Mohd Adib Mohamad Adam

In this Malay name, there is no surname or family name. The name Mohamad Adam is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by their given name, Mohd Adib. The word "bin" or "binti"/"binte" means 'son of' or 'daughter of', respectively.

Yang Berbahagia Datuk Seri Haji Mohd Adib Mohamad Adam DGSM
5th Chief Minister of Malacca
In office 11 July 1978 – 26 April 1982
Governor	Syed Zahiruddin Syed Hassan
Preceded by	Abdul Ghani Ali
Succeeded by	Abdul Rahim Thamby Chik
Minister of Rural Development, Cooperatives and Entrepreneurship
In office 17 July 1984 – 11 August 1986
Preceded by	Rais Yatim
Succeeded by	Sulaiman Daud
Minister of Information
In office 1982–1984
Preceded by	Mohamed Rahmat
Succeeded by	Rais Yatim
Member of the Malaysian Parliament for P95 Alor Gajah
In office 14 June 1982 – 4 October 1990
Preceded by	Abdul Rahim Thamby Chik
Succeeded by	Ibrahim Jendol
Majority	15,852 (1986) 20,068 (1982)
Member of the Malacca State Legislative Assembly for N8 Ayer Panas
In office 1978–1982
Preceded by	Hashim Yusoff
Succeeded by	Mat Aris Konil
Personal details
Born	Mohamed Adib bin Mohamad Adam (1941-02-12)12 February 1941
Died	21 September 2022(2022-09-21) (aged 81) Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Citizenship	Malaysian
Political party	BERSATU (2018-present) UMNO (until 2018)
Other political affiliations	Barisan Nasional (BN) (until 2018) Pakatan Harapan (PH) (2018-2020) Perikatan Nasional (PN) (2020-present)
Spouse	Datin Seri Zainiah
Children	Ahmad Azam, Ahmad Azuwar,Aida , Azdarlina
Occupation	Politician, Corporate member

Datuk Seri Haji Mohd Adib bin Mohamad Adam (12 February 1941 – 21 September 2022) was a Malaysian politician and corporate member. He served as the 5th Chief Minister of Malacca from 1978 to 1982. He formerly served as Minister of Rural Development, Cooperatives and Entrepreneurship (1984-1986) and Minister of Information (1982-1984). He was a member of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), a component party in the previous Barisan Nasional (BN) government coalition before he quits to join the Malaysian United Indigenous Party (BERSATU) of the Perikatan Nasional (PN) coalition of the new government in 2020.

Education and career

Adib is a former student of Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Tinggi Melaka.

He was the Assistant District Officer in Kuala Selangor before. Then he resigned to become the executive secretary at the headquarter of UMNO at Putra World Trade Centre (PWTC). In 1971, he was appointed as the Information Attaché to the Malaysia Embassy in Netherlands.

Family

Adib has four children.

Politics

After Adib won the Malacca state assembly seat of Ayer Panas in the 1978 general election, the Prime Minister then, Tun Hussein Onn had picked him to replace Datuk Setia Haji Abdul Ghani Ali as the new Chief Minister of Malacca. He was only 37 years old and he served as Chief Minister for four years from 11 July 1978 to 26 April 1982. He was then replaced by Tan Sri Abdul Rahim Thamby Chik in 1982 by Dr. Mahathir Mohamad who became the new Prime Minister earlier in 1981.

Adib contested the parliamentary seat of Alor Gajah, Malacca in the subsequent 1982 general election and he won to be the Member of Parliament. He was then selected to be the Minister of Information replacing Dato' Mohamed Rahmat who was appointed as ambassador to Jakarta, Indonesia. He served in that portfolio for two years (1982-1984) before he was appointed as Minister of Rural Development, Cooperatives and Entrepreneurship (1984-1986).

Biografi book

• Dato Seri Adib bin Adam - by Siti Rohana Omar.

Election results

Parliament of Malaysia

Year	Constituency	Government		Votes	Pct	Opposition		Votes	Pct	Ballots cast	Majority	Turnout
1982	P095 Alor Gajah, Malacca.		Mohd Adib Mohamad Adam (UMNO)	25,342	72.50%		Lim Swee (DAP)	5,274	15.09%	36,070	20,068	74.47%
							Abdul Rahman Hassan (PAS)	4,340	12.42%
1986	P110 Alor Gajah, Malacca.		Mohd Adib Mohamad Adam (UMNO)	19,770	83.46%		Ab Rahman Hasan (PAS)	3,918	16.54%	24,446	15,852	69.91%

Honours

• Malacca:
  • Grand Commander of the Order of Malacca (DGSM) - Datuk Seri