Zahid gets his PhD at UPM


  • Nation
  • Saturday, 18 Oct 2008

SERDANG: Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi was among 176 graduands who received their PhD at Universiti Putra Malaysia’s (UPM) 32nd convocation, here on Saturday.

He received a PhD in Communication, making him Malaysia’s first cabinet minister to complete a doctorate while in service.

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