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Yang Berbahagia Dato'
Azimi Daim
DSDK DMSM JP
Yang Berbahagia Dato' Azimi Daim DSDK DMSM JP
عظيمي دائم‎
Kedah State Executive Councillor
	In office; 26 November 2007 – 9 March 2008 ; Education and Human Development
Monarch	Abdul Halim
Menteri Besar	Mahdzir Khalid
Preceded by	Himself (Education) ; Othman Ishak (Human Development)
Succeeded by	Abdullah Jusoh (Education) ; Ismail Salleh (Human Development)
Constituency	Bandar Baharu
	In office; 29 December 2005 – 26 November 2007 ; Education, Information Technology, Communication and Multimedia
Monarch	Abdul Halim
Menteri Besar	Mahdzir Khalid
Preceded by	Himself (Education) ; Khalidah Adibah Ayob (Communication and Multimedia)
Succeeded by	Himself (Education) ; Nawawi Ahmad (Information Technology)
Constituency	Bandar Baharu
	In office; 28 March 2004 – 29 December 2005 ; Education
Monarch	Abdul Halim
Menteri Besar	Syed Razak Syed Zain Barakbah
Preceded by	Othman Ishak
Succeeded by	Himself
Constituency	Bandar Baharu
1st Deputy Permanent Chairman of the ; Malaysian United Indigenous Party
	In office; 30 December 2017 – 14 August 2020
President	Muhyiddin Yassin
Chairman	Mahathir Mohamad ; (2017–2020) ; Muhyiddin Yassin ; (Acting) (2020)
Permanent Chairman	Mohd. Shariff Omar
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Hashim Suboh
Constituency	Kulim-Bandar Baharu
Member of the Kedah State Legislative Assembly; for Bandar Baharu
	In office; 21 March 2004 – 8 March 2008
Preceded by	Osman Md Aji ; (BN–UMNO)
Succeeded by	Yaakub Hussin ; (PR–PAS)
Majority	3,878 (2004)
Personal details
Born	Azimi bin Daim; 22 April 1964 (age 60); Sungai Petani, Kedah, Malaysia
Citizenship	Malaysian
Political party	United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) ; (2012–2016) ; Malaysian United Indigenous Party (BERSATU) ; (2016–2020) ; Homeland Fighters' Party (PEJUANG) ; (since 2020)
Other political; affiliations	Barisan Nasional (BN) ; (2012–2016) ; Pakatan Harapan (PH) ; (2016–2020, aligned:since 2020)
Children	4
Alma mater	MARA University of Technology; University of Hartford
Occupation	Politician
Website	Facebook

Dato' Azimi bin Daim is a Malaysian politician who served as Member of the Kedah State Executive Council (EXCO) in the Barisan Nasional (BN) state administration under former Menteris Besar Syed Razak Syed Zain Barakbah and Mahdzir Khalid and Member of the Kedah State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Bandar Baharu from March 2004 to March 2008. He is a member of the Homeland Fighters' Party (PEJUANG) and 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 and the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), a component party of the ruling BN coalition. He served as Deputy Permanent Chairman of BERSATU from December 2017 to August 2020.^[1]

Azimi was born on 22 April 1964 in Sungai Petani, Kedah. He graduated from Universiti Teknologi MARA and also studied at University of Hartford.^[2]

Before joining BERSATU at its inception in 2016, Azimi was a Supreme Council Member (2000-2003) and Information Chief of the Youth wing of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO). He was formerly the Political Secretary of the Kedah Menteri Besar and Kedah state executive councillors. He was also the former Kedah State Legislative Assemblyman for Bandar Baharu from 2004 to 2008.^[3] He was appointed as the Deputy Permanent Chairman of BERSATU during the party General Assembly at Shah Alam on 30 December 2017.

Controversy

In 2006, together with Hashim Suboh and Hasnoor Hussein, he was officially reprimanded by UMNO for stating that "when tension rises, the blood of Malay warriors will run in our veins", which the opposition Democratic Action Party (DAP) had alleged was seditious. This was reportedly the first time UMNO leaders had been reprimanded for the content of their speeches.^[4] Azimi said:

I accept the advice as a reminder for myself for the future. I admit my mistake and will accept the advice of the supreme council. But it doesn't mean I cannot speak on the rights and priorities of the Malays. It's just that I'll be more careful. ... It was not meant to be threatening but more of a reminder for the younger generation. I've been speaking in the party general assembly since 1997. Some even consider me as a seasoned speaker. I have used the same style of speaking since Day One. But I'm surprised at how this issue has been played up.^[5]

Azimi blamed the opposition parties of the DAP and People's Justice Party (Keadilan) for blowing the issue out of proportion.^[5]

Election results

**Kedah State Legislative Assembly**^[6]^[7]^[8]^[9]^[10]
Year	Constituency		Votes	Pct		Votes	Pct	Ballots cast	Majority	Turnout
2004	N36 Bandar Baharu	Azimi Daim (UMNO)	10,752	59.53%	Yaakub Hussin (PAS)	6,874	38.06%	18,060	3,878	78.94%
2008		Azimi Daim (UMNO)	7,860	42.65%	Yaakub Hussin (PAS)	9,709	52.68%	18,431	1,849	78.78%
2008		Azimi Daim (UMNO)	7,860	42.65%	Abd Aziz Majid (IND)	377	2.05%	18,431	1,849	78.78%
2018		Azimi Daim (BERSATU)	7,507	26.80%	Norsabrina Mohd Noor (UMNO)	7,884	28.10%	23,473	377	83.80%
2018		Azimi Daim (BERSATU)	7,507	26.80%	Rohaizat Ja'afar (PAS)	7,506	26.80%	23,473	377	83.80%

Honours

Malacca :
- Companion Class I of the Exalted Order of Malacca (DMSM) – Datuk (2003)
Kedah :
- Knight Companion of the Order of Loyalty to the Royal House of Kedah (DSDK) – Dato' (2006)
- Justice of the Peace of Kedah (JP) (2014)^[11]