Dato' Seri Dr. Ahmad Zahid bin Hamidi (Jawi: أحمد زاهد بن حميدي; born 4 January 1953) is a Malaysian politician who has served as the 11th and 14th Deputy Prime Minister from July 2015 to May 2018 and again since December 2022 and Minister of Rural and Regional Development in the Pakatan Harapan (PH) administration under Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim since December 2022, 6th Chairman of the Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition, 8th President of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) since May 2018 and the Member of Parliament (MP) for Bagan Datuk since April 1995. He served as the 14th Leader of the Opposition from July 2018 to March 2019, Minister of Home Affairs, Minister of Defence and Minister in the Prime Minister's Department in the BN administration under former Prime Ministers Ab