Azmi Khalid

Yang Berbahagia Tan Sri Dato' Seri
Azmi Khalid
PSM SPMP DGSM SIMP DPMP SMP
Yang Berbahagia Tan Sri Dato' Seri Azmi Khalid PSM SPMP DGSM SIMP DPMP SMP
بيسريء @ عزمي بن خالد
Minister of Natural Resources and Environment
	In office; 14 February 2006 – 18 March 2008
Monarch	Mizan Zainal Abidin
Prime Minister	Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
Deputy	S. Sothinathan
Preceded by	Adenan Satem
Succeeded by	Douglas Uggah Embas
Constituency	Padang Besar
Minister of Home Affairs
	In office; 27 March 2004 – 14 February 2006
Monarchs	Sirajuddin ; Mizan Zainal Abidin
Prime Minister	Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
Deputy	Tan Chai Ho
Preceded by	Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
Succeeded by	Mohd Radzi Sheikh Ahmad
Constituency	Padang Besar
Minister of Rural Development
	In office; 15 December 1999 – 26 March 2004
Monarchs	Salahuddin ; Sirajuddin
Prime Minister	Mahathir Mohamad ; Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
Deputy	Palanivel Govindasamy
Preceded by	Annuar Musa
Succeeded by	Abdul Aziz Shamsuddin (Minister of Rural and Regional Development)
Constituency	Padang Besar
Deputy Minister of Home Affairs II
	In office; 2 July 1997 – 14 December 1999 Serving with Ong Ka Ting (Deputy Minister of Home Affairs I)
Monarchs	Ja'afar ; Salahuddin
Prime Minister	Mahathir Mohamad
Minister	Mahathir Mohamad
Preceded by	Megat Junid Megat Ayub
Succeeded by	Zainal Abidin Zin
Constituency	Padang Besar
Parliamentary Secretary in the Prime Minister's Department
	In office; 8 May 1995 – 2 July 1997
Monarchs	Ja'afar ; Salahuddin
Prime Minister	Mahathir Mohamad
Constituency	Padang Besar
Member of the Malaysian Parliament; for Padang Besar
	In office; 25 April 1995 – 5 May 2013
Preceded by	constituency created
Succeeded by	Zahidi Zainul Abidin ; (BN–UMNO)
Majority	10,070 (1995) ; 4,519 (1999) ; 9,265 (2004) ; 5,348 (2008)
Faction represented in Dewan Rakyat
1995–2013	Barisan Nasional
Personal details
Born	Azmi bin Khalid; 13 December 1940 (age 83); Perlis, British Malaya (now Malaysia)
Political party	United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) (until ?) ; Malaysian United Indigenous Party (Bersatu) (?-present)
Other political; affiliations	Barisan Nasional (BN) (until ?); Perikatan Nasional (PN) (?-present)
Spouse(s)	Yasmin Abdullah (Deceased); Normala Shamsuddin
Occupation	Politician

Azmi bin Khalid (Jawi: بيسريء @ عزمي بن خالد; born 13 December 1940) is a former member of the Parliament of Malaysia. He represented the constituency of Padang Besar in Perlis. He was also a minister in the federal Cabinet from 1999 to 2008, as a member of the United Malay National Organisation (UMNO) in the then-ruling Barisan Nasional coalition.

Tan Sri Azmi's first ministerial appointment was as Minister of Rural Development, becoming the first Cabinet minister from Perlis.^[1] He became the Minister of Home Affairs in 2004,^[2] before moving to the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment in 2006.^[3] He lost his Cabinet position after the 2008 election for reasons tied to his involvement in political disruption in Perlis.^[4] He did not re-contest Padang Besar in the 2013 election.

In 2005, Azmi married television personality Normala Shamsuddin. He has four children to his late wife Yasmin Abdullah.^[5]

Election results

**Parliament of Malaysia**^[6]
Year	Constituency		Votes	Pct		Votes	Pct	Ballots cast	Majority	Turnout
1995	P001 Padang Besar, Perlis	Azmi Khalid (UMNO)	17,013	71.02%	Hisharudin Hasan (PAS)	6,943	28.98%	25,854	10,070	77.65%
1999		Azmi Khalid (UMNO)	14,386	59.32%	Mohd Anuar Mohd Tahir (keADILan)	9,867	40.68%	25,347	4,519	78.04%
2004		Azmi Khalid (UMNO)	18,323	66.92%	Wan Kharizal Wan Khazim (PAS)	9,058	33.08%	28,453	9,265	83.93%
2008		Azmi Khalid (UMNO)	16,991	59.34%	Zolkharnain Abidin (PAS)	11,643	40.66%	29,310	5,348	80.05%

Honours

Honours of Malaysia

Malaysia :
- Commander of the Order of Loyalty to the Crown of Malaysia (PSM) – Tan Sri (2013)^[7]
Perlis :
- Companion of the Order of the Crown of Perlis (SMP) (1980)^[8]
- Knight Commander of the Order of the Crown of Perlis (DPMP) – Dato' (1996)
- Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Crown of Perlis (SPMP) – Dato' Seri (2005)
Pahang :
- Grand Knight of the Order of the Crown of Pahang (SIMP) – formerly Dato', now Dato' Indera (2000)
Malacca :
- Grand Commander of the Exalted Order of Malacca (DGSM) – Datuk Seri (2007)^[9]