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Tan Sri Megat Junid bin Megat Ayub (1942 – 24 January 2008) was a Malaysian politician and direct descendant of Megat Terawis, a bendahara of Perak.
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Biography
Junid was born in Teluk Intan in 1942.
Politics
Megat Junid was a teacher by profession and first met former Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad in the early 1970s. Mahathir was living in exile for criticising then Prime Minister Tunku Abdul Rahman at the time of their meeting. Junid soon left teaching to become Mahathir's special assistant.
Junid was first elected as a Malaysian MP at the same time that Mahathir became Prime minister of the country. He was appointed Primary Industries Deputy Minister in Mahathir's government, just two years later.
In 1986, Mahathir next appointed Junid to be his deputy in the Home Affairs Ministry. Junid's tenure as the deputy Home Affairs minister was rocked by several controversies, including illegal immigration, a spike in illicit drug use and Operation Lalang of 1987.
Junid was appointed to become Malaysia's Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Minister in 1997. He served at that post for two years until he lost his seat in parliament to a PAS candidate in the 1999 "Reformasi" elections.
Death
Megat Junid died on 24 January 2008, aged 65, at the Pantai Medical Centre in Bangsar following a battle with prostate cancer. His body was buried at Bukit Kiara Muslim Cemetery in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. He was a resident of Kelana Jaya.