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Abu Zahar bin Ithnin (died 12 July 2013) was a

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n politician and the Chief Minister of Malacca from May 1997 to December 1999. He had also been

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Speaker. His daughter,

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is also a politician and former actress.

Death

Ithnin died of complications of a

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on 12 July 2013 at the age of 74. He was buried at the Malacca Heroes Mausoleum near

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