Siti Hasmah Mohamad Ali
Malay styles and titles#Tun, Tun Physician, Dr. Siti Hasmah binti Haji Mohamad Ali (Jawi alphabet, Jawi: سيتي حسمه بنت محمد علي; born 12 July 1926) is the spouse and wife of Mahathir Mohamad, the 4th and 7th Prime Minister of Malaysia. She played the role of Spouse of the Prime Minister of Malaysia from July 1981 to October 2003 and from May 2018 to March 2020 for almost 24 years. She is the oldest-living person of the role. She was also the former chancellor of the Multimedia University of Malaysia. Early life and family Born in Klang, Malaysia, Klang, Selangor on 12 July 1926, Siti Hasmah is an ethnic Malaysian Malays, Malay (retired) physician of Minangkabau people, Minangkabau descent from Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia. She schooled in St. Mary's School, Kuala Lumpur, SMK St. Mary. She obtained her MBBS from the University of Malaya in Singapore. Tun Siti Hasmah was one of the first Malay women to enroll for a medical course at the King Edward VII College of Me ...
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Malay Styles And Titles
The Malay language has a complex system of Style (manner of address), styles, titles and honorifics which are used extensively in Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia, Singapore, and the southern Philippines. Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore and several Provinces of Indonesia, provinces in Indonesia regularly award honorary and life titles. What follows in this article is specific to the Malaysian system. References to Brunei and Indonesia are given when pertinent. In Malaysia, all non-hereditary titles can be granted to both men and women. Every title has a form which can be used by the wife of the title holder. This form is not used by the husband of a titled woman; such a woman will bear a title which is the same as a titled man. Former use Singapore, whose Malay royalty was abolished by the Singapore in the Straits Settlements, British colonial government in 1891, has adopted civic titles for its leaders. The Philippines historically used Malay titles during its History of the Philip ...
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