Tun Daim, whose full name was Che Abdul Daim Zainuddin, was a close ally of former prime minister Mahathir Mohamad, and had served two stints as the country’s finance minister in the latter’s Cabinet from 1984 to 1991 and from 1999 to 2001.
Other top politicians who paid their last respects included Higher Education Minister Zambry Abdul Kadir, and former Cabinet ministers Azmin Ali, Syed Hamid Albar and Rais Yatim.and his wife Na’imah Abdul Khalid. The council studied issues facing the country and made several recommendations to improve governance, the economy and the well-being of the people.His father was a government clerk and his mother a homemaker. He became a Member of Parliament for Kuala Muda, in Kedah, in 1982 before moving on to Merbok in 1986 under Umno.for expressing his support for Dr Mahathir and the then opposition coalition Pakatan Harapan .
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