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Syed Hamid Albar

Yang Berbahagia Tan Sri Datuk Seri
Syed Hamid Albar
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Member of the Malaysian Parliament
for Kota Tinggi, Johor
In office
1990–2013
Preceded by Musa Hitam
Succeeded by Noor Ehsanuddin Mohd Harun Narrashid
Malaysian Minister of Home Affairs
In office
18 March 2008 – 9 April 2009
Preceded by Mohd Radzi Sheikh Ahmad
Succeeded by Hishammuddin Hussein
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Malaysia
In office
1999 – 17 March 2008
Preceded by Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
Succeeded by Rais Yatim
Personal details
Born (1944-01-15) 15 January 1944 (age 73)
Kampung Melayu Air Hitam, Penang, Malaysia
Political party United Malays National Organisation
Spouse(s) Sharifah Aziah Syed Zainal Abidin
Children 6
Occupation Politician
Profession Lawyer
Religion Sunni Islam
Website syedhamidalbar44.blogspot.com

Tan Sri Datuk Seri Syed Hamid bin Syed Jaafar Albar (Arabic: سيد حامد بن سيد جعفر البار‎‎ Sayyid Ḥāmid bin Sayyid Ja'far al-bār; born 15 January 1944) was a senior Malaysian government minister in the 1990s and 2000s. He was the Minister for Home Affairs (2008–2009), Minister for Foreign Affairs (1999–2008), Minister for Defence (1995–1999) and Minister for Justice (1990–1995). He was a member of the Parliament of Malaysia from 1990 to 2013, representing the seat of Kota Tinggi, Johor, for the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO). He is currently the chairman of the Land Public Transport Commission.

Syed Hamid was born in Kampung Melayu Air Hitam, Penang, Malaysia, to Syed Jaafar Albar, an UMNO politician and former cabinet minister. Syed Hamid's father was of Hadhrami Arab descent, and migrated from Indonesia to Malaysia shortly before World War II.

He had his secondary education at Maxwell School before going to Methodist Boys' School (Kuala Lumpur) for his Form Six education. For his tertiary education, he read law in the Inns of Court, London and was called to the Degree of an Utter Barrister by the Honourable Society of Middle Temple in 1970. As a student in London, he set up a club for Malaysian expatriates and students.

He is married with 6 children.

Syed Hamid has been active in UMNO in his student days, including while studying in the United Kingdom. After returning to Malaysia he became a magistrate, and then president of the Sessions Court, before entering the corporate world. In 1986 he won election to UMNO's Supreme Council and entered Parliament in 1990, as the member for Kota Tinggi. He was immediately appointed as Minister for Justice, and in 1995 became the Defence Minister.


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