Azimi Daim

Dato' Azimi bin Daim is a Malaysian politician who served as Member of the Kedah State Executive Council (EXCO) in the Barisan Nasional (BN) state administration under former Menteris Besar Syed Razak Syed Zain Barakbah and Mahdzir Khalid and Member of the Kedah State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Bandar Baharu from March 2004 to March 2008. He is a member of the Homeland Fighters' Party (PEJUANG) and was a member of the Malaysian United Indigenous Party (BERSATU), a component party of the ruling Perikatan Nasional (PN) and formerly Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalitions and the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), a component party of the ruling BN coalition. He served as Deputy Permanent Chairman of BERSATU from December 2017 to August 2020.[1]

In this Malay name, there is no family name. The name Daim is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Azimi. The Arabic-derived word "bin" or "binti"/"binte", if used, means 'son of' or 'daughter of', respectively.
Yang Berbahagia Dato'
Azimi Daim
JP DSDK DMSM
عظيمي دائم‎
Kedah State Executive Councillor
In office
26 November 2007 – 9 March 2008
Education and Human Development
MonarchAbdul Halim
Menteri BesarMahdzir Khalid
Preceded byHimself (Education)
Othman Ishak (Human Development)
Succeeded byAbdullah Jusoh (Education)
Ismail Salleh (Human Development)
ConstituencyBandar Baharu
In office
29 December 2005 – 26 November 2007
Education, Information Technology, Communication and Multimedia
MonarchAbdul Halim
Menteri BesarMahdzir Khalid
Preceded byHimself (Education)
Khalidah Adibah Ayob (Communication and Multimedia)
Succeeded byHimself (Education)
Nawawi Ahmad (Information Technology)
ConstituencyBandar Baharu
In office
28 March 2004 – 29 December 2005
Education
MonarchAbdul Halim
Menteri BesarSyed Razak Syed Zain Barakbah
Preceded byOthman Ishak
Succeeded byHimself
ConstituencyBandar Baharu
1st Deputy Permanent Chairman of the
Malaysian United Indigenous Party
In office
30 December 2017 – 14 August 2020
PresidentMuhyiddin Yassin
ChairmanMahathir Mohamad
(2017–2020)
Muhyiddin Yassin
(Acting) (2020)
Permanent ChairmanMohd. Shariff Omar
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byHashim Suboh
ConstituencyKulim-Bandar Baharu
Member of the Kedah State Legislative Assembly
for Bandar Baharu
In office
21 March 2004 – 8 March 2008
Preceded byOsman Md Aji
(BN–UMNO)
Succeeded byYaakub Hussin
(PR–PAS)
Majority3,878 (2004)
Personal details
Born
Azimi bin Daim

(1964-04-22) 22 April 1964
Sungai Petani, Kedah, Malaysia
CitizenshipMalaysian
Political partyUnited Malays National Organisation (UMNO)
(2012–2016)
Malaysian United Indigenous Party (BERSATU)
(2016–2020)
Homeland Fighters' Party (PEJUANG)
(since 2020)
Other political
affiliations		Barisan Nasional (BN)
(2012–2016)
Pakatan Harapan (PH)
(2016–2020, aligned:since 2020)
Children4
Alma materMARA University of Technology
University of Hartford
OccupationPolitician
WebsiteFacebook

Azimi was born on 22 April 1964 in Sungai Petani, Kedah. He graduated from Universiti Teknologi MARA and also studied at University of Hartford.[2]

Before joining BERSATU at its inception in 2016, Azimi was a Supreme Council Member (2000-2003) and Information Chief of the Youth wing of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO). He was formerly the Political Secretary of the Kedah Menteri Besar and Kedah state executive councillors. He was also the former Kedah State Legislative Assemblyman for Bandar Baharu from 2004 to 2008.[3] He was appointed as the Deputy Permanent Chairman of BERSATU during the party General Assembly at Shah Alam on 30 December 2017.

Controversy

In 2006, together with Hashim Suboh and Hasnoor Hussein, he was officially reprimanded by UMNO for stating that "when tension rises, the blood of Malay warriors will run in our veins", which the opposition Democratic Action Party (DAP) had alleged was seditious. This was reportedly the first time UMNO leaders had been reprimanded for the content of their speeches.[4] Azimi said:

I accept the advice as a reminder for myself for the future. I admit my mistake and will accept the advice of the supreme council. But it doesn't mean I cannot speak on the rights and priorities of the Malays. It's just that I'll be more careful. ... It was not meant to be threatening but more of a reminder for the younger generation. I've been speaking in the party general assembly since 1997. Some even consider me as a seasoned speaker. I have used the same style of speaking since Day One. But I'm surprised at how this issue has been played up.[5]

Azimi blamed the opposition parties of the DAP and People's Justice Party (Keadilan) for blowing the issue out of proportion.[5]

Election results
Kedah State Legislative Assembly[6][7][8][9][10]
Year Constituency Votes Pct Opponent(s) Votes Pct Ballots cast Majority Turnout
2004 N36 Bandar Baharu Azimi Daim (UMNO) 10,752 59.53% Yaakub Hussin (PAS) 6,874 38.06% 18,060 3,878 78.94%
2008 Azimi Daim (UMNO) 7,860 42.65% Yaakub Hussin (PAS) 9,709 52.68% 18,431 1,849 78.78%
Abd Aziz Majid (IND) 377 2.05%
2018 Azimi Daim (BERSATU) 7,507 26.80% Norsabrina Mohd Noor (UMNO) 7,884 28.10% 23,473 377 83.80%
Rohaizat Ja'afar (PAS) 7,506 26.80%

Honours

Notes and references
  1. Hafiz Marzukhi (30 December 2017). "Shariff Omar, Azimi Daim dilantik Pengerusi Tetap, Timbalan Pengerusi Tetap PPBM". Astro Awani (in Malay). Retrieved 14 June 2018.
  2. "Hall of Fame - Kedah State Executive Counsilors". mykedah.com. Retrieved 31 March 2015.
  3. SAIEE DRISS (7 March 2008). "AZIMI DAIM, DATUK". BIODATA TOKOH (in Malay). Retrieved 3 December 2018.
  4. Hong, Carolyn (2 December 2006). Umno reprimands Youth wing leaders for speeches on race Archived 5 December 2006 at the Wayback Machine. Malaysia Today.
  5. Othman, Ahmad Fairuz & John, Jason Gerald (3 December 2006). Fiery Umno delegates to still speak but carefully, p. 2. New Sunday Times.
  6. "Keputusan Pilihan Raya Umum Parlimen/Dewan Undangan Negeri". Election Commission of Malaysia. Retrieved 10 May 2013. Percentage figures based on total turnout, excluding informal votes.
  7. "Malaysia General Election". undiinfo Malaysian Election Data. Malaysiakini. Retrieved 4 February 2017. Results only available from the 2004 election.
  8. "KEPUTUSAN PILIHAN RAYA UMUM 13". Sistem Pengurusan Maklumat Pilihan Raya Umum (in Malay). Election Commission of Malaysia. Archived from the original on 1 May 2017. Retrieved 24 March 2017.
  9. "SEMAKAN KEPUTUSAN PILIHAN RAYA UMUM KE - 14" (in Malay). Election Commission of Malaysia. Archived from the original on 13 September 2020. Retrieved 17 May 2018. Percentage figures based on total turnout.
  10. "The Star Online GE14". The Star. Retrieved 24 May 2018. Percentage figures based on total turnout.
  11. "Carian Penerima Darjah Kebesaran, Bintang dan Pingat". eservices.kedah.gov.my.


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