Preceded by Musa Hitam Role Politician Name Ghafar Baba | Religion Sunni Islam Occupation Teacher Succeeded by Anwar Ibrahim | |
Born 18 February 1925
Kuala Pilah, Negeri Sembilan, British Malaya (now Malaysia) ( 1925-02-18 ) Political party United Malays National Organisation Spouse(s) Asmah Alang
Dayang Heryati Abdul Rahim Died April 23, 2006, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Party United Malays National Organisation Books The Changing Asia Pacific Environment: Quest for Peace Resting place Makam Pahlawan, National Mosque of Malaysia, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Similar People Musa Hitam, Hussein Onn, Ghazali Shafie, Ismail Abdul Rahman, Sardon Jubir | ||
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Tun Datuk Seri Utama Abdul Ghafar bin Baba (18 February 1925 – 23 April 2006) was a Malaysian politician from Melaka who was Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia from 1986 to 1993.
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Life and career
He was born on 18 February 1925 in Kuala Pilah, Negeri Sembilan, the son of an impoverished villager. Ghafar Baba became a teacher and later became a member of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) political party, which is part of the Barisan Nasional coalition.
In 1942, he married Toh Puan Asmah Binti Alang and fathered twelve children, five of whom have died. In the early 1990s, he married his second wife Toh Puan Heryati Abdul Rahim, and had one child with her.
In 1986, he was appointed as Deputy Prime Minister by Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad. Previously, Musa Hitam held the deputy premiership but he resigned, citing irreconcilable differences with Mahathir. On 15 October 1993, during a UMNO election, he was challenged by Anwar Ibrahim. Ghafar Baba was defeated by Anwar and subsequently lost the deputy premiership.
On 23 April 2006, he died at Gleneagles Intan Medical Centre in Kuala Lumpur due to poor heart and lung condition. He had been in critical condition for several months prior to his death. He was buried in an official state funeral at Makam Pahlawan near Masjid Negara, Kuala Lumpur on the same day alongside the graves of former Prime Ministers Tun Abdul Razak and Tun Hussein Onn and former Deputy Prime Minister Tun Dr Ismail before nightfall.
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Honour of Malaysia
Places named after him
Several places were named after him, including: