Abdul Hamid bin Pawanteh (27 July 1944 – 1 December 2022) was a Malaysian politician.
[4] He held these offices as a member of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), the leading party in Malaysia's ruling Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition during those periods.
He received his Bachelor of Medicine and Surgery (MBBS) degree in 1973 from Dow Medical College.
[1] In 1995, he was replaced as Menteri Besar by fellow UMNO member Shahidan Kassim,[5] and returned to the House of Representatives in 1999 for the seat of Kangar in Perlis.
[1] In July 2003, Abdul Hamid stepped down as the Member of Parliament for Kangar to be appointed as the President of the Senate,[6] where he served until 2009.