Siti Hasmah

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Hasmah binti Mohamad Ali (12 July 1926 – 28 September 2026), better known as Siti Hasmah, was a Malaysian physician and public health advocate who served as the spouse of the prime minister of Malaysia from 1981 to 2003 and again from 2018 to 2020, as the wife of Mahathir Mohamad, the fourth and seventh prime minister of Malaysia. She was the spouse of the deputy prime minister from 1976 to 1981 when her husband was the deputy prime minister. Born in Klang, Selangor, Siti Hasmah graduated from King Edward VII College of Medicine in 1955 and joined the government health service. She became one of the first Malay women to enter the medical profession and achieved several milestones in public health, including becoming the first woman appointed a medical officer in the Maternal and Child Health Department in 1965 and the first woman appointed State Maternal and Child Health Officer in 1974. Her work in Kedah included maternal and child healthcare, and she contributed to medical education and...

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