Najib Razak

Prime Minister of Malaysia

Mohammad Najib bin Abdul Razak 22 July 1953 Kuala Lipis, Malaya

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3 April 2009 – 9 May 2018

Malaysian politician In this Malay name, there is no family name. The name Razak is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Najib. The Arabic-derived word "bin" or "binti"/"binte", if used, means 'son of' or 'daughter of', respectively. Yang Berhormat Dato' Sri Haji Najib Razak DKII (Pahang) DUNM DUPN SPDK DP SPMK SSAP DMK SSSJ PNBS SPSA DK (Brunei) MP نجيب رزاق ‎ Najib in 20186th Prime Minister of MalaysiaIn office 3 April 2009 – 9 May 2018MonarchMizan Zainal Abidin Abdul Halim Muhammad VDeputyMuhyiddin Yassin Ahmad Zahid HamidiPreceded by Abdullah Ahmad BadawiSucceeded by Mahathir MohamadMinister of FinanceIn office 23 September 2008 – 9 May 2018MonarchMizan Zainal Abidin Abdul Halim Muhammad VPrime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi HimselfDeputyAhmad Husni Hanadzlah Kong Cho Ha Awang Adek Hussin Chor Chee Heung Donald Lim Siang Chai Ahmad Maslan Chua Tee Yong Johari Abdul Ghani Othman Aziz Lee Chee LeongPreceded by Abdullah Ahmad BadawiSucceeded by Lim Guan Eng9th Deputy Prime Minister of MalaysiaIn office 7 January 2004 – 3 April 2009MonarchSirajuddin Mizan Zainal AbidinPrime Minister Abdullah Ahmad BadawiPreceded by Abdullah Ahmad BadawiSucceeded by Muhyiddin YassinMinister of DefenceIn office 15 December 1999 – 23 September 2008MonarchSalahuddin Sirajuddin Mizan Zainal AbidinPrime Minister Mahathir Mohamad Abdullah Ahmad BadawiDeputyShafie Apdal Zainal Abidin Zin Abu Seman YusopPreceded by Abang Abu Bakar Abang MustaphaSucceeded by Abdullah Ahmad BadawiConstituencyPekanIn office 27 October 1990 – 7 May 1995MonarchAzlan Shah Ja'afarPrime Minister Mahathir MohamadDeputyWan Abu Bakar Wan MohamedPreceded by Tengku Ahmad Rithauddeen Tengku IsmailSucceeded by Syed Hamid AlbarMinister of EducationIn office 8 May 1995 – 14 December 1999MonarchJa'afar SalahuddinPrime Minister Mahathir MohamadDeputyMohd. Khalid Mohd. Yunos Fong Chan OnnPreceded by Sulaiman DaudSucceeded by Musa MohamadMinister of Youth and SportsIn office 20 May 1987 – 26 October 1990MonarchIskandar Azlan ShahPrime Minister Mahathir MohamadDeputyWang Choon Wing Teng Gaik KwanPreceded by Himself (as Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports)Succeeded by Annuar MusaMinister of Culture, Youth and SportsIn office 11 August 1986 – 20 May 1987MonarchIskandarPrime Minister Mahathir MohamadDeputyWang Choon WingPreceded by Sulaiman DaudSucceeded by Himself (Youth and Sports) Sabbaruddin Chik (Culture)12th Menteri Besar of PahangIn office 4 May 1982 – 14 August 1986MonarchAhmad ShahDeputyAbdul Rashid Abdul RahmanPreceded by Abdul Rashid Abdul RahmanSucceeded by Khalil Yaakob7th President of the United Malays National OrganisationIn office 26 March 2009 – 12 May 2018DeputyMuhyiddin Yassin (2009–2016) Ahmad Zahid Hamidi (Acting) (2016–2018)Preceded by Abdullah Ahmad BadawiSucceeded by Ahmad Zahid Hamidi9th Youth Chief of the United Malays National OrganisationIn office 1987–1993PresidentMahathir MohamadPreceded by Anwar IbrahimSucceeded by Rahim Thamby Chik3rd President of the International Islamic University MalaysiaIn office 1998–1999ChancellorAhmad ShahPreceded by Anwar IbrahimSucceeded by Sanusi JunidMember of the Malaysian ParliamentIncumbentAssumed office 6 October 1986Preceded by Mohamed Amin Daud (UMNO—BN)Majority10,808 (1986) 10,467 (1990) 10,793 (1995) 241 (1999) 22,292 (2004) 26,464 (2008) 35,613 (2013) 24,859 (2018)In office 21 February 1976 – 29 March 1982Preceded by Abdul Razak Hussein (UMNO—BN)Succeeded by Mohamed Amin Daud (UMNO—BN)MajorityUnopposed (1976) 9,533 (1978)Member of the Pahang State Legislative Assembly for Bandar PekanIn office 22 April 1982 – 3 August 1986Preceded by Shamsiah Abdul Hamid (UMNO—BN)Succeeded by Constituency AbolishedMajority2,371 (1982) Personal detailsBornMohammad Najib bin Abdul Razak (1953-07-23 ) 23 July 1953 (age 68) Kuala Lipis, Malaya (now Malaysia)Political partyUMNO (since 1976)Other political affiliationsBN (since 1976) MN (since 2019) PN (2020-2021)Spouse(s)Puteri