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Rais Yatim

Yang Berbahagia Tan Sri Dato' Seri Utama Dr.
Rais Yatim
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Minister for Information, Communication and Culture
In office
10 April 2009 – 5 May 2013
Monarch Abdul Halim
Mizan Zainal Abidin
Prime Minister Najib Razak
Deputy Joseph Salang Gandum
Heng Seai Kie
Preceded by Ahmad Shabery Cheek
(Minister for Information)
Shafie Apdal
(Minister for Culture, Arts and Heritage)
Succeeded by Ahmad Shabery Cheek (Communication and Multimedia)
Mohamed Nazri Abdul Aziz (Tourism and Culture)
Minister for Foreign Affairs
In office
19 March 2008 – 9 April 2009
Monarch Mizan Zainal Abidin
Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
Deputy Abdul Rahim Bakri
Preceded by Syed Hamid Albar
Succeeded by Anifah Aman
Minister for Culture, Arts and Heritage
In office
March 2004 – March 2008
Monarch Mizan Zainal Abidin
Sirajuddin
Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
Preceded by position established
Succeeded by Shafie Apdal
(Minister for National Unity, Culture, Arts and Heritage)
Minister for Foreign Affairs
In office
1986–1987
Monarch Iskandar
Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamed
Preceded by Ahmad Rithauddeen Ismail
Succeeded by Abu Hassan Omar
Member of Parliament
for Jelebu
In office
1999–2013
Preceded by Yunus Rahmat
Succeeded by Zainuddin Ismail
In office
1982–1990
Preceded by Abdul Samad Idris
Succeeded by Ibrahim Sareh
In office
1974–1978
Preceded by Constituency established
Succeeded by Abdul Samad Idris
President of International Islamic University Malaysia
Assumed office
2 June 2013
Chancellor Sultan Ahmad Shah
Preceded by Mohd. Sidek Hassan
Personal details
Born Rais bin Yatim
(1942-04-15) 15 April 1942 (age 74)
Kampung Gagu, Jelebu, Negeri Sembilan, British Malaya (now Malaysia)
Citizenship Malaysian
Political party United Malays National Organisation
Barisan Nasional (until 1988; 1996–present)
Parti Melayu Semangat 46 (1989-1996)
Spouse(s) Masnah Rais
Children 4
Residence Ampang Jaya, Kuala Lumpur
Alma mater University of Singapore (1973)
King's College London (1994)
Occupation Politician, lawyer
Religion Sunni Islam

Tan Sri Dato' Seri Utama Dr. Rais bin Yatim (born 15 April 1942) is a Malaysian politician. He was a minister in multiple federal governments from 1974 to 2013 and the Chief Minister of Negeri Sembilan from 1978–1982. He held the Jelebu seat in the Parliament of Malaysia until 2013. He was a member of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), the leading party in Malaysia's ruling Barisan Nasional coalition, except for a period in the 1990s when he was a member of the opposition Semangat 46.

After leaving politics he became the President of the International Islamic University Malaysia (IIUM).

Rais was born to a Minangkabau family. A lawyer by profession, he graduated from Language Institute (also known as Language Teaching College), Kuala Lumpur in 1964. In 1968, he taught Bahasa Malaysia to the American Peace Corps in the United States. He obtained his honours degree from National University of Singapore. In 1994, he obtained a PhD from King's College London. His doctoral dissertation was eventually published in 1995 as Freedom Under Executive Power in Malaysia: A Study of Executive Supremacy.

Rais has held various positions in the national cabinet and other state government positions. He had been appointed a Minister in the Prime Minister's Department, Menteri Besar of Negeri Sembilan (1978–1982), Minister of Land and Regional Development (1982–1984), Minister of Information (1984–1986) and Foreign Minister (1986–1987).


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