Radzi Jidin

{{short description|Malaysian politician}}

{{Malay name|Mohd Radzi|Md Jidin}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2022}}

{{Infobox officeholder

| honorific_prefix = Yang Berhormat Datuk

| name = Mohd Radzi Md Jidin

| native_name = {{lang|ms|{{Script|Arab|محمد راضي محمد جيدين}}}}

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| honorific_suffix = {{post-nominals|size=100|country=MYS|PMW|MP}}

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| caption = Mohd. Radzi in 2020

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| office = Senior Minister of Education Cluster

| primeminister = Ismail Sabri Yaakob

| term_start = 30 August 2021

| term_end = 24 November 2022

| predecessor = Himself
{{small|(Senior Minister of Education and Social Cluster)}}

| successor = Position abolished

| constituency = Senator

| office1 = Senior Minister of Education and Social Cluster

| primeminister1 = Muhyiddin Yassin

| term_start1 = 10 March 2020

| term_end1 = 16 August 2021

| predecessor1 = Position established

| successor1 = Himself
{{small|(Senior Minister of Education Cluster)}}

| constituency1 = Senator

| office2 = Minister of Education

| term_start2 = 30 August 2021

| term_end2 = 24 November 2022

| deputy2 = Mah Hang Soon
Mohamad Alamin

| monarch2 = Abdullah

| primeminister2 = Ismail Sabri Yaakob

| constituency2 = Senator

| predecessor2 = Himself

| successor2 = Fadhlina Sidek

| term_start3 = 10 March 2020

| term_end3 = 16 August 2021

| deputy3 = Mah Hang Soon
Muslimin Yahaya

| monarch3 = Abdullah

| primeminister3 = Muhyiddin Yassin

| constituency3 = Senator

| predecessor3 = Maszlee Malik
Mahathir Mohamad {{small|(acting)}}

| successor3 = Himself

| office4 = Deputy Minister of Economic Affairs

| term_start4 = 17 July 2018

| term_end4 = 24 February 2020

| alongside4 =

| monarch4 = Muhammad V
{{small|(2018–2019)}}
Abdullah
{{small|(2019–2020)}}

| primeminister4 = Mahathir Mohamad

| minister4 = Azmin Ali

| constituency4 = Senator

| predecessor4 = Devamany Krishnasamy
{{small|(Deputy Minister in Prime Minister's Department (Economic Planning Unit))}}

| successor4 = Arthur Joseph Kurup
{{small|(Deputy Minister in Prime Minister's Department (Economic Affairs))}}

| office5 = Senator

| term_start5 = 17 July 2018

| term_end5 = 5 November 2022

| monarch5 = Muhammad V
{{small|(2018–2019)}}
Abdullah
{{small|(2019–2022)}}

| primeminister5 = Mahathir Mohamad
{{small|(2018–2020)}}
Muhyiddin Yassin
{{small|(2020–2021)}}
Ismail Sabri Yaakob
{{small|(2021–2022)}}

| predecessor5 = Azizah Harun
(BNUMNO)

| office6 = Vice President of the
Malaysian United Indigenous Party

| alongside6 = Ronald Kiandee &
Mohd Rafiq Naizamohideen (2020–2022) &
Ahmad Faizal Azumu (since 2024)

| president6 = Muhyiddin Yassin

| term_start6 = 23 August 2020

| term_end6 =

| predecessor6 = Abdul Rashid Asari

| office7 = 3rd Information Chief of Perikatan Nasional

| term_start7 = April 2025

| term_end7 =

| 1blankname7 = Chairman

| 1namedata7 = Muhyiddin Yassin

| predecessor7 = Ahmad Faizal Azumu

| successor7 =

| office8 = 2nd Information Chief of the
Malaysian United Indigenous Party

| 1blankname8 = Chairman

| 1namedata8 = Mahathir Mohamad
{{small|(2018–2020)}}
Muhyiddin Yassin
{{small|(2020)}}

| president8 = Muhyiddin Yassin

| term_start8 = 27 September 2018

| term_end8 = 8 September 2020

| predecessor8 = Kamarudin Md Nor

| successor8 = Wan Saiful Wan Jan

| constituency_MP9 = Putrajaya

| parliament9 = Malaysian

| term_start9 = 19 November 2022

| term_end9 =

| predecessor9 = Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor
(BNUMNO)

