Syed Hamid Albar

Yang Berbahagia Tan Sri Datuk Seri
Syed Hamid Albar
PMN SPDK SPMK DGSM DPPN
سيد حميد بن سيد جعفر البر
Minister of Home Affairs
In office
18 March 2008 – 9 April 2009
Monarch Mizan Zainal Abidin
Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
Deputy 1. Wan Ahmad Farid Wan Salleh
2. Chor Chee Heung
Preceded by Mohd Radzi Sheikh Ahmad
Succeeded by Hishammuddin Hussein
Constituency Kota Tinggi
In office
27 October 1990 – 3 May 1995
Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad
Preceded by Sulaiman Daud
Succeeded by Office absorbed into Ministry of Home Affairs
Constituency Kota Tinggi
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office
7 January 1999 – 18 March 2008
Monarch Ja'afar
Salahuddin
Sirajuddin
Mizan Zainal Abidin
Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad
Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
Deputy 1. Leo Michael Toyad (1999-2004)
2. Joseph Salang Gandum (2004-2008)
Preceded by Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
Succeeded by Rais Yatim
Constituency Kota Tinggi
Minister of Defence
In office
4 May 1995 – 7 January 1999
Monarch Ja'afar
Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad
Deputy Abdullah Fadzil Che Wan
Preceded by Najib Razak
Succeeded by Abang Abu Bakar Abang Mustapha
Constituency Kota Tinggi
Minister in the Prime Minister's Department
In office
27 October 1990 – 3 May 1995
Monarch Azlan Shah
Ja'afar
Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad
Constituency Kota Tinggi
Member of the Malaysian Parliament
for Kota Tinggi
In office
1990–2013
Preceded by Musa Hitam
Succeeded by Noor Ehsanuddin Mohd Harun Narrashid
Majority 26,548 (1990)
33,769 (1995)
32,161 (1999)
uncontested (2004)
18,961 (2008)
Personal details
Born Syed Hamid bin Syed Jaafar Albar
(1944-01-15) 15 January 1944
Kampung Melayu Air Hitam, Penang, Japanese occupation of Malaya (now Malaysia)
Political party UMNO (until 29 June 2018)
BERSATU (since September 2018)
Other political
affiliations		 Barisan Nasional (until 29 June 2018)
Pakatan Harapan (since September 2018)
Spouse(s) Sharifah Aziah Syed Zainal Abidin
Children 6
Occupation Politician
Profession Lawyer[1]
Website syedhamidalbar44.blogspot.com

Tan Sri Datuk Seri Syed Hamid bin Syed Jaafar Albar (Jawi: سيد حميد بن سيد جعفر البر; Arabic: سيد حامد بن سيد جعفر البار‎ Sayyid Ḥāmid bin Sayyid Ja'far al-bār;[2][3] born 15 January 1944) was a senior Malaysian government minister in the 1990s and 2000s. He was the Minister for Home Affairs (2008–2009), Minister for Foreign Affairs (1999–2008), Minister for Defence (1995–1999) and Minister for Justice (1990–1995). He was a member of the Parliament of Malaysia from 1990 to 2013, representing the seat of Kota Tinggi, Johor, for the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO). He is previously the chairman of the dissolved Land Public Transport Commission (SPAD).[4]

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.[5][6][7]

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 as Minister for Justice, and in 1995 became the Defence Minister.[8]

In 1999, he was appointed as the Foreign Minister. In March 2008, he was appointed as the Home Minister. In April 2009, he was dropped from the Cabinet by the incoming prime minister Najib Razak. The previous month he had contested, but failed to win, one of UMNO's three vice-president positions at the party's general assembly.[9] He left Parliament in 2013, deciding not to re-contest the seat of Kota Tinggi, which he had held by large margins since 1990.[10]

Election results

Parliament of Malaysia: P156 Kota Tinggi, Johor[11]
Year Government Votes Pct Opposition Votes Pct
1990 Syed Hamid Albar (UMNO) 36,504 79% Ma'on Omar (S46) 9,956 21%
1995 Syed Hamid Albar (UMNO) 36,776 92% Mohamed Hanipa Maidin (PAS) 3,007 8%
1999 Syed Hamid Albar (UMNO) 36,819 86% Rosdin Taha Abd Rahman (Keadilan) 5,651 13%
2004 Syed Hamid Albar (UMNO) – – Unopposed – –
2008 Syed Hamid Albar (UMNO) 22,682 86% Onn Jaafar (PAS) 3,721 14%

Honours

Honours of Malaysia

References

  1. ↑ Deadline should be set for its usage in courts, New Straits Times, p. 6
  2. ↑ http://arabic.peopledaily.com.cn/31663/3314902.html
  3. ↑ http://www.ipsinternational.org/arabic/print.asp?idnews=250
  4. ↑ Syed Hamid Albar is head of public transport commission
  5. ↑ The Straits Times, 1 June 2007, Insight–Boosting links, 'software' to rekindle Arab ties, by Jeremy Au Yong
  6. ↑ The world's successful diasporas
  7. ↑ Speech by Dato Seri Syed Hamid Albar
  8. ↑ "40 Years of ASEAN: Its Evolution and its Challenges today". London School of Economics. Retrieved 2 November 2014.
  9. ↑ "Ahmad Zahid, Hishammuddin, Shafie Win Umno Veep Posts". Bernama. Retrieved 2 November 2014.
  10. ↑ "Syed Hamid quits Kota Tinggi, urges support for replacement". The Malaysian Insider. 12 April 2013. Retrieved 2 November 2014.
  11. ↑ "Keputusan Pilihan Raya Umum Parlimen/Dewan Undangan Negeri" (in Malay). Election Commission of Malaysia. Retrieved 1 May 2010. . Percentages exclude informal votes.
  12. ↑ "Semakan Penerima Darjah Kebesaran, Bintang dan Pingat".
  13. ↑ "Semakan Penerima Darjah Kebesaran, Bintang dan Pingat".
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