Wan Mokhtar, Date of Birth

    

Wan Mokhtar

Date of Birth: 21-Mar-1932

Profession: politician

Nationality: Malaysia

Zodiac Sign: Aries


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About Wan Mokhtar

  • Wan Mokhtar bin Wan Ahmad was the Menteri Besar (Chief Minister) of the Malaysian state of Terengganu from 1974 to 1999.
  • He held the seat of Cukai in the Terengganu State Legislative Assembly for the same period, as a member of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) in the Barisan Nasional coalition.
  • He is Terengganu's longest-serving chief minister. Wan Mokhtar was an ally of the similarly long-serving Malaysian Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad.
  • In 1987 he was elected a national vice-president of UMNO, alongside Anwar Ibrahim, on Mahathir's ticket.His tenure as Chief Minister and a state assemblyman came to an end at the 1999 election, when the Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party took control of both the state assembly and Wan Mokhtar's seat in a landslide victory.Wan Mokhtar's son, Wan Abdul Hakim, was elected to the Terengganu state assembly in 2008.

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