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Mohd Adib bin Mohamad Adam (2 July 1941 – 21 September 2022) was a Malaysian politician who served as the 5th Chief Minister of Malacca from July 1978 to April 1982, Minister of Rural Development, Cooperatives and Entrepreneurship from 1984 to 1986 and

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from 1982 to 1984. He was a member of the

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(UMNO), a component party of the

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(BN) coalition and member of the

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(BERSATU), presently a component party of the

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(PN) coalition and formerly

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(PH) coalition.

Education and early career

Adib was a student of Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Tinggi Melaka. Adib served as the Assistant District Officer in

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. He then resigned to become the executive secretary at the headquarters of UMNO at

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(PWTC). In 1971, he was appointed the Information Attaché to the Malaysia Embassy in

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Politics

After Adib won the Malacca state assembly seat of Ayer Panas in the 1978 general election, the Prime Minister then, Tun Hussein Onn had picked him to replace Datuk Setia Haji Abdul Ghani Ali as the new Chief Minister of Malacca. He was only 37 years old and he served as Chief Minister for four years from 11 July 1978 to 26 April 1982. He was then replaced by Tan Sri

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in 1982 by Dr. Mahathir Mohamad who became the new Prime Minister earlier in 1981. Adib contested the parliamentary seat of

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, Malacca in the subsequent 1982 general election and he won to be the

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. He was then selected to be the Minister of Information replacing Dato'

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who was appointed ambassador to Jakarta, Indonesia. He served in that portfolio for two years (1982–1984) before he was appointed Minister of Rural Development, Cooperatives and Entrepreneurship (1984–1986).

Personal life and death

Adib had four children. He died in

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on 21 September 2022, at the age of 81.

Biography book

* Dato Seri Adib bin Adam - by Siti Rohana Omar.

Election results

Honours

* : **

Grand Commander of the

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(DGSM) – Datuk Seri (1983)

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Mohd Adib Mohamad Adam 1941 births 2022 deaths Kuala Lumpur politicians Malaysian people of Malay descent Malaysian Muslims Malaysian businesspeople Malaysian United Indigenous Party politicians Former United Malays National Organisation politicians Members of the Dewan Rakyat Government ministers of Malaysia Members of the Malacca State Legislative Assembly Malacca state executive councillors Chief Ministers of Malacca