Zainah Eskandar ​ ​(m. 1976; div. 1987)​Rosmah Mansor ​(m. 1987)​Children5 (including Mohd Nazifuddin) Riza Aziz (stepson)ParentsAbdul Razak Hussein (father) Rahah Noah (mother)RelativesHishammuddin Hussein (cousin)ResidenceTaman Duta, Bukit Tunku, Kuala LumpurEducationSt. John's Institution Malvern CollegeAlma materUniversity of Nottingham (BSc in Industrial Economics)SignatureWebsitenajibrazak.com/en/ Dato' Sri Haji Mohammad Najib bin Tun Haji Abdul Razak (Jawi: محمد نجيب بن عبدالرزاق ‎, Malay pronunciation:  ; born 23 July 1953) is a Malaysian politician who served as the 6th prime minister of Malaysia from April 2009 to May 2018. He is the son of another former prime minister, Abdul Razak Hussein. Najib Razak was the chairman of the Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition from April 2009 to May 2018 and the president of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) from November 2008 to May 2018, which had maintained control of Malaysia's government with a parliamentary majority for more than sixty years until the coalition's defeat in the 2018 general election. He is referred to as Father of Transformation (Bapa Transformasi). Najib was elected to the Parliament of Malaysia in 1976, at the age of 23, replacing his deceased father in the Pahang-based seat of Pekan. In the same year, he was appointed the head of UMNO Youth's Pekan branch and became a member of the youth wing's Executive Council. In the early years of his political career, Najib took on a deputy prime minister role in 1976, and between 1982 and 1986, he was the Menteri Besar of Pahang. Thereafter, until 2009, he was rotated throughout the Cabinet of Malaysia, taking on various ministerial portfolios in defence, education, culture, youth and sports, and finally finance. Between 1993 and 2009, Najib was a vice-president of UMNO. Najib's tenure as prime minister, between 2009 and 2018, was marked by economic liberalisation measures, such as cuts to government subsidies, loosening of restrictions on foreign investment, and reductions in preferential measures for ethnic Malays in business. After the 2013 election his government was marked by the pursuit of a number of its critics on sedition charges, the imprisonment of opposition leader Anwar Ibrahim following a conviction for sodomy, the implementation of a Goods and Services Tax (GST), and an ongoing scandal involving state investment firm 1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB) which led to rallies calling for Najib's resignation, spearheaded by the grassroots movement Bersih. These protests culminated in the Malaysian Citizens' Declaration by Mahathir Mohamad, Pakatan Harapan and NGO's to oust Najib. Najib's response to the corruption accusations has been to tighten his grip on power by replacing the deputy prime minister, suspending two newspapers and pushing through parliament a controversial National Security Council Bill that provides the prime minister with unprecedented powers. Najib's various subsidy cuts have contributed to soaring living costs, while fluctuating oil prices as well as fallout from the 1MDB scandal have led to a steady depreciation of the Malaysian currency. These ended with a loss of majority for Dewan Rakyat by BN in the 2018 general elections, which Najib then accepted the results of the election and promised to help facilitate a smooth transition of power. Najib remains as a backbencher in the Parliament of Malaysia. On 3 July 2018, Najib was arrested by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC), having investigated how RM42 million (US$10.6 million) went from SRC International, a company related to 1MDB, into Najib's bank account. In the process, the police had seized a number of fashion accessories worth $273 million while searching through his properties. Najib was subsequently charged with abuse of power, multiple counts of criminal breach of trust and money laundering, and tampering with the 1MDB audit report. 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, and was sentenced to 12 years' imprisonment and fined RM210 million. 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