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{{short description|Malaysian politician}}
{{EngvarB|date=October 2014}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2014}}
{{Malay name|Azmi|Khalid|note=on}}
{{Infobox officeholder
| honorific-prefix   = [[Malay styles and titles#Honorary styles|Yang Berbahagia]] [[Malay styles and titles#Tan Sri|Tan Sri]] [[Malay styles and titles#Datuk Sri|Dato' Seri]] 
| name = Azmi Khalid
| honorific-suffix = {{post-nominals|country=MYS|size=100%|PSM|SPMP (Perlis)|DPMP (Perlis)|SIMP|DGSM|SMP (Perlis)}}
| native_name = {{nobold|عزمي خالد}}
| image =
| caption =

| office              = [[Minister of Water, Land and Natural Resources (Malaysia)|Minister of Natural Resources and Environment]]
| term_start          = 14 February 2006
| term_end            = 18 March 2008
| monarch             = [[Mizan Zainal Abidin of Terengganu|Mizan Zainal Abidin]]
| primeminister       = [[Abdullah Ahmad Badawi]]
| deputy              = [[S. Sothinathan|Sothinathan Sinna Goundar]] {{small|(2004–2008)}}
| predecessor         = [[Adenan Satem]]
| successor           = [[Douglas Uggah Embas]]
| constituency        = [[Padang Besar (federal constituency)|Padang Besar]]

| office2             = [[Minister of Home Affairs (Malaysia)|Minister of Home Affairs]]
| term_start2         = 27 March 2004
| term_end2           = 14 February 2006
| monarch2            = [[Mizan Zainal Abidin of Terengganu|Mizan Zainal Abidin]]
| primeminister2      = [[Abdullah Ahmad Badawi]]
| deputy2             = [[Tan Chai Ho]]
| predecessor2        = [[Abdullah Ahmad Badawi]]
| successor2          = [[Mohd Radzi Sheikh Ahmad]]
| constituency2       = Padang Besar

| office3             = [[Minister of Rural and Regional Development (Malaysia)|Minister of Rural Development]]
| term_start3         = 15 December 1999
| term_end3           = 26 March 2004
| monarch3            = [[Salahuddin of Selangor|Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah]] <br> [[Sirajuddin of Perlis|Syed Sirajuddin]]
| primeminister3      = [[Mahathir Mohamad]] <br> [[Abdullah Ahmad Badawi]]
| deputy3             = [[Palanivel Govindasamy]]
| predecessor3        = [[Annuar Musa]]
| successor3          = [[Abdul Aziz Shamsuddin]] {{small|as Minister of Rural and Regional Development}}
| constituency3       = Padang Besar

| office4             = [[Deputy Minister of Home Affairs (Malaysia)|Deputy Minister of Home Affairs II]]
| term_start4         = 2 July 1997
| term_end4           = 14 December 1999
| alongside4          = [[Ong Ka Ting]] {{small|(Deputy Minister of Home Affairs I)}}
| monarch4            = [[Ja'afar of Negeri Sembilan|Ja'afar]] <br> [[Salahuddin of Selangor|Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah]]
| primeminister4      = [[Mahathir Mohamad]]
| minister4           = [[Mahathir Mohamad]]
| predecessor4        = [[Megat Junid Megat Ayub]]
| constituency4       = Padang Besar

| office5             = [[List of parliamentary secretaries of Malaysia|Parliamentary Secretary in the Prime Minister's Department]]
| term_start5         = 1995
| term_end5           = 1997
| alongside5          = [[Muhammad Abdullah (Malaysian politician)|Muhammad Abdullah]]
| monarch5            = [[Ja'afar of Negeri Sembilan|Ja'afar]]
| primeminister5      = [[Mahathir Mohamad]]
| minister5           = [[Abdul Hamid Othman]] <br> [[Abang Abu Bakar Abang Mustapha]] <br> [[Chong Kah Kiat]] <br> [[Siti Zaharah Sulaiman]] <br> [[Tajol Rosli Mohd Ghazali]]
| 1blankname5         = Deputy Minister
| 1namedata5          = [[Mohamed Nazri Abdul Aziz]] <br> [[Raja Ariffin Raja Sulaiman]] <br> [[Ibrahim Saad]] <br> [[Ibrahim Ali (Malaysia)|Ibrahim Ali]] <br> [[Fauzi Abdul Rahman]]
| predecessor5        = 
| successor5          = [[Noh Omar]]
| constituency5       = Padang Besar

| constituency_MP6    = [[Padang Besar (federal constituency)|Padang Besar]]
| parliament6         = Malaysian
| term_start6         = 25 April 1995
| term_end6           = 5 May 2013
| predecessor6        = ''new constituency''
| successor6          = [[Zahidi Zainul Abidin]] <br> ([[Barisan Nasional|BN]]–[[United Malays National Organisation|UMNO]])
| majority6           = 10,070 (1995) <br> 4,519 (1999) <br> 9,265 (2004) <br> 5,348 (2008)

