Ghafar Baba

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Tun Ghafar Baba (1925-2006) is a Malaysian politician from Melaka and a former Deputy Prime Minister. He was born on 1925 in Kuala Pilah, Negeri Sembilan. Ghafar is a member of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) political party, which is part of the governing Barisan Nasional coalition.

He was appointed as Deputy Prime Minister by the then Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad in 1986. Previously, Musa Hitam held the deputyship but he resigned, citing irreconcilable differences with Mahathir. ^[1] In October 15, 1993 during UMNO election, he was challenged by Anwar Ibrahim. Ghafar Baba was defeated by Anwar Ibrahim and subsequently lost the deputyship.

On 23 April 2006, he passed away at Gleneagles Intan Medical Centre in Kuala Lumpur due to heart attack. His health had been in critical condition several months prior to his death. He was 81 years old. He will be buried in Makam Pahlawan near Masjid Negara, Kuala Lumpur on the same day.

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