Abdul Ajib Ahmad Explained

Honorific-Prefix:Yang Berhormat Dato'
Abdul Ajib Ahmad
Honorific-Suffix:DGSM DPMJ BSI
Birth Date:13 September 1947
Birth Place:Segamat, Johor, Malayan Union (now Malaysia)
Death Place:Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Resting Place:Bukit Kiara Muslim Cemetery, Kuala Lumpur
Constituency:Endau
Order:12th Menteri Besar of Johor
Term Start:29 April 1982
Term End:12 August 1986
Predecessor:Othman Saat
Successor:Muhyiddin Yassin
Party:United Malays National OrganisationBarisan Nasional
Alma Mater:University of Malaya

Dato' Abdul Ajib bin Ahmad (13 September 19473 February 2011) was a Malaysian politician. He served as the Chief Minister of Johor from 1982 and 1986 and was later a minister in the federal government of Mahathir Mohamad. He was a member of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO).

An economics graduate, Ajib worked as an adviser to Musa Hitam before becoming Chief Minister of Johor in 1982. He served as Chief Minister until 1986, when he moved to federal politics, winning the seat of Mersing . He became a minister in the government of Mahathir Mohamad, but was dismissed in 1987 when Mahathir promptly purged the government cabinet of those who opposed him when they supported, among others, the then Deputy Prime Minister Tun Musa Hitam and Razaleigh Hamzah in the UMNO party presidency election.[1] [2]

Ahmad died of a heart attack at the age of 63 on 3 February 2011, leaving his wife Datin Ropeah Hassan, three sons and a daughter.[1]

Election results

Year!
ConstituencyCandidateVotesPctOpponent(s)VotesPctBallots castMajorityTurnout
1982N07 EndauAbdul Ajib Ahmad (UMNO)
Year!
ConstituencyCandidateVotesPctOpponent(s)VotesPctBallots castMajorityTurnout
1986P119 Mersing, JohorAbdul Ajib Ahmad (UMNO)14,41980.29%Mokhtar Yahaya (PAS)3,54019.71%19,06510,87967.41%
1990Abdul Ajib Ahmad (UMNO)14,36659.31%Hassan Md. Ali (S46)9,85740.69%25,0814,50972.66%

Honours

Notes and References

  1. News: Former Johor MB Ajib Ahmad dies . Farik Zolkepli . 3 February 2011 . . 3 February 2011 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20110206234551/http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=%2F2011%2F2%2F3%2Fnation%2F20110203181734&sec=nation . 6 February 2011 .
  2. Book: Ramanathan. Sankaran. Mohd Hamdan Adnan. Malaysia's 1986 general election: the urban-rural dichotomy. 1988. Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. 73. 9789813035126.
  3. Book: Malacca's Yang Di-Pertua Honours 186. New Straits Times. 18 July 1984.