Wednesday, August 09, 2017
Najib Razak, in full Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak (born July 23, 1953, Kuala Lipis, Malaysia), Malaysian politician who served as prime minister of Malaysia from 2009.
Najib Razak was born into a political family which is his father, Abdul Razak, was Malaysia’s prime minister from 1970 to 1976, and also his uncle, Hussein Onn, was prime minister from 1976 to 1981. He received his primary and secondary education at St. John's Institution, Kuala Lumpur.
His first education was at St. John’s Institution in Kuala Lumpur. Second education is at Malvern Boy’s College in Worcestershire, England. After that he earning a degree in Industrial Economics from Nottingham University.
The mother of Datuk Seri Najib Razak Is Tun Rahah Mohammad Noah. She is the daughter of Tan Sri Haji Mohamad Noah Omar, the former Minister of Home Affairs and first Speaker of the Dewan Rakyat. The father name is Tun Abdul Razak bin Hussein Al-Haj who was the second Prime Minister of Malaysia, ruling from 1970 to 1976. Tun Razak was the Prime Minister responsible in setting up Barisan Nasional.
Datuk Seri Najib Razak is the eldest son of Tun Abdul Razak. He was 17 years old when his father became prime minister while the youngest, Datuk Nazir Razak was then just four.
Datuk Johari Razak, the second eldest, read law, like his father. He is a senior partner at Shearn Delamore & Co, a large law firm in Kuala Lumpur. Johari is also a non-executive director in several publicly listed companies including, being chairman of Ancom Bhd, deputy chairman of related Nylex (M) Bhd, and directorships in Hong Leong Industries Bhd and Daiman Development Bhd. He is also a director of Deutsche Bank (M) Bhd.
The middle brother, Datuk Mohamed Nizam Razak studied politics, philosophy and economics at Oxford University in the UK and was a stockbroker, being CEO of PB Securities Sdn Bhd in the 1990s. At present, he is also a non-executive director in several publicly listed companies including Hiap Teck Venture Bhd, Mamee Double-Decker (M) Bhd, Delloyd Ventures Bhd and Yeo Hiap Seng (M) Bhd. Like Johari, Nizam is also a director of Deutsche Bank.
The fourth brother Datuk Mohamed Nazim Razak, who also studied in a British university, is an architect. His wedding in 2005 when he married to Norjuma Habib Mohamed, former host of TV3’s Nona show, was widely covered in the media.
The youngest brother is the most well-known. Datuk Nazir Razak had studied at Cambridge University where he obtained a master of philosophy. A career banker, he joined CIMB Investment Bank almost 20 years ago, rising through its executive ranks to become its CEO in 1999.
Datin Seri Rosmah Mansor was born in Kuala Pilah on December 10, 1951, Rosmah was later brought up in Seremban, Negeri Sembilan. She had secondary education in Tunku Kurshiah College (TKC), Seremban, Negeri Sembilan. Rosmah holds a Bachelor's degree in Sociology and Anthropology from University of Malaya where she graduated from in 1974 and a Masters Degree in Sociology and Agriculture from Louisiana State University where she graduated from in 1978. She married Najib Tun Abdul Razak in 1987. They both have 2 children which are Noryana Najwa and Nor Ashman Najib.
