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Yang Berbahagia Tan Sri Dato' Seri
Mohd Radzi Sheikh Ahmad
PSM SPMP SSAP DPMP
Yang Berbahagia Tan Sri Dato' Seri Mohd Radzi Sheikh Ahmad PSM SPMP SSAP DPMP
محمد رضي شيخ احمد
Secretary-General of the UMNO
	In office; 1 June 2004 – 20 March 2008
President	Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
Preceded by	Mohd Khalil Yaakob
Succeeded by	Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor
Ministerial roles
1982–1983	Parliamentary Secretary of National and Rural Development
1983–1986	Deputy Minister of Home Affairs
1986–1987	Deputy Minister of Primary Industries
2004–2006	Minister in the Prime Minister's Department
2006–2008	Minister of Home Affairs
Faction represented in Dewan Rakyat
1982–1989	Barisan Nasional
1989–1990	Parti Melayu Semangat 46
2004–2013	Barisan Nasional
Faction represented in Dewan Negara
2020	Malaysian United Indigenous Party
2020–2022	Perikatan Nasional
Personal details
Born	Mohd Radzi bin Sheikh Ahmad; 24 February 1942 (age 82); Kangar, Perlis, British Malaya (now Malaysia)
Citizenship	Malaysian
Political party	BERSATU (2018-present); UMNO (1982-1988; 1996–2018); S46 (1989-1996)
Other political; affiliations	PN (2020-present); PH (2018-2020); BN (1982-1988; 1996–2018) ; GR / APU (1989-1996)
Spouse(s)	Ellisha Abdullah; Mahani Abdul Hamid;
Education	Royal Military College
Alma mater	Inns of Court Middle Temple
Occupation	Politician
Profession	Footballer, Lawyer

Mohd Radzi bin Sheikh Ahmad (Jawi: محمد رضي بن شيخ احمد; born 24 February 1942) is a Malaysian former footballer, lawyer, and politician. He was the member of Parliament (MP) of Malaysia for the seat of Kangar in Perlis twice (1982-1990 and 2004–2013) and has served as a senator in Dewan Negara. He was also the Minister in the Prime Minister's Department for Legal Affairs (2004-2006) and for Home Affairs (2006-2008). Presently, he is a member of Malaysian United Indigenous Party or Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia (BERSATU), a component of Perikatan Nasional (PN) coalition, after his resignation from United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) of Barisan Nasional (BN) for the second time in 2018.

Background and formal education

Radzi is the son of former Menteri Besar of Perlis, the late Tan Sri Sheikh Ahmad Mohd Hashim. Radzi received his early education at Sekolah Melayu Kangar in 1948. He then continued his secondary education at Derma English School in 1952 before entering Royal Military College, Port Dickson in 1957. In 1961, he took Barrister-at-Law, Inns of Court in Middle Temple, London.

Early legal and sports career

Radzi had served in the Jurisdiction Department as a Deputy Public Prosecutor in Selangor and later as the President of Session Court in Klang before he left to start his own legal firm.^[1]

Radzi was a footballer of Perlis state. He represented the nation and was a goal scorer during his youth career in the 1960 AFC Youth Championship, which was held in Malaya.^[2]

Politics

Radzi was first elected to Parliament in 1982.^[3] 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).

Radzi joined the Parti Melayu Semangat 46 (S46) in 1989 before rejoining UMNO in 1996 after S46 was dissolved.^[2]

Radzi was picked as UMNO secretary-general on 1 June 2004 by the then UMNO President Abdullah Ahmad Badawi. He was appointed Minister for Home Affairs in February 2006,^[4] but in March 2008 was dropped from the Cabinet. He also resigned as the Secretary-General of UMNO and BN on 20 March 2008, saying he would not be able to work effectively without a Cabinet post.^[5] He was dropped from UMNO's list of candidates for the 2013 general election (GE13), replaced by Shaharuddin Ismail.^[6]

In December 2018, Radzi quit UMNO again and joined Malaysian United Indigenous Party (BERSATU) which is part of new Pakatan Harapan (PH) government following the fall of BN and UMNO in the earlier May 2018 general election (GE14).^[7]^[8] He was then made a Senator after the Sheraton Move by BERSATU led Perikatan Nasional (PN) and sworn in on 17 June 2020.^[9]

Personal life

Radzi married first Ellisha Abdullah, an Irish who died in an accident in 1984 and the couple has five children. He is married second time to Mahani Abdul Hamid and they have three children.

Election results

**Parliament of Malaysia**^[10]^[11]^[12]
Year	Constituency		Votes	Pct		Votes	Pct	Ballots cast	Majority	Turnout
1982	P001 Kangar, Perlis	Mohd Radzi Sheikh Ahmad (UMNO)	22,251	71.51%	Musa Mohamed (PAS)	8,866	28.49%	32,396	13,385	77.16%
1986	P001 Kangar, Perlis	Mohd Radzi Sheikh Ahmad (UMNO)	22,463	68.93%	Shuib Hj Mohammad (PAS)	9,397	28.83%	32,590	13,066	72.29%
1995	P004 Langkawi, Kedah	Mohd Radzi Sheikh Ahmad (S46)	3,552	22.87%	Abu Bakar Taib (UMNO)	11,977	77.13%	16,532	8,425	76.12%
2004	P002 Kangar, Perlis	Mohd Radzi Sheikh Ahmad (UMNO)	22,498	67.98%	Ishar Saad (PAS)	9,950	30.07%	33,095	12,548	81.68%
2008	P002 Kangar, Perlis	Mohd Radzi Sheikh Ahmad (UMNO)	23,821	68.17%	Tunku Abdul Rahman Tunku Ismail (PKR)	10,150	29.04%	34,946	13,671	80.17%