Abdul Ghafar Baba
Former 6th Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia (1925-2006)
Tun Abdul Ghafar bin Baba (Jawi: عبدالغفار بن باب; 18 February 1925 – 23 April 2006) was a Malaysian politician. He was Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia from 1986 to 1993.
Abdul Ghafar Baba | |
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عبدالغفار باب | |
6th Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia | |
In office 10 May 1986 – 1 December 1993 | |
Monarch | Iskandar Azlan Shah |
Prime Minister | Mahathir Mohamad |
Preceded by | Musa Hitam |
Succeeded by | Anwar Ibrahim |
Constituency | Jasin |
Minister of Rural Development (Minister of National and Rural Development : 23 September 1970 – 11 May 1972, 11 August 1986 – 20 May 1987) (Minister of Rural Economy Development : 11 May 1972 – 25 August 1974) | |
In office 11 August 1986 – 1 December 1993 | |
Monarch | Iskandar Azlan Shah |
Prime Minister | Mahathir Mohamad |
Deputy | Tajol Rosli Mohd Ghazali (1986–1990) Ng Cheng Kuai (1986–1987) Mohd. Yasin Kamari (1990–1993) |
Preceded by | Sanusi Junid |
Succeeded by | Annuar Musa |
Constituency | Jasin |
In office 22 December 1970 – 4 September 1974 | |
Monarch | Abdul Halim |
Prime Minister | Abdul Razak Hussein |
Assistant Minister | Abdul Samad Idris (1970–1973) |
Preceded by | Abdul Razak Hussein |
Succeeded by | Himself as Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development |
Constituency | Malacca Utara |
Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development | |
In office 5 September 1974 – 14 January 1976 | |
Monarch | Abdul Halim Yahya Petra |
Prime Minister | Abdul Razak Hussein |
Deputy | Mokhtar Hashim (1974–1975) Mustapha Abdul Jabar (1975–1976) |
Preceded by | Himself (Rural Development) Mohamed Ghazali Jawi (Agriculture) |
Succeeded by | Ali Ahmad |
Constituency | Alor Gajah |
2nd Chief Minister of Malacca | |
In office 1 June 1959 – 5 October 1967 | |
Governor | Leong Yew Koh Abdul Malek Yusuf |
Preceded by | Osman Talib |
Succeeded by | Talib Karim |
Constituency | Tanjong Kling |
Personal details | |
Born | Kuala Pilah, Negeri Sembilan, Federated Malay States, British Malaya (now Malaysia) | 18 February 1925
Died | 23 April 2006 Gleneagles Intan Medical Centre, Jalan Ampang, Kuala Lumpur | (aged 81)
Resting place | Makam Pahlawan, Masjid Negara, Kuala Lumpur |
Political party | United Malays National Organisation |
Spouse(s) | Asmah Alang Dayang Heryati Abdul Rahim |
Relations | Ahmad Hamzah (son-in-law) |
Occupation | Teacher |
On 23 April 2006, he died in Kuala Lumpur from heart and respiratory failure.[1][2]