 2008.
Radzi was first elected to Parliament in 1982. He has held various Ministries including Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister's Department (1983–1984) and Deputy Minister for the Primary Industries Ministry (1984–1986).
He was appointed Minister for Home Affairs in February 2006, but in March 2008 was dropped from the Cabinet. He also resigned as the Secretary-General of Barisan Nasional and UMNO, saying he would not be able to work effectively without a Cabinet post. He was dropped from UMNO's list of candidates for the 2013 general election, replaced by Shaharuddin Ismail.