Ahmad Hamzah

{{short description|Malaysian politician}}

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{{Infobox officeholder

| honorific-prefix = Yang Berbahagia Datuk Seri

| name = Ahmad Hamzah

| honorific-suffix = {{post-nominals|country=MYS|size=100%|DGSM|DCSM|DMSM}}

| native_name = {{lang|ms|{{Script|Arab|أحمد حمزة}}}}

| image =

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| birth_name = Ahmad bin Hamzah

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1948|09|27|df=y}}

| birth_place = Malacca, Federation of Malaya (now Malaysia)

| residence =

| death_date =

| death_place =

| office = Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Food Industries I

| term_start = 30 August 2021

| term_end = 24 November 2022

| monarch = Abdullah

| primeminister = Ismail Sabri Yaakob

| minister = Ronald Kiandee

| alongside = Nik Muhammad Zawawi Salleh {{small|(Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Food Industries II)}}

| predecessor = Himself

| successor = Chan Foong Hin
{{small|(Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Food Security)}}

| constituency = Jasin

| term_start1 = 10 March 2020

| term_end1 = 16 August 2021

| monarch1 = Abdullah

| primeminister1 = Muhyiddin Yassin

| minister1 = Ronald Kiandee

| alongside1 = Che Abdullah Mat Nawi {{small|(Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Food Industries II)}}

| predecessor1 = Sim Tze Tzin
{{small|(Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Agro-based Industry)}}

| successor1 = Himself

| constituency1 = Jasin

| constituency_MP2 = Jasin

| parliament2 = Malaysian

| term_start2 = 8 March 2008

| term_end2 = 19 November 2022

| majority2 = 12,728 (2008)
11,763 (2013)
219 (2018)

| predecessor2 = Mohammad Said Yusof
(BN–UMNO)

| successor2 = Zulkifli Ismail
(PN–PAS)

| constituency_AM3 = Serkam

| assembly3 = Melaka State Legislative

| term_start3 = 24 April 1995

| term_end3 = 8 March 2008

| predecessor3 = Arifin Baba
(BN–UMNO)

| majority3 = 4,117 (1995)
1,889 (1999)
4,347 (2004)

| successor3 = Ghazale Muhamad
(BN–UMNO)

| office4 = Exco roles (Malacca)

| subterm4 = 1995–1999

| suboffice4 = Chairman of the Agriculture and Rural Development

| subterm5 = 1999–2004

| suboffice5 = Chairman of the Industry, Science and Technology

| subterm6 = 2004–2008

| suboffice6 = Chairman of the Health, Consumer Affair and Human Resources

| office9 = Faction represented in Dewan Rakyat

| subterm9 = 2008–2022

| suboffice9 = Barisan Nasional

| office10 = Faction represented in Malacca State Legislative Assembly

| subterm10 = 1995–2008

| suboffice10 = Barisan Nasional

| party = United Malays National Organisation (UMNO)

| otherparty = Barisan Nasional (BN)

| occupation = Politician

| relations = Abdul Ghafar Baba (father-in-law)

| spouse = Zainun Abdul Ghafar

| children =

| alma_mater = University of London

| website = {{URL|http://p139jasin.blogspot.com/}}

| footnotes =

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Ahmad bin Hamzah (Jawi: أحمد بن حمزة; born 27 September 1948) is a Malaysian politician who served as Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Food Industries I for the second term in the Barisan Nasional (BN) administration under former Prime Minister Dato' Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob and former Minister Ronald Kiandee from August 2021 to the collapse of the BN administration in November 2022 and the first term in the Perikatan Nasional (PN) administration under former Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin and former Minister Ronald from March 2020 to the collapse of the PN administration in August 2021, Member of Parliament (MP) for Jasin from March 2008 to November 2022 and Member of the Melaka State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Serkam from April 1995 to March 2008. He is a member of the United Malay National Organisation (UMNO), a component party of the BN coalition and the son-in-law of Tun Abdul Ghafar Baba, the former Deputy Prime Minister.

Ahmad was elected to federal Parliament in the 2008 election, having been nominated by UMNO to contest the Jasin seat ahead of its incumbent member Mohammad Said bin Yusof.{{Cite web

|title=Malaysia Decides 2008

|work=The Star (Malaysia)

|url=http://thestar.com.my/election/

|access-date=25 January 2010

|url-status=dead

|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080409212729/http://thestar.com.my/election/

|archive-date=9 April 2008

}} Percentage figures are calculated based on total turnout. Includes results from the 2004 election. Results from earlier elections are not available.{{cite news|url=http://www.asiaone.com/News/AsiaOne%2BNews/Malaysia/Story/A1Story20080221-50704.html|title='Close one eye' MP out|date=21 February 2008|publisher=asiaone|access-date=25 January 2010}} Before entering the federal parliament, Ahmad was previously a three terms member of the Malacca State Legislative Assembly for the seat of Serkam .

Ahmad retained the Jasin seat in the 2013 and 2018 general elections consecutively.