Abdullah Ahmad Badawi

Politician

1939-11-26 – 2025-04-14

Abdullah bin Ahmad Badawi, also known as Pak Lah, was a Malaysian politician and civil servant who served as the fifth prime minister of Malaysia from 2003 to 2009. A member of UMNO, he was the party's president from 2004 to 2009 and led the ruling Barisan Nasional coalition during his premiership.

Quotes by Abdullah Ahmad Badawi

I am quite a spendthrift but just being careful because my family was not rich, was not a rich family.
Read quote
When she was in United States, we maintained contact, we talked to each other on the phone, almost every night. And there was one occasion I tried to fix this video conferencing but somehow it did not come out very well enough so better to talk on the phone.
Read quote