Abdul Taib Mahmud

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Abdul Taib bin Mahmud (Jawi: عبدالطيب بن محمود; 21 May 1936 – 21 February 2024) was a Malaysian politician who served as the seventh Yang di-Pertua Negeri of Sarawak from 2014 to 2024. A member of Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu, he was the fourth Chief Minister of Sarawak from 1981 to 2014 and represented Balingian in Sarawak State Legislative Assembly from 2001 to 2014. He is commonly known as the Father of Modern Sarawak (Bapa Pemodenan Sarawak). Born into a noble Melanau-Malay family in Miri during the Raj of Sarawak, Taib graduated from University of Adelaide in 1960 with a first degree in law. There, he met Laila (née Lejla Chaleck), a Polish woman of Lipka Tatar descent who embraced the Muslim faith. They married the previous year and had four children, including Sulaiman and Hanifah. Upon graduation, they returned to Sarawak, and Taib began his career as a prosecutor at the Crown Council Law Office. His foray into politics began in 1963 when he was appointed the state's Minister...

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