Syed Hamid Albar

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Syed Hamid Albar
Syed Hamid Albar

Datuk Seri Syed Hamid bin Syed Jaafar Albar (born January 15, 1944), is a Malaysian politician and currently is the Malaysian Home Minister. He is a member of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), the main political party in the country. He was born in Kampong Malayu Air Hitam, Penang, Malaysia, to Tan Sri Syed Jaafar Albar, also a Malaysian politician. Albar is of Hadhrami Arab descent, [1][2][3] and has a son, Syed Naquib.[4]

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[edit] Political career

Syed Hamid Albar has been active in UMNO since his student days. As a student, he set up a club for Malaysian expatriates and students in London. Later, he became a member of UMNO Supreme Council in 1986. Soon after, he joined the Malaysian cabinet as a minister in the oil department and then as minister of law. In 1995, he was appointed as the Defense Minister and in 1999, he was appointed as the Foreign Minister. In March 2008, he was appointed as the Home Minister.

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  1. ^ The Straits Times, June 1, 2007, Insight–Boosting links, 'software' to rekindle Arab ties, by Jeremy Au Yong
  2. ^ The world's successful diasporas
  3. ^ Speech by Dato Seri Syed Hamid Albar
  4. ^ No Plans To Stop M'sians From Visiting The Philippines

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