- Source: Mahadzir Mohd Khir
Mahadzir bin Mohd Khir (16 May 1945–5 September 2012) is Malaysian politician and academic who served as Deputy Minister of Education from March 2004 to February 2006 in Barisan National (BN) administration under Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, Parliamentary Secretary of the Ministry of Education from 1999 to 2004 in Barisan National (BN) administration under Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad and Abdullah Ahmad Badawi and Member of Parliament (MP) for Sungai Petani from November 1999 to March 2008. He is member of United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), a component party of the Barisan Nasional (BN) coalitions.
Death
On 5 September 2012, Mahadzir Mohd Khir died at the University of Malaya Medical Centre at the age of 67 due to a heart attack. There was bleeding in the brain which is a stroke around 6 pm when he was resting with his family. His remains were taken to his home at Jalan 14/50, Section 14, Petaling Jaya. The deceased's remains were prayed at the Tun Abdul Aziz Mosque, Section 14, Petaling Jaya and buried at the Bukit Kiara Islamic Cemetery, Kuala Lumpur. Among the dignitaries present were Prime Minister, Dato' Sri Najib Razak, Deputy Prime Minister, Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin and Minister of Rural and Regional Development, Dato' Seri Mohd Shafie Apdal.
Election results
Honours
Kedah :
Knight Companion of the Order of Loyalty to the Royal House of Kedah (DSDK) – Dato' (1998)
References
Kata Kunci Pencarian:
- Barisan Jemaah Islamiah Se-Malaysia
- Abdul Aziz Shamsuddin
- Adham Baba
- Daftar tokoh Malaysia
- Noh Omar
- Johari Abdul
- Mahadzir Mohd Khir
- Fong Po Kuan
- Johari Abdul
- Minister of Education (Malaysia)
- List of University of Malaya people
- Deputy Minister of Education (Malaysia)
- Sungai Petani (federal constituency)
- 2000 United Malays National Organisation leadership election
- Abdul Aziz Shamsuddin
- List of parliamentary secretaries of Malaysia
