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Zambry Abdul Kadir
زمبري بن عبدالقادر
Minister of Higher Education
Zambry Abdul Kadir
Zambry bin Abdul Kadir is a Malaysian politician who has been the Minister of Higher Education since December 2023. He was previously the Minister of Foreign Affairs from December 2022 to December 2023 and has been a senator since December 2022. He served as the 11th Menteri Besar of Perak from 2009 to 2018 and was a member of the Perak State Legislative Assembly for Pangkor from 2004 to 2022. Zambry is a Supreme Council Member of UMNO and has served as the Secretary-General of Barisan Nasional (BN) since June 2021. He holds a PhD from Temple University and started his political career in 1995.
Education
- Temple University — PhD in Political Thoughts, 1995
- Temple University — Master's degree in Political Philosophy and Comparative Religion, 1993
- International Islamic University Malaysia — Master's degree in Islamic Thoughts, 1991
- International Islamic University Malaysia — B.Econ (Hon) in Economics
- Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Panglima Bukit Gantang — Upper Secondary Education
- SMK Sitiawan — Secondary Education
Party History
- United Malays National Organisation (1995-01-01 – Present)
Past Positions
- Minister of Foreign Affairs (2022-12-01 – 2023-12-01)
- Senator (2022-12-01 – Present)
- Non-independent and non-executive Chairman of Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad (MAHB) (2020-08-01 – 2022-12-01)
- Secretary-General of Barisan Nasional (BN) (2021-06-01 – Present)
- Member of the Perak State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Pangkor (2004-03-21 – 2022-11-19)
- Leader of the Opposition of Perak (2018-07-01 – 2018-08-01)
- Menteri Besar of Perak (2009-02-06 – 2018-05-12)
- Member of Perak State Executive Council (EXCO) (2004-03-01 – 2008-03-01)