Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
Tun Dato' Sri Haji Abdullah bin Haji AhmadAHB-doo-lah AH-mahd bah-DAH-wee; Arabic: عبد الله بن حاجّ أحمد بدوي ʿAbdullāh ibn ḥaajj Aḥmad Badawī; born 26 November 1939) is a Malaysian politician who served as Prime Minister of Malaysia from 2003 to 2009. He was also the President of the United Malays National Organisation, the largest political party in Malaysia, and led the governing Barisan Nasional parliamentary coalition. He is informally known as Pak Lah, 'Pak' meaning 'Uncle' while 'Lah' is taken...
ProfessionPolitician
Date of Birth26 November 1939
integrity ethics plans
We have also set up the national institute for ethics. This institute and also the implementation of the national integrity plan, that will certainly do the follow up that is necessary for this.
children fighting play
We go fish, we also catch fighting fish, looking for birds and it was for kampong people, the paddy field was our the play field for the children.
balance important too-much
You can't have too much of everything, you must have a balance, that's very important.
unions students active
I have always been interested in politics. I was in the student union before, very active.
simple balance too-much
It must be a balance in everything we do, not too much of everything, keep it simple, not complicated.
community priorities atheism
We have followed a path of moderation, development is our priority, national unity, good community relations, Muslims and non Muslims, this is what has given us the advantage.
children responsibility forget
Sometimes children do forget their filial responsibilities.
important development resources
Of course education becomes very very important and that's for our human resource development.
rich-family just-being my-family
I am quite a spendthrift but just being careful because my family was not rich, was not a rich family.
jobs children talking
I, talking about my children, of course I wanted them to succeed in life, they have to choose whatever job or occupation that they want, I will not try to influence.
children paddy fields
As a child, the paddy field was my playground.
islamic play people
We have been given a role to play. We have been asked to provide, to give lectures on the role of Islamic development and the way we do it here, so the people who are Muslims there would understand what the role of Islam is.
islamic decision honor
So when I had to make a decision whether I would like to do honors degree course in Islamic studies and Malay studies too, so I thought Islamic studies would be good.
race use cabinets
I always said that you can use the same vehicle although the driver will change, or the same vehicle to go for the race. It's a different driver, this is exactly what's happening to the cabinet.