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.

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 Kuala Lumpur, Federated Malay States, British Malaya (now Malaysia)
Citizenship	Malaysian
Political party	BERSATU (2018-present) UMNO (until 2018)
Other political affiliations	Barisan Nasional (BN) (until 2018)
Spouse	Datin Seri Alauyah Jaafar
Children	Aida, Ahmad Azuwar, Ahmad Azam, Azdarlina
Occupation	Politician, Corporate member

Datuk Seri Haji Mohd Adib Mohamad Adam (born 12 February 1941) is a Malaysian politician and corporate member. He also is the former fifth Chief Minister of Malacca from 11 Julai 1978 to 26 April 1982. He also held before the position of 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 Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalition of the new government in 2018.

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 Netherland.

Family

Adib is married to Alauyah Jaafar and the couple 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.

Honours

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

References

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