Najib Razak was born into the family of politicians and was given a chance to lead the people quite early in life, when his father passed away. Najib Tun razak was at a ripe age of 22, and he became the youngest member of the Malaysian parliament. He had the leadership blood in him being born in the Razak family and thus he never had trouble in working for the people and leading them towards development. He was appointed as the Deputy Prime Minister, in the year 2004, which was exactly 47 years after his father had been appointed at the same post.
Being educated at St. John’s Institution which is a great institution in Kuala Lumpur and then at the Malvern Boy’s College in Worcestershire, England, he also earned a degree in Industrial Economics from the Nottingham University. Once he returned to Malaysia in the year 1974, he joined the corporate world, when he started working with the Bank Negara (or the Central Bank) and later he moved to work with PETRONAS (the national petroleum corporation) as the in charge of as a Public Affairs. But due to the death of his father, Tun Abd Razak, his life took a turn which even he was not prepared for.
But then Najib Tun Razak had the quality of a fighter and a leader running in his blood, and thus it was not much time before he quickly adapted to the public life when he joined the Parliament. Within some time of his joining the parliament he was able to prove his credibility along with his capability as a politician to the people along with his colleagues. During the very first year of his joining as the MP, he was appointed at the post of Deputy Minister of Energy, Telecommunications and Posts, and then he was given charge of Deputy Minister of Education and Deputy Minister of Finance.
At the age of 29, he became the Menteri Besar of Pahang, after he won the elections for the state assembly elections of Pekan. Pahang, being the biggest state in Peninsular Malaysia was a first great achievement for Najib. Najib Tun Razak was able to tone down the political crisis that Pahang was going through as he was welcomed to the
From working with the youths to promote education and sports amongst the people of Pahang, to promoting a new land scheme with the help of FELDA, the Federal Land Development Authority, he worked towards providing a new way to earn money for the landless and the people in the lower income group. Najib Tun Razak was the prime mover to change the way of games in the country and was an important part of the delegate which brought the SEA games to the country. He has also been part of the Human Rights commission along with the Election Commission of the country.
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