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Siti Hasmah Mohamad Ali

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Siti Hasmah Mohamad Ali

سيتي حسمه محمد علي‎
Siti Hasmah in 2019
Spouse of the Prime Minister of Malaysia
In role
10 May 2018 – 24 February 2020
MonarchMuhammad V
Abdullah
Prime MinisterMahathir Mohamad
Preceded byRosmah Mansor
Succeeded byNoorainee Abdul Rahman
In role
16 July 1981 – 30 October 2003
MonarchAhmad Shah
Iskandar
Azlan Shah
Jaafar
Salahuddin
Sirajuddin
Prime MinisterMahathir Mohamad
Preceded bySuhailah Noah
Succeeded byEndon Mahmood
Spouse of the Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia
In role
5 March 1976 – 16 July 1981
MonarchYahya Petra
Ahmad Shah
Preceded bySuhailah Noah
Succeeded byInes Maria Reyna
Personal details
Born
Siti Hasmah binti Mohamad Ali

(1926-07-12) 12 July 1926 (age 98)
Klang, Selangor, Federated Malay States, British Malaya
CitizenshipMalaysian
Spouse(s)
(m. 1956)
Children7 (including Marina, Mokhzani and Mukhriz)
RelativesIsmail Mohamed Ali (brother)
Alma materKing Edward VII College of Medicine (MBBS)
OccupationDoctor

Tun Dr. Siti Hasmah binti Haji Mohamad Ali (born 12 July 1926) is the wife of the 4th and 7th Prime Minister of Malaysia, Mahathir Mohamad. She served as wife of the Prime Minister of Malaysia for 22 years from 1981 to 2003.[1] She is the oldest living wife of a former Malaysian prime minister.

From 10 May 2018 until 24 February 2020, she was the wife of the Prime Minister again while also serving as a chancellor of the Multimedia University of Malaysia.

Early life

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Siti Hasmah and Mahathir

Siti Hasmah was born in Klang, Selangor, on 12 July 1926 in the family where her father works as a government officer. She has ten siblings where she is the sixth child. She is a Malay from a Minangkabau clan from Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia.[2]

Education

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Her high school is SMK St. Mary. She received her Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery degree (MBBS)from the University of Malaya,King Edward VII College of Medicine in Singapore.

After her study, she immediately joined the national health service of Malaysia. [3] When her husband raised to power, she resigned to give full support to her husband.

Personal life

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She met her husband in college and they got married in 1956. They were blessed with seven children ; Marina, Mirzan, Melinda, Mokhzani, Mukhriz, Maizura and Mazhar. She mainly emphasised on improving public health and literacy, help with family planning and improve awareness of the dangers of drug abuse.

She is the first Prime Minister of Malaysia's wife to receive a Tun-ship.

References

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  1. "Siti Hasmah celebrates 90 years with biography".
  2. Au, Rachel. "Tun Dr Siti Hasmah: 7 Things to know and what makes Malaysians love her". LIFESTYLE | BURO LOVES.
  3. "Tun Dr Siti Hasmah". Tatler. Retrieved 21 March 2022.