Biography
DATUK SERI PANGLIMA HAJI ABDUL AZEEZ BIN ABDUL RAHIM
A politician, businessman and a philanthropist. Born a muslim on the 19th of November 1966, Abdul Azeez Bin Abdul Rahim is a Member of Parliament (MP) for the seat of Baling, Kedah, since 2013. He started his nation building journey at a very young age where in the year 2000, he was involved in the Malaysian Youth Council. He is a member of United Malay National Organisation (UMNO), a major component of the Barisan Nasional and in 2009, he was elected as the UMNO’s Supreme Council. He founded and headed the Kelab Putera 1Malaysia (KP1M), a non-government organisation that has led various humanitarian missions. In 2014, was the Chairman of Wellfare Bureau for UMNO Supreme Council.
In Baling, he was appointed as the Ketua Pergerakan Pemuda UMNO Bahagian Baling in 2004 and in 2008, he was then appointed as the Pengerusi Biro Kebajikan Badan Perhubungan UMNO Negeri Kedah. In the same year, he was elected as the Ketua UMNO Bahagian Baling and subsequently, in 2009, he was the Pengerusi Majlis Kebajikan dan Pembangunan Masyarakat (MAYANG) Parlimen Baling under Kementerian Wanita, Keluarga dan Masyarakat.
Besides his passion in politics, he is also a visionary businessman that have social-development in his heart. He started his business career at a very young age and when he attained the age of 31, he was already the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Fair Diversified Sdn Bhd and FD Auto Sdn Bhd. Other than that, he became the CEO of Idsha Marketing Sdn Bhd, the Executive Director of Wilayah Arms Sdn Bhd and the Executive Chairman of Sekretariat Perunding Yayasan Pembangunan Ekonomi Islam Malaysia (YaPEIM). Azeez Rahim also run Azeera Management Consultant (M) Sdn Bhd, Azman Azeez Properties (M) Sdn Bhd, Azeera Properties (M) Sdn Bhd and AVP Engineering(M) Sdn Bhd, among others. He was also previously the Chairman of Tabung Haji and Putrajaya Perdana Berhad besides sitting in the Board of Director for Glomac Berhad and Brahim's Holding Berhad.
Since the very beginning of his political career, he has been actively involved in humanitarian works both domestically and internationally. He crossed countries; Somalia, Egypt, Pakistan, Philippines, Myanmar, Japan,Thailand, Syria, Jordan and Palestine to give aids and this had subsequently led him to be appointed as the Honorary Ambassador for the People of Palestine in the year 2012. In his own home country, he volunteers in various non-profit organisations to help contribute as much as he can to all Malaysians.
Azeez Rahim is married to Khadijah Mohd Noor and blessed with 4 children, Anwar, Azman, Azwa and Azeera.
Honors, Titles and Recognitions
- Knight Companion of the Order of the Crown of Pahang (DIMP) - Dato' (2000)
- Justice of the Peace Malacca – J.P. (2004)
- Commander of the Order of Meritorious Service (PJN) - Datuk (2011)
- Honorary Ambassador for the People of Palestine (2012)
- Grand Knight of the Order of Sultan Ahmad Shah of Pahang (SSAP) - Dato' Sri (2013)
- Grand Commander of the Order of Kinabalu (SPDK) - Datuk Seri Panglima (2014)
- Knight Commander of the Order of Malacca (DCSM) - Datuk Wira (2015)
- Knight Commander of the Order of Loyalty to Sultan Abdul Halim Mu'adzam Shah (DHMS) - Dato' Paduka (2017)