Abdul Ghafar Baba

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Yang Amat Berbahagia Tun Abdul Ghafar Baba SSM SUMW
عبدالغفار باب‎
6th Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia
In office 10 May 1986 – 1 December 1993
Monarch	Iskandar Azlan Shah
Prime Minister	Mahathir Mohamad
Preceded by	Musa Hitam
Succeeded by	Anwar Ibrahim
Constituency	Jasin
Minister of Rural Development (Minister of National and Rural Development : 23 September 1970 – 11 May 1972, 11 August 1986 – 20 May 1987) (Minister of Rural Economy Development : 11 May 1972 – 25 August 1974)
In office 11 August 1986 – 1 December 1993
Monarch	Iskandar Azlan Shah
Prime Minister	Mahathir Mohamad
Deputy	Tajol Rosli Mohd Ghazali (1986–1990) Ng Cheng Kuai (1986–1987) Mohd. Yasin Kamari (1990–1993)
Preceded by	Sanusi Junid
Succeeded by	Annuar Musa
Constituency	Jasin
In office 22 December 1970 – 4 September 1974
Monarch	Abdul Halim
Prime Minister	Abdul Razak Hussein
Assistant Minister	Abdul Samad Idris (1970–1973)
Preceded by	Abdul Razak Hussein
Succeeded by	Himself as Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development
Constituency	Malacca Utara
Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development
In office 5 September 1974 – 14 January 1976
Monarch	Abdul Halim Yahya Petra
Prime Minister	Abdul Razak Hussein
Deputy	Mokhtar Hashim (1974–1975) Mustapha Abdul Jabar (1975–1976)
Preceded by	Himself (Rural Development) Mohamed Ghazali Jawi (Agriculture)
Succeeded by	Ali Ahmad
Constituency	Alor Gajah
2nd Chief Minister of Malacca
In office 1 June 1959 – 5 October 1967
Governor	Leong Yew Koh Abdul Malek Yusuf
Preceded by	Osman Talib
Succeeded by	Talib Karim
Constituency	Tanjong Kling
Personal details
Born	(1925-02-18)18 February 1925 Kuala Pilah, Negeri Sembilan, Federated Malay States, British Malaya (now Malaysia)
Died	23 April 2006(2006-04-23) (aged 81) Gleneagles Intan Medical Centre, Jalan Ampang, Kuala Lumpur
Resting place	Makam Pahlawan, Masjid Negara, Kuala Lumpur
Political party	United Malays National Organisation
Spouse(s)	Asmah Alang Dayang Heryati Abdul Rahim
Relations	Ahmad Hamzah (son-in-law)
Occupation	Teacher

Tun Abdul Ghafar bin Baba (Jawi: عبدالغفار بن باب‎; 18 February 1925 – 23 April 2006) was a Malaysian politician from Malacca who was Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia from 1986 to 1993.

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.^[1] 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.^[2][3]

Posts[]

• Teachers' Union secretary (1946–1948)
• Melaka UMNO Secretary (1951)
• Melaka UMNO Chairman (1955)
• Chief Minister of Malacca (1959–1963)
• UMNO High Council member (1957)
• UMNO Information Chief (1958)
• UMNO Vice-President (1962–1987)
• Barisan Nasional Secretary-General ^[1]
• Federal Territory Barisan Nasional Chief ^[1]
• Deputy Prime Minister (1986–1993)

Election results[]

Honours[]

Honours of Malaysia[]

•  Malaysia :
  • Grand Commander of the Order of Loyalty to the Crown of Malaysia (SSM) – Tun (1995)^[4]
•  Federal Territory (Malaysia) :
  • Grand Knight of the Order of the Territorial Crown (SUMW) – Datuk Seri Utama (2017)^[5]

Places named after him[]

Tun Abdul Ghafar Baba Memorial in Melaka.

Several places were named after him, including:

• Persiaran Tun Abdul Ghafar Baba, a major road at Peringgit, Melaka.
• Persimpangan Tun Abdul Ghafar, an intersections between Jalan Batu Berendam, Persiaran Tun Abdul Ghafar Baba and Lebuh Ayer Keroh at Peringgit, Melaka.
• The Tun Abdul Ghafar Baba Memorial, a memorial and museum in honour of his achievements located at Persiaran Tun Abdul Ghafar Baba in Peringgit, Melaka.
• MRSM Tun Ghafar Baba an institution facilities at Jasin, Melaka.
• SMK Ghafar Baba (formerly SMK Masjid Tanah), a secondary school at Masjid Tanah, Melaka.
• Tun Abdul Ghafar Baba Mosque, Sungai Udang, Melaka.
• Six FELDA settlements were renamed after him, they are FELDA Tun Ghafar Machap, FELDA Tun Ghafar Hutan Percha, FELDA Tun Ghafar Menggong, FELDA Tun Ghafar Kemendor, FELDA Tun Ghafar Air Kangkong and FELDA Tun Ghafar Bukit Senggeh.
• Kolej Tun Ghafar Baba, a residential college at Universiti Malaysia Perlis, Kuala Perlis, Perlis
• Kolej Tun Ghafar Baba, a residential college at Universiti Teknologi Malaysia, Skudai, Johor

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