Abdul Ghafar Baba
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Yang Amat Berbahagia Tun Datuk Seri Utama Abdul Ghafar Baba S.M.N., S.U.M.W. |
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| 6th Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia | |
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In office 10 May 1986 – 1 December 1993 |
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| Preceded by | Musa Hitam |
| Succeeded by | Anwar Ibrahim |
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Abdul Ghafar bin Baba 18 February 1925 Kuala Pilah, Negeri Sembilan, British Malaya (now Malaysia) |
| Died | 23 April 2006 (aged 81) Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
| Resting place | Makam Pahlawan, Masjid Negara, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
| Citizenship | Malaysian |
| Political party | United Malays National Organisation |
| Spouse(s) | Asmah Alang Dayang Heryati Abdul Rahim |
| Occupation | Teacher |
| Religion | Sunni Islam |
Tun Datuk Seri Utama Abdul Ghafar bin Baba (18 February 1925 – 23 April 2006) was a Malaysian politician from Melaka who was Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia from 1986 to 1993.
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. 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.
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