Tun Ghafar Baba passed away this morning. He was 81 years old. He was the Deputy Prmie Minister of Malayisa from 1986 to 1993 when he was challenged by Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim fot the UMNO’s Deputy President’s post and subsequebtly lost to the latter.
When Anwar was sacked from UMNO in September 1998, Ghafar was seen going around giving speeches and although many thought he would return to mainstream politics, he never made his mark as Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah could.
Although his life towards the end was shrouded in some personal controversies, Malaysians should remember him for his deeds as his political life spanned both pre-independence and post-independence.
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