Unsung Hero:Wira Yang Tidak DiDendang
Biography for Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah
Last Updated: 01/15/2009 - Able2Act
First Name: Tengku Razaleigh
Last Name: Hamzah
Title: Member of Parliament for Gua Musang, Kelantan
Country: Malaysia
Date of Birth: 13/04/1937
Place of Birth: Kota Bharu, Kelantan
Spouses:
• Noor Abdullah (current)
Education:
Primary
• Padang Garung Malay School, Kota Bharu, Kelantan.
Secondary
• Sultan Ismail College, 1954 Kota Bharu, Kelantan.
• Malay College Kuala Kangsar (MCKK), Perak.
• Anderson School, Ipoh, Perak.
Tertiary
• Queen's University, Belfast, Northern Ireland. 1959 B.A (Econs)
• Lincoln's Inn, London. 1960-1961 (did not finish his studies due to his father's death)
CV:
• 1961 Runs his father's business.
• Oct 1965 Executive Director of Bank Bumiputra.
• 1965 Organizer, the first Bumiputera Economic Congress.
• 1969-1974 State Assemblyman for Ulu Kelantan, Kelantan.
• Sep 1970 Chairman and Managing Director, Bank Bumiputra Malaysia Berhad. (BBMB)
• Nov 1970-Oct 1976 Chairman, National Corporation Berhad (PERNAS).
• 1971 Leader of the 1st Unofficial Malaysian Trade Mission to China.
• 1972-1982 Chairman of Fleet Group.
• Chairman, International Monetary Fund's Annual Meeting.
• Sep 5, 1974 Chairman and Chief Executive of PETRONAS.
• 1974-1986 Member of Parliament for Ulu Kelantan, Kelantan.
• Mar 5, 1976-Jul 1984 Minister of Finance.
• Jul 14, 1984-Apr 29, 1987 Minister of Trade and Industry.
• 1986 Member of Parliament for Gua Musang, Kelantan.
• Oct 30, 1988 Offered a cabinet post as Minister Without Portfolio but he rejected it.
• Oct 7, 1996 Parti Melayu Semangat 46 agreed to dissolve their (NST paper) seven-year-old party, and make preparations to return to Umno en bloc. Thus ending S46's span as a political organisation.
• Oct 9, 1996 Tengku Razaleigh and some 200,000 former Parti (NST 2* paper) Semangat 46 members automatically became members of Umno when Tengku Razaleigh handed over 200,000 membership forms to Umno president Datuk Seri Dr. Mahathir Mohamad in a historic ceremony at the Putra World Trade Centre.
• Adviser (Volunteer), National Economic Recovery Plan (MTEN).
• 1962 Chairman of Hulu Kelantan's UMNO Division. Deputy Chairman, Kelantan State UMNO Liaison.
• 1963 Secretary, Kelantan UMNO State Liaison Committee.
• 1963 Appointed member of the UMNO Supreme Council.
• 1967 Deputy Chairman of the Kelantan UMNO State Liaison Committee.
• 1969- 1974 UMNO Opposition leader in the Kelantan State Legislative Assembly.
• 1971-1984 Member of UMNO Supreme Council and was appointed its treasurer.
• 1971 UMNO Member of the Economic Bureau.
• 1972-1984 Chairman of the Kelantan State UMNO Liaison Committee.
• 1972 UMNO Opposition leader of the PAS controlled Kelantan State Assembly.
• Jun 25, 1972 Member, UMNO Supreme Council.
• 1974-1981 Vice President of UMNO.
• 1981 Lost in his bid for the UMNO Deputy Presidency to Datuk Musa Hitam by 205 votes.
• 1984 Lost in his bid for the UMNO Deputy Presidency to Datuk Musa Hitam by 243 votes.
• Apr 24, 1987 Lost in his bid for the UMNO Presidency to Dato' Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad by 43 votes.
• Jul 1989 Member of Semangat 46.
• Oct 1989-Oct 1996 President of Semangat 46 (T. Razaleigh formed Semangat 46 in 1989).
• Jul 1992-Oct 7, 1996 Gagasan Rakyat President of Gagasan Rakyat.
• Oct 1996 Joined Umno as an ordinary member.
• 1998 Division Chief, UMNO Gua Musang Division. (Elected when its incumbent Mohamed Saufi Deraman did not seek re-election).
• Jun 1999-May 2000 Chairman, UMNO Kelantan Liaison Committee.
• Sep 1999-May 2000 Appointed UMNO Supreme Council Member.
• June 30, 2000 Appointed Member, UMNO Supreme Council.
• Mar 2001 Chief, Gua Musang UMNO Division. Won Uncontested.
• 2003 Chief, Gua Musang UMNO Pro-tem Committee.
• 1964 Indian Overseas Bank. Adviser
• Oct 1965 Bank Bumiputra Malaysia Berhad. Executive Director (BBMB)
• Sep 1970 Bank Bumiputra Malaysia Berhad. Chairman & Managing (BBMB) Director
• Nov 1970-Oct 1976 Perbadanan National Berhad. Chairman (PERNAS)
• 1972-1982 Fleet Group. Chairman
• Sep 5, 1974-1980 Petroliam Nasional Berhad. Chairman & Chief (PETRONAS) Executive
• Malaysian National Insurance Chairman Sendirian Berhad.
• Asian Development Bank. Chairman
• Bumiputra Investment Foundation. Deputy Chairman
• Court of Fellow Member, Malaysian Institute of Management (MIM).
• 1973-1976 Chairman, Malaysian Institute of Management (MIM).
• 1975-1977 President of the ASEAN-CCI.
• Apr 1982-Jun 1989 President, Outward Bound Trust of Malaysia (OBT).
• Apr 14, 1986 Honorary Life Membership of the Pacific Area Travel Association (PATA).
• Mar 1987 Patron of the National Movement of United Artistes and Cultural Organisation Malaysia (PAKAR).
• Adviser (Volunteer), National Economic Recovery Plan (MTEN).
• Aug 1999 Member, National Economic Consultative Council (MAPEN II).
• Chairman, The Malay Education Congress (MEC).
• President, Rotary Club.
• 1997 Patron, Nusa Mahsuri Badminton Club (NMBC).
• May 1971 : Led Malaysia's first unofficial trade delegation to China.
Awards: Jul 1971 S.P.M.K. Sri Paduka Mahkota Kelantan, Kelantan. Dato'
Jun 6, 1973 P.S.M. Panglima Setia Mahkota, Agong. Tan Sri
Jul 1975 Father of Malaysia's Economy, Malay Chambers of Commerce and Industry.
Jul 1978 D.K. (Kelantan)
Oct 24, 1980 S.S.A.P. Sri Sultan Ahmad Shah Pahang, Pahang. Dato' Seri
Mar 8, 1982 S.P.M.S. Seri Paduka Mahkota Selangor, Selangor. Dato'
Jun 2004 Anugerah Tokoh DPMM-Jasamu Dikenang, Dewan Perniagaan Melayu Malaysia (DPMM).
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