| successor9 =

| majority9 = 2,310 (2022)

| office10 = Faction represented in Dewan Rakyat

| subterm10 = 2022–

| suboffice10 = Perikatan Nasional

| office11 = Faction represented in Dewan Negara

| subterm11 = 2018–2020

| suboffice11 = Pakatan Harapan

| subterm12 = 2020

| suboffice12 = Malaysian United Indigenous Party

| subterm13 = 2020–2022

| suboffice13 = Perikatan Nasional

| pronunciation =

| birth_name = Mohd. Radzi bin Md. Jidin

| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1977|9|4|df=y}}

| birth_place = Ketereh, Kota Bharu, Kelantan, Malaysia

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| party = Malaysian United Indigenous Party (BERSATU)
(since 2018)

United Malays National Organisation (UMNO)
(before 2018)

| otherparty = Barisan Nasional (BN)
(before 2018)
Pakatan Harapan (PH)
(2018–2020)
Perikatan Nasional (PN)
(since 2020)

| residence =

| education = Royal Military College

| alma_mater = La Trobe University
Universiti Utara Malaysia
Australian National University

| occupation =

| profession = Forensic accountant, lecturer

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Mohd Radzi bin Md Jidin (Jawi: محمد راضي بن محمد جيدين‎; born 4 September 1977) is a Malaysian politician and forensic accountant who served as Senior Minister of the Education and Social Cluster and as Minister of Education from 2020 to 2022. He has been the Member of Parliament (MP) for Putrajaya since November 2022.

He was a Senator from 2018 to his resignation in 2022. He is a member of and has served as Vice-President of the Malaysian United Indigenous Party (BERSATU), a component party of Perikatan Nasional (PN), since 2020.

Early life and education

Radzi was born on 4 September 1977 to a former headmaster in Ketereh, Kota Bharu, Kelantan. He went to Royal Military College. He is an alumni to the La Trobe University, Universiti Utara Malaysia (UUM) and Australian National University.

Early career

Before joining politics, he was a lecturer in forensic accounting at University of Tasmania in Hobart, Australia.{{Cite web|url=https://www.themalaysianinsight.com/s/36196|title=Accounting lecturer dumps Umno for Bersatu over 1MDB {{!}}|publisher=The Malaysian Insight|website=www.themalaysianinsight.com|author=Salhan K. Ahmad|date=5 February 2018|language=en|access-date=18 February 2019}}

Political career

He contested in the 2018 general election for Ketereh federal seat in Kelantan against incumbent Annuar Musa from UMNO of BN and Wan Ismail Wan Jusoh from the Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS) but was defeated.{{cite web|url=https://keputusan.spr.gov.my/|title=SEMAKAN KEPUTUSAN PILIHAN RAYA UMUM KE – 14|publisher=Election Commission of Malaysia |language=Malay|accessdate=17 May 2018}} Percentage figures based on total turnout.{{cite web|url=https://election.thestar.com.my/|title=The Star Online GE14|work=The Star|accessdate=24 May 2018}} Percentage figures based on total turnout.

He served as the Deputy Minister of Economic Affairs in the Pakatan Harapan (PH) administration under former Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad and former Minister Mohamed Azmin Ali from July 2018 to the collapse of the PH administration in February 2020. He is a member of the Malaysian United Indigenous Party (BERSATU), which is a component party of the opposition PN coalition. BERSATU was formerly a component party of the PH coalition prior to the 2020–2022 Malaysian political crisis. Before joining BERSATU, Radzi was a member of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), a component party of the Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition.

