Tuesday, March 31, 2009

Malaysia's New Prime Minister!!


Hey, believe it or not..Malaysia is going to have a new prime minister this Friday.
The long waited Najib Tun Razak is going to have the highest power in the government of Malaysia soon enough. Question rises, is he capable of leading Malaysia to continue its so called glories and magnificent achievement's since Independence despite his hideous Altantunya case or his plays with "politik wang"? Perhaps other controversial events that might have not been told by the media? Who know's?

Well, like it or not, he's gonna be our new leader. Here's some facts throughout Najib's background and you judge yourself whether he is qualified or not.

Birth : 1953, Kuala Lipis, Pahang
Father : Tun Abdul Razak Hussein (2nd Prime Minister)
Mother : Toh Puan Rahah Mohamad Noah

Education
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1. St John Institution, Kuala Lumpur
2. Maven Boy's College, Worchestershire, England
3. University Of Nottingham, England (Degree in Industrial Economy, 1974)


Involvement in Politics
1. Elected as a Parliament member at the age of 23 (youngest member ever) after winning the Pekan Parliamentary seat (replacing his late father when he died in 14 Januari 1976).
2. Deputy Minister of Power, Telekom and Posts in 1978 (25 y/o). Also Deputy Minister of Education and Deputy Minister of Finance.
3. In 1982-1986, he became the Chief Minister of Pahang after winning the Bandar Pekan DUN seat.
4. 1986 - Ministry of Culture, Youth and Sports.
1990 - Ministry of Defense
1995 - Ministry of Education
5. After the 1999 General Elections, he replace Datuk Seri Abdullah as the Minister of Defense and later became the Deputy Prime Minister in 6 Januari 2004. He is also the current Minister of Finance.

information source: malaysia kini

Quite of a colourful background huh...final words to Najib..."Please lead our country well, bring more justice and peace at the same time not forgetting the basic Islamic Principles..". Good luck all Malaysians~


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