Najib Razak

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Najib Razak

DK (Pahang) MP
نجيب رزاق‎
Malaysia 6th Prime Minister of Malaysia
Honoured as
Father of Transformation
Bapa Transformasi
باڤ ترنسفورماسي‎
In office
3 April 2009 – 10 May 2018
MonarchMizan Zainal Abidin
Abdul Halim
Muhammad V
DeputyMuhyiddin Yassin
Preceded byAbdullah Ahmad Badawi
Succeeded byMahathir Mohamad
9th Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia
In office
7 January 2004 – 3 April 2009
Prime MinisterAbdullah Ahmad Badawi
Preceded byAbdullah Ahmad Badawi
Succeeded byMuhyiddin Yassin
Pahang 12th Menteri Besar of Pahang
In office
4 May 1982 – 14 August 1986
Preceded byAbdul Rashid Abdul Rahman
Succeeded byMohd Khalil Yaakob
Personal details
Born (1953-07-23) 23 July 1953 (age 70)
Kuala Lipis, Pahang, Malaya
(now Kuala Lipis, Pahang, Malaysia)
Political partyUnited Malays National Organisation (UMNO)
Spouse(s)Puteri Zainah Eskandar (1976–1987)
Rosmah Mansor (1987–present)
ChildrenMohd Nizar
Puteri Norlisa
Mohd Nazifuddin
Nooryana Najwa
Norashman Razak
ParentsAbdul Razak Hussein
Rahah Noah
Alma materMalvern College
University of Nottingham
Websitepmo.gov.my

Haji Mohammad Najib bin Tun Haji Abdul Razak or Bangsat Najib (Jawi: ‏محمد نجيب بن عبد الرزاق‎‎; born 23 July 1953) is a Malaysian politician. He became the sixth Prime Minister of Malaysia after being elected in 2009.[1] He lost his re-election bid in the 2018 general election.

On 28 July 2020, the High Court convicted Najib on all seven counts of abuse of power, money laundering and criminal breach of trust, becoming the first Prime Minister of Malaysia to be convicted of corruption.[2][3]

References[change | change source]

  1. Official Biography. 1malaysia.com.my. Retrieved on 24 October 2011.
  2. "Former Malaysia PM Najib Razak found guilty of all 7 charges in 1MDB trial". Channel News Asia. 28 July 2020. Archived from the original on 29 July 2020. Retrieved 28 July 2020.
  3. "Najib Razak: Former Malaysian PM guilty on all charges in corruption trial". BBC News. 28 July 2020.

Other websites[change | change source]

Media related to Najib Tun Razak at Wikimedia Commons


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