Mohd Adib Mohamad Adam

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.[1] 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 Perikatan Nasional (PN) coalition of the new government in 2020.

In this Malay name, there is no family name. The name Mohamad Adam is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by the 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
GovernorSyed Zahiruddin Syed Hassan
Preceded byAbdul Ghani Ali
Succeeded byAbdul Rahim Thamby Chik
Minister of Rural Development, Cooperatives and Entrepreneurship
In office
17 July 1984 – 11 August 1986
Preceded byRais Yatim
Succeeded bySulaiman Daud
Minister of Information
In office
1982–1984
Preceded byMohamed Rahmat
Succeeded byRais Yatim
Member of the Malaysian Parliament
for P95 Alor Gajah
In office
14 June 1982 – 4 October 1990
Preceded byAbdul Rahim Thamby Chik
Succeeded byIbrahim Jendol
Majority15,852 (1986)
20,068 (1982)
Member of the Malacca State Legislative Assembly
for N8 Ayer Panas
In office
1978–1982
Preceded byHashim Yusoff
Succeeded byMat 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)
CitizenshipMalaysian
Political partyBERSATU (2018-present)
UMNO (until 2018)
Other political
affiliations		Barisan Nasional (BN) (until 2018)
Pakatan Harapan (PH) (2018-2020)
Perikatan Nasional (PN) (2020-present)
Spouse(s)Datin Seri Alauyah Jaafar
ChildrenAida, Ahmad Azuwar, Ahmad Azam, Azdarlina
OccupationPolitician, Corporate member

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 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.[2]

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

References
  1. "Kenali 10 Ketua Menteri Melaka" (in Malay). Orang Melaka.com. Retrieved 19 December 2018.
  2. Dato’ Seri Adib Bin Adam Retrieved 19 December 2018
Political offices
Preceded by
Abdul Ghani Ali		 Chief Minister of Melaka
11 Julai 1978 – 26 April 1982		 Succeeded by
Abdul Rahim Thamby Chik
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