Radzi Jidin

In this Malay name, there is no surname or family name. The name Md Jidin is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by their given name, Mohd Radzi.

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.

Yang Berhormat Datuk Mohd Radzi Md Jidin PMW MP
محمد راضي محمد جيدين‎
Mohd. Radzi in 2020
Senior Minister of Education Cluster
In office 30 August 2021 – 24 November 2022
Prime Minister	Ismail Sabri Yaakob
Preceded by	Himself (Senior Minister of Education and Social Cluster)
Succeeded by	Position abolished
Constituency	Senator
Senior Minister of Education and Social Cluster
In office 10 March 2020 – 16 August 2021
Prime Minister	Muhyiddin Yassin
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Himself (Senior Minister of Education Cluster)
Constituency	Senator
Minister of Education
In office 30 August 2021 – 24 November 2022
Monarch	Abdullah
Prime Minister	Ismail Sabri Yaakob
Deputy	Mah Hang Soon Mohamad Alamin
Preceded by	Himself
Succeeded by	Fadhlina Sidek
Constituency	Senator
In office 10 March 2020 – 16 August 2021
Monarch	Abdullah
Prime Minister	Muhyiddin Yassin
Deputy	Mah Hang Soon Muslimin Yahaya
Preceded by	Maszlee Malik Mahathir Mohamad (acting)
Succeeded by	Himself
Constituency	Senator
Deputy Minister of Economic Affairs
In office 17 July 2018 – 24 February 2020
Monarchs	Muhammad V (2018–2019) Abdullah (2019–2020)
Prime Minister	Mahathir Mohamad
Minister	Azmin Ali
Preceded by	Devamany Krishnasamy (Deputy Minister in Prime Minister's Department (Economic Planning Unit))
Succeeded by	Arthur Joseph Kurup (Deputy Minister in Prime Minister's Department (Economic Affairs))
Constituency	Senator
Senator
In office 17 July 2018 – 5 November 2022
Monarchs	Muhammad V (2018–2019) Abdullah (2019–2022)
Prime Minister	Mahathir Mohamad (2018–2020) Muhyiddin Yassin (2020–2021) Ismail Sabri Yaakob (2021–2022)
Preceded by	Azizah Harun (BN–UMNO)
Vice President of the Malaysian United Indigenous Party
Incumbent
Assumed office 23 August 2020 Serving with Ronald Kiandee & Mohd Rafiq Naizamohideen (2020–2022) & Ahmad Faizal Azumu (since 2024)
President	Muhyiddin Yassin
Preceded by	Abdul Rashid Asari
3rd Information Chief of Perikatan Nasional
Incumbent
Assumed office April 2025
Chairman	Muhyiddin Yassin
Preceded by	Ahmad Faizal Azumu
2nd Information Chief of the Malaysian United Indigenous Party
In office 27 September 2018 – 8 September 2020
President	Muhyiddin Yassin
Chairman	Mahathir Mohamad (2018–2020) Muhyiddin Yassin (2020)
Preceded by	Kamarudin Md Nor
Succeeded by	Wan Saiful Wan Jan
Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Putrajaya
Incumbent
Assumed office 19 November 2022
Preceded by	Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor (BN–UMNO)
Majority	2,310 (2022)
Faction represented in Dewan Rakyat
2022–	Perikatan Nasional
Faction represented in Dewan Negara
2018–2020	Pakatan Harapan
2020	Malaysian United Indigenous Party
2020–2022	Perikatan Nasional
Personal details
Born	Mohd. Radzi bin Md. Jidin (1977-09-04) 4 September 1977 (age 47) Ketereh, Kota Bharu, Kelantan, Malaysia
Political party	Malaysian United Indigenous Party (BERSATU) (since 2018) United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) (before 2018)
Other political affiliations	Barisan Nasional (BN) (before 2018) Pakatan Harapan (PH) (2018–2020) Perikatan Nasional (PN) (since 2020)
Education	Royal Military College
Alma mater	La Trobe University Universiti Utara Malaysia Australian National University
Profession	Forensic accountant, lecturer
Website	Dr Radzi Jidin on Facebook

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.^[1]

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.^[2][3]

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.

Election results

Parliament of Malaysia^[3][4]

Year	Constituency	Candidate		Votes	Pct	Opponent(s)		Votes	Pct	Ballots cast	Majority	Turnout
2018	P026 Ketereh		Mohd Radzi Md Jidin (BERSATU)	6,799	12.80%		Annuar Musa (UMNO)	25,467	47.95%	53,888	4,625	82.60%
							Wan Ismail Wan Jusoh (PAS)	20,841	39.24%
2022	P125 Putrajaya		Mohd Radzi Md Jidin (BERSATU)	16,002	43.67%		Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor (UMNO)	13,692	37.37%	36,643	2,310	87.22%
							Noraishah Mydin Abdul Aziz (PKR)	5,988	16.34%
							Rosli Ramli (PEJUANG)	878	2.40%
							Samsudin Mohamad Fauzi (IND)	63	0.17%
							Lim Fic Bee (IND)	20	0.05%

Honours

Honours of Malaysia

• Malaysia :
  • Recipient of the 17th Yang di-Pertuan Agong Installation Medal (2024)
• Federal Territory (Malaysia) :
  • Commander of the Order of the Territorial Crown (PMW) – Datuk (2021)^[5][6]