Azmi Khalid


Azmi bin Khalid is a Malaysian politician who served as Minister of Water, Land and [Natural Resources |Minister of Natural Resources and Environment] and Member of Parliament for Padang Besar from April 1995 to May 2013. He was also a minister in the federal Cabinet from 1999 to 2008, as a member of the United Malay [National Organisation] in the then-ruling Barisan Nasional coalition.
Tan Sri Azmi's first ministerial appointment was as Minister of [Rural Development |Minister of Rural Development], becoming the first Cabinet minister from Perlis. He became the Minister of [Home Affairs |Minister of Home Affairs] in 2004, before moving to the Ministry of Natural [Resources and Environment |Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment] in 2006. He lost his Cabinet position after the Malaysian general election|2008 election] for reasons tied to his involvement in political disruption in Perlis. 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.

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Honours of Malaysia