Radzi's efficacy as Education Minister has often been questioned since the Perikatan Nasional government takeover in 2020. His tenure has largely been acknowledged as a disservice to Malaysian students owing to a lack of policy making prowess and foresight particularly during the COVID-19 pandemic.[https://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2021/04/24/quit-opposition-tells-education-minister-and-his-deputies/ Quit, opposition tells education minister and his deputies]{{Cite web|last=Rahim|first=Nor Fazlina Abdul|date=2021-03-28|title=Yang kritik pun tidak pernah uruskan COVID-19 - Dr Radzi|url=https://www.bharian.com.my/berita/nasional/2021/03/801161/yang-kritik-pun-tidak-pernah-uruskan-covid-19-dr-radzi|access-date=2021-10-07|website=Berita Harian|language=en}}

Election results

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|+ Parliament of Malaysia{{Cite web|url=http://www.utusan.com.my/berita/politik/pilihan-raya/pilihan-raya-umum-ke-14/maklumat-calon-dan-kawasan-pilihan-raya-p26-ketereh-kelantan-1.652832|title=Maklumat Calon dan Kawasan Pilihan Raya P26 KETEREH Kelantan|website=Utusan Online|access-date=18 February 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180926073325/http://www.utusan.com.my/berita/politik/pilihan-raya/pilihan-raya-umum-ke-14/maklumat-calon-dan-kawasan-pilihan-raya-p26-ketereh-kelantan-1.652832|archive-date=26 September 2018|url-status=dead}}

!|Year

!|Constituency

!colspan=2|Candidate

!|Votes

!|Pct

!colspan=2|Opponent(s)

!|Votes

!|Pct

!|Ballots cast

!|Majority

!|Turnout

rowspan="2" |2018

| rowspan="2" |P026 Ketereh

| rowspan="2" {{Party shading/Keadilan}} |

| rowspan="2" | Mohd Radzi Md Jidin (BERSATU)

| rowspan="2" align=right|6,799

| rowspan="2" |12.80%

|{{Party shading/Barisan Nasional}} |

|{{nowrap|Annuar Musa}} (UMNO)

| align=right|25,467

| 47.95%

| rowspan="2" |53,888

| rowspan="2" |4,625

| rowspan="2" |82.60%

{{Party shading/PAS}} |

|Wan Ismail Wan Jusoh (PAS)

| align=right|20,841

|39.24%

rowspan="5" |2022

| rowspan="5" |P125 Putrajaya

| rowspan="5" bgcolor={{Party color|Perikatan Nasional}} |

| rowspan="5" |{{nowrap|Mohd Radzi Md Jidin}} (BERSATU)

|rowspan="5" align=right|16,002

|rowspan="5" |43.67%

|{{Party shading/Barisan Nasional}} |

|{{nowrap|Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor}} (UMNO)

| align=right|13,692

|37.37%

| rowspan="5"|36,643

| rowspan="5"|2,310

| rowspan="5"|87.22%

{{Party shading/PH}} |

|Noraishah Mydin Abdul Aziz (PKR)

| align="right" |5,988

|16.34%

bgcolor={{Party color|Homeland Fighter's Party}} |

|Rosli Ramli (PEJUANG)

| align="right" |878

| align=right|2.40%

{{Party shading/Independent}} |

|Samsudin Mohamad Fauzi (IND)

| align="right" |63

| align="right" |0.17%

{{Party shading/Independent}} |

|Lim Fic Bee (IND)

| align="right" |20

| align="right" |0.05%

Honours

  • {{flag|Malaysia}} :
  • 50px Recipient of the 17th Yang di-Pertuan Agong Installation Medal (2024)
  • {{Flag|Federal Territory (Malaysia)}} :
  • 50px Commander of the Order of the Territorial Crown (PMW) – Datuk (2021){{Cite web|last=Nair|first=Vijenthi|date=1 February 2021|title=Yang di-Pertua Negeri Sabah, Penang head FT Day honours list|url=https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2021/02/01/king-gives-blessings-to-present-awards-honors-medals-in-conjunction-with-ft-day-this-year|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=1 February 2021|website=The Star Online}}{{Cite web|first1=Mohd Iskandar|last1=Ibrahim|first2=Noor Atiqah|last2=Sulaiman|date=1 February 2021|title=Seramai 335 terima darjah kebesaran sempena Hari Wilayah|url=https://www.bharian.com.my/berita/nasional/2021/02/781778/bhplus|archive-url=|archive-date=|access-date=1 February 2021|website=Berita Harian|language=ms}}

References