| Honorific-Prefix: | Yang Amat Berbahagia Tun |
| Abdul Ghafar Baba | |
| Native Name: | Malay: {{Script|Arab|عبدالغفار باب |
| Order: | 6th |
| Primeminister: | Mahathir Mohamad |
| Term Start: | 10 May 1986 |
| Term End: | 15 October 1993 |
| Predecessor: | Musa Hitam |
| Successor: | Anwar Ibrahim |
| Constituency: | Jasin |
| Office1: | Minister of Rural Development |
| Primeminister1: | Mahathir Mohamad |
| Term Start1: | 11 August 1986 |
| Term End1: | 1 December 1993 |
| Monarch1: | Iskandar Azlan Shah |
| Deputy1: | Tajol Rosli Mohd Ghazali (1986–1990) Ng Cheng Kuai (1986–1987) Mohd. Yasin Kamari (1990–1993) |
| Predecessor1: | Sanusi Junid |
| Successor1: | Annuar Musa |
| Constituency1: | Jasin |
| Primeminister2: | Abdul Razak Hussein |
| Term Start2: | 22 December 1970 |
| Term End2: | 4 September 1974 |
| Monarch2: | Abdul Halim |
| 1Blankname2: | Assistant Minister |
| 1Namedata2: | Abdul Samad Idris (1970–1973) |
| Predecessor2: | Abdul Razak Hussein |
| Successor2: | Himself |
| Constituency2: | Malacca Utara |
| Office3: | Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development |
| Primeminister3: | Abdul Razak Hussein |
| Term Start3: | 5 September 1974 |
| Term End3: | 14 January 1976 |
| Monarch3: | Abdul Halim Yahya Petra |
| Deputy3: | Mokhtar Hashim (1974–1975) Mustapha Abdul Jabar (1975–1976) |
| Predecessor3: | Himself Mohamed Ghazali Jawi |
| Successor3: | Ali Ahmad |
| Constituency3: | Alor Gajah |
| Birth Date: | 18 February 1925 |
| Birth Place: | Kuala Pilah, Negeri Sembilan, Federated Malay States, British Malaya (now Malaysia) |
| Death Place: | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
| Resting Place: | Makam Pahlawan, Masjid Negara, Kuala Lumpur |
| Party: | United Malays National Organisation |
| Otherparty: | Alliance Party Barisan Nasional (BN) |
| Spouse: | Asmah Alang Dayang Heryati Abdul Rahim |
| Relations: | Abdul Aziz Jaafar (son-in-law) Ahmad Hamzah (son-in-law) Zahid Arip (grandson) |
| Occupation: | Teacher |
| Office: | Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia |
| Office5: | Chief Minister of Malacca |
| Order5: | 2nd |
| Predecessor5: | Osman Talib |
| Successor5: | Talib Karim |
| Termend5: | 5 October 1967 |
| Termstart5: | 1 June 1959 |
| Governor5: | Leong Yew Koh Abdul Malek Yusuf |
| Constituency5: | Tanjong Kling |
Tun Abdul Ghafar bin Baba (Malay: عبدالغفار بن باب|label=[[Jawi alphabet|Jawi]]|script=arab|italic=unset; 18 February 1925 – 23 April 2006) was a Malaysian politician who served as 6th Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia from 1986 to 1993.
He was born on 18 February 1925 in Kuala Pilah, Negeri Sembilan, the son of impoverished villagers from Malacca state who emigrated as pastoral nomads, namely Baba Abdullah from Sungai Udang and his wife, Saodah Salleh from Bemban. 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 1943, he married Toh Puan Asmah Binti Alang (1927–2004) and they had twelve children, three of whom he outlived. In the early 1990s, he polygamously married his second wife, Toh Puan Heryati Abdul Rahim, with whom he had one child, and divorced in 2003.
In 1986, he was appointed Deputy Prime Minister by Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad. Previously, Musa Hitam held the deputy premiership but resigned, citing irreconcilable differences with Mahathir.[1] 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.
He died on 23 April 2006, at Gleneagles Intan Medical Centre in Kuala Lumpur due to cardiopulmonary complications. He had been in critical condition for several months prior to his death. He was buried the same day in an official state funeral at Makam Pahlawan near Masjid Negara, Kuala Lumpur.[2] [3]
| Constituency | Candidate | Votes | Pct | Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1969 | P087 Malacca Utara, Malacca | (UMNO) | 15,692 | 63.86% | Ali Md. Salleh (PAS) | 8,881 | 36.14% | 26,088 | 6,811 | 78.49% | |||||
| 1974 | P095 Alor Gajah, Malacca | Abdul Ghafar Baba (UMNO) | 20,890 | 78.89% | Abdul Ghani Long (PEKEMAS) | 5,591 | 21.11% | N/A | 15,299 | N/A | |||||
| 1978 | P096 Jasin, Malacca | Abdul Ghafar Baba (UMNO) | N/A | N/A | Abdul Karim Abu (DAP) | N/A | N/A | N/A | 12,067 | N/A | |||||
| 1982 | Abdul Ghafar Baba (UMNO) | 27,542 | 81.07% | Salleh Ayob (PAS) | 6,432 | 18.93% | 35,657 | 21,110 | 76.54% | ||||||
| 1986 | P114 Jasin, Malacca | Abdul Ghafar Baba (UMNO) | 20,772 | 76.35% | Rahimin Bani (PAS) | 6,436 | 23.65% | 28,200 | 14,336 | 71.21% | |||||
| 1990 | Abdul Ghafar Baba (UMNO) | 22,826 | 72.46% | Aris Konil (S46) | 8,674 | 27.54% | 32,519 | 14,152 | 77.93% | ||||||
| 1995 | P124 Jasin, Malacca | Abdul Ghafar Baba (UMNO) | 25,693 | 78.19% | Ahmad Mohd Alim (PAS) | 4,856 | 14.78% | 34,181 | 20,837 | 75.80% | |||||
| Aris Konil (S46) | 2,310 | 7.03% | |||||||||||||
| 1999 | P122 Batu Berendam, Malacca | Abdul Ghafar Baba (UMNO) | 37,656 | 55.36% | Khalid Jaafar (KeADILan) | 30,368 | 44.64% | 69,592 | 7,288 | 78.82% | |||||
Malaysia:Several places were named after him, including: