Yeop Mahidin Bin Mohamed Shafiff

Yeop Mahidin bin Mohamed Shariff (20 February 1918 – 1999) was the first Director of Rejimen Askar Wataniah, the reserves component of the Malaysian Army. He was widely regarded as the “Father of Wataniah” for his efforts in establishing the Rejimen Askar Wataniah as a credible force.

Biography Yeop Mahidin was born on 20 February 1918 in Kampung Lambor Kiri, Parit, Perak to a Customs officer. He was educated at the Anderson School and a keen boxer who was a bantam weight champion. He was a keen footballer, and was active in field hockey and cricket, in which he was once given the "Batsman of the Year" award.

According to his family, Yeop Mahidin came from a long line of silat exponents who served as protectors to the Perak Sultanate.

He was also active in the Malaysian Olympic Movement was the Chef-de-Mission of the Malaysian contingent during the 1971 South East Asian Peninsular Games in Kuala Lumpur.