| office8             = Faction represented in [[Dewan Rakyat]]
| subterm8            = 1995–2013
| suboffice8          = [[Barisan Nasional]]

| birth_name = Azmi bin Khalid
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1940|12|13|df=y}}<ref>{{cite web|url=https://govdocs.sinarproject.org/documents/state-governments/perlis/government-of-perlis-gazette/psgn023y2005.pdf|title=SENARAI KEHORMATAN HARI KEPUTERAAN DULI YANG MAHA MULIA TUANKU RAJA PERLIS PADA 17 MEI 2005|publisher=Warta Kerajaan Negeri Perlis|language=ms}}</ref>
| birth_place = [[Perlis]], [[Unfederated Malay States]] (now [[Malaysia]])
| residence =
| death_date =
| death_place =
| party = [[United Malays National Organisation]] (UMNO) (until ?) <br> [[Malaysian United Indigenous Party]] (BERSATU) (?-present)
| otherparty = [[Barisan Nasional]] (BN) (until ?) <br> [[Perikatan Nasional]] (PN) (?-present)
| occupation = [[Politician]]
| relations =
| spouse = Yasmin Abdullah {{small|(Deceased)}} <br> Normala Shamsuddin
| children =
| website =
| footnotes =
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'''Azmi bin Khalid''' ([[Jawi alphabet|Jawi]]: عزمي خالد; born 13 December 1940) is a [[Malaysian people|Malaysian]] [[politician]] who served as [[Minister of Water, Land and Natural Resources (Malaysia)|Minister of Natural Resources and Environment]] and [[Dewan Rakyat|Member of Parliament]] (MP) for [[Padang Besar (federal constituency)|Padang Besar]] from April 1995 to May 2013. He was also a minister in the federal [[Cabinet of Malaysia|Cabinet]] from 1999 to 2008, as a member of the [[United Malay National Organisation]] (UMNO) in the then-ruling [[Barisan Nasional]] coalition.

Tan Sri Azmi's first ministerial appointment was as [[Minister of Rural Development (Malaysia)|Minister of Rural Development]], becoming the first Cabinet minister from Perlis.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://news.google.com.au/newspapers?id=rW8WAAAAIBAJ&sjid=axQEAAAAIBAJ&pg=6687,514772&dq=azmi+khalid+cabinet&hl=en|title=A stronger, more confident line-up reflected in the Cabinet|date=11 December 1999|work=[[New Straits Times]]|publisher=[[New Straits Times Press]]|access-date=22 March 2010}}</ref> He became the [[Minister of Home Affairs (Malaysia)|Minister of Home Affairs]] in 2004,<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2004/03/27/1080330989051.html|title=PM unveils new cabinet after election landslide|date=28 March 2004|work=[[Sydney Morning Herald]]|publisher=[[Fairfax Media]]|access-date=22 March 2010}}</ref> before moving to the [[Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (Malaysia)|Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment]] in 2006.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2006/2/15/nation/13395840&sec=nation|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110622001641/http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=%2F2006%2F2%2F15%2Fnation%2F13395840&sec=nation|url-status=dead|archive-date=22 June 2011|title=PM has eye on the big picture |last=Tan|first=Joceline|date=15 February 2006|work=[[The Star (Malaysia)|The Star]]|access-date=22 March 2010}}</ref> He lost his Cabinet position after the [[2008 Malaysian general election|2008 election]] for reasons tied to his involvement in political disruption in Perlis.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www.asiaone.com/News/AsiaOne+News/Malaysia/Story/A1Story20080320-55448.html|title=PM breaks away from Cabinet he inherited|date=20 March 2008|work=[[AsiaOne]]|publisher=[[Singapore Press Holdings]]|access-date=22 March 2010}}</ref> He did not re-contest Padang Besar in the 2013 election.

In 2005, Azmi married television personality Normala Shamsuddin. He has four children to his late wife Yasmin Abdullah.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2005/10/13/nation/12309061&sec=nation |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051211175445/http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=%2F2005%2F10%2F13%2Fnation%2F12309061&sec=nation |url-status=dead |archive-date=11 December 2005 |title=Azmi: Normala a blessing |date=13 October 2005 |work=[[The Star (Malaysia)|The Star]] |access-date=22 March 2010 }}</ref>

