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PROFILE: Prime Minister Najib Razak, re-elected in Malaysia
News Date: 6th May 2013
Prime Minister Najib Razak, 69, may not have the gift of gab or charisma of other politicians, but he has the blood of Malaysia’s great leaders running in his veins.
His father, Abdul Razak Hussein, was the country’s second prime minister during 1970-76. Najib’s uncle, Hussein Onn, was the third premier of the predominantly Muslim South-east Asian country.
Najib earned a bachelor's degree in industrial economics in Britain, then returned home to become the youngest member of parliament in Malaysian history at age 23.
A year later, he became the youngest-ever deputy minister. He went on to hold several ministerial portfolios including education and defence.
In 1976, Najib married Zainah Eskandar, with whom he has three children. They divorced in 1987 and he married current wife Rosmah Mansor; they have two children.
Najib became prime minister in 2009, a year after the ruling National Front suffered its worst political setback in 56 years of uninterrupted rule.
Picking up the pieces from the 2008 electoral shock that saw the coalition lose its two-thirds parliamentary majority for the first time, Najib launched economic liberalization programmes that attracted more foreign investment.
He also pushed social initiatives such as repealing the Internal Security Act and other laws that restricted individual rights.
"From economic, political and social transformation, to the upholding of democracy and human rights, we have moved surely and firmly down the path of greater liberalization," he said.
Murray Heibert, deputy director of Southeast Asia Studies at the US-based Centre for Strategic and International Studies, said the reforms were unacceptable to conservatives within the party.
"Many of Najib's reform efforts have been opposed by a conservative faction within UMNO (United Malays National Organization, the dominant party in the governing coalition) that is determined to block any rollback of the pro-Malay affirmative action policies introduced in 1971," he said.
Source: GNA
PROFILE: Prime Minister Najib Razak, re-elected in Malaysia
News Date: 6th May 2013
Prime Minister Najib Razak, 69, may not have the gift of gab or charisma of other politicians, but he has the blood of Malaysia’s great leaders running in his veins.
His father, Abdul Razak Hussein, was the country’s second prime minister during 1970-76. Najib’s uncle, Hussein Onn, was the third premier of the predominantly Muslim South-east Asian country.
Najib earned a bachelor's degree in industrial economics in Britain, then returned home to become the youngest member of parliament in Malaysian history at age 23.
A year later, he became the youngest-ever deputy minister. He went on to hold several ministerial portfolios including education and defence.
In 1976, Najib married Zainah Eskandar, with whom he has three children. They divorced in 1987 and he married current wife Rosmah Mansor; they have two children.
Najib became prime minister in 2009, a year after the ruling National Front suffered its worst political setback in 56 years of uninterrupted rule.
Picking up the pieces from the 2008 electoral shock that saw the coalition lose its two-thirds parliamentary majority for the first time, Najib launched economic liberalization programmes that attracted more foreign investment.
He also pushed social initiatives such as repealing the Internal Security Act and other laws that restricted individual rights.
"From economic, political and social transformation, to the upholding of democracy and human rights, we have moved surely and firmly down the path of greater liberalization," he said.
Murray Heibert, deputy director of Southeast Asia Studies at the US-based Centre for Strategic and International Studies, said the reforms were unacceptable to conservatives within the party.
"Many of Najib's reform efforts have been opposed by a conservative faction within UMNO (United Malays National Organization, the dominant party in the governing coalition) that is determined to block any rollback of the pro-Malay affirmative action policies introduced in 1971," he said.
Source: GNA
