Najib Pun Dah Lama Dalam Politik

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Najib Pun Dah Lama Dalam Politik

Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said today was trying to make an issue of the long tenure of Chief Minister Tan Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud.

The Prime Minister said he and Taib had agreed on a smooth transition to ensure continued progress for the state.

“So let us not be influenced by the instigations of the opposition because they themselves have many leaders who are old,” he said at a meet-the-people session in the indoor stadium of the Kuching South City Councuil.

Also present were Gerakan president Tan Sri Koh Tsu Koon and Home Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein, who is Umno vice-president

“I have come to Sarawak many times because I wish to help the people in the state and as such, I urge you to choose candidates in the (Sarawak) election who can represent the Chinese community and other races,” said Najib.

He said Chinese representation in the state government was important to look after the wellbeing of the community like its request for another Chung Hua school in Kuching.

“I will consider such a request from BN elected representatives and there is a very good chance of it being approved,” he said, adding that there was also a request for a metropolitan health project for the state capital.

He said the BN government would bring about structured change including transformation programmes, so that more rural infrastructure and utilities projects could be implemented in Sarawak.

“This is the difference between us and the opposition, whose promises to do and deliver is not guaranteed but the BN can deliver and has delivered,” he said.

“If you give us the mandate, we will give you more change for the better,” he said, adding that it was unnecessary to vote for the DAP for change because uncertainty would be bad for businesses.

Even in opposition-held states that managed to attract foreign investments, he said, it was largely due to the efforts of the federal government and agencies like MIDA and MITI. – BERNAMA

Najib Pun Dah Lama Dalam Politik

Najib mula menceburkan diri dalam arena politik setelah kematian mengejut bapanya, Tun Abdul Razak Hussein di London pada 14 Januari 1976. Beliau menang tanpa bertanding merebut kerusi Parlimen Pekan yang kosong, akibat kematian bapanya, ketika berumur 23 tahun, dan merupakan ahli parlimen termuda yang pernah dipilih ketika itu.

Najib menjadi timbalan menteri paling muda apabila dilantik sebagai Timbalan Menteri Tenaga, Telekom dan Pos pada tahun 1978 ketika usia 25 tahun. Kemudian, pada tahun 1982 hingga 1986, beliau menjadi Menteri Besar paling muda dalam sejarah negara apabila dilantik sebagai Menteri Besar Pahang ketika berumur 29 tahun.

Antara jawatan yang pernah disandang dalam kabinet ialah:

• 1978-1980 - Timbalan Menteri Tenaga, Telekom dan Pos
• 1980-1981 - Timbalan Menteri Pendidikan
• 1981-1982 - Timbalan Menteri Kewangan
• 1982-1986 - Menteri Besar Pahang
• 1986-1987 - Kementerian Belia dan Sukan|Menteri Kebudayaan, Belia & Sukan
• 1990-1995, 1999-2008 - Menteri Pertahanan
• 1995-1999 - Menteri Pendidikan