==Election results==
{| class="wikitable" style="margin:0.5em ; font-size:95%"
|+ '''[[Dewan Rakyat|Parliament of Malaysia]]'''<ref name="election results">{{cite web|url=http://semak.spr.gov.my/spr/laporan/5_KedudukanAkhir.php |title=Keputusan Pilihan Raya Umum Parlimen/Dewan Undangan Negeri |publisher=[[Election Commission of Malaysia]] |access-date=21 March 2010 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110906083741/http://semak.spr.gov.my/spr/laporan/5_KedudukanAkhir.php |archive-date=6 September 2011 |df=dmy }} Percentage figures based on total turnout.</ref>
!|Year
!|Constituency
!colspan=2|Candidate
!|Votes
!|Pct
!colspan=2|Opponent(s)
!|Votes
!|Pct
!|Ballots cast
!|Majority
!|Turnout
|-
|[[1995 Malaysian general election|1995]]
| rowspan=4|'''P001 [[Padang Besar (federal constituency)|Padang Besar]]'''
|{{Party shading/Barisan Nasional}} |
|{{nowrap|'''Azmi Khalid'''}} ([[United Malays National Organisation|'''UMNO''']])
|align="right" |'''17,013'''
|'''71.02%'''
|{{Party shading/PAS}} |
|Hisharudin Hasan ([[Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party|PAS]])
|align="right" |6,943
|28.98%
|25,854
|10,070
|77.65%
|-
|[[1999 Malaysian general election|1999]]
|{{Party shading/Barisan Nasional}} |
|{{nowrap|'''Azmi Khalid'''}} ([[United Malays National Organisation|'''UMNO''']])
|align="right" |'''14,386'''
|'''59.32%'''
|{{Party shading/Keadilan}} |
|[[Mohd Anuar Mohd Tahir]] ([[Keadilan|keADILan]])
|align="right" |9,867
|40.68%
|25,347
|4,519
|78.04%
|-
|[[2004 Malaysian general election|2004]]
|{{Party shading/Barisan Nasional}} |
|{{nowrap|'''Azmi Khalid'''}} ([[United Malays National Organisation|'''UMNO''']])
|align="right" |'''18,323'''
|'''66.92%'''
|{{Party shading/PAS}} |
|[[Wan Kharizal Wan Khazim]] ([[Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party|PAS]])
|align="right" |9,058
|33.08%
|28,453
|9,265
|83.93%
|-
|[[2008 Malaysian general election|2008]]
|{{Party shading/Barisan Nasional}} |
|{{nowrap|'''Azmi Khalid'''}} ([[United Malays National Organisation|'''UMNO''']])
|align="right" |'''16,991'''
|'''59.34%'''
|{{Party shading/PAS}} |
|Zolkharnain Abidin ([[Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party|PAS]])
|align="right" |11,643
|40.66%
|29,310
|5,348
|80.05%
|}

==Honours==
===Honours of Malaysia===
* {{Flag|Malaysia}} :
** [[File:Order of Loyalty to the Crown of Malaysia - PSM.svg|50px]] Commander of the [[Order of Loyalty to the Crown of Malaysia#Commander|Order of Loyalty to the Crown of Malaysia]] (PSM) – '''Tan Sri''' (2013)<ref>{{cite web|date=1 June 2013|work=[[The Star (Malaysia)|The Star Online]]|access-date=25 December 2020|title=She's Tan Sri Michelle Yeoh now|url=https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2013/06/01/shes-tan-sri-michelle-yeoh-now-malaysias-most-famous-actress-among-those-to-get-award-from-king/}}</ref>
* {{Flag|Malacca}} :
** [[File:MY-MAL Exalted Order of Malacca.svg|50px]] Grand Commander of the [[List of post-nominal letters (Malacca)|Exalted Order of Malacca]] (DGSM) – '''Datuk Seri''' (2007)<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2007/10/13/najib-heads-malacca-awards/|title=Najib heads Malacca awards|work=[[The Star (Malaysia)|The Star]]|date=13 October 2006|access-date=24 September 2018}}</ref>
* {{Flag|Pahang}} :
** [[File:MY-PAH Order of the Crown of Pahang - Grand Knight - SIMP.svg|50px]] Grand Knight of the [[Order of the Crown of Pahang]] (SIMP) – formerly '''''Dato'''''', now '''Dato' Indera''' (2000)
* {{Flag|Perlis}} :
** [[File:MY-PERL Order of the Crown of Perlis - Knight Grand Commander - SPMP.svg|50px]] Knight Grand Commander of the [[Orders, decorations, and medals of Perlis|Order of the Crown of Perlis]] (SPMP) – '''Dato' Seri''' (2005)
** [[File:MY-PERL Order of the Crown of Perlis - Knight Commander - DPMP.svg|50px]] Knight Commander of the [[Orders, decorations, and medals of Perlis|Order of the Crown of Perlis]] (DPMP) – '''Dato'''' (1996)
** [[File:MY-PERL_Order_of_the_Crown_of_Perlis_-_Companion_-_SMP.svg|50px]] Companion of the [[Orders, decorations, and medals of Perlis|Order of the Crown of Perlis]] (SMP) (1980)<ref>{{cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=OAROAAAAIBAJ&dq=Perlis+Awards+List&pg=PA7&article_id=6552,1930572|title=Raja of Perlis honours 86 on birthday|publisher=New Straits Times|date=9 December 1980}}</ref>

==References==
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{{Sixth Mahathir cabinet}} 
{{First Abdullah cabinet}} 
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