Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah
Tan Sri Tengku Razaleigh bin Tengku Mohd Hamzah (born 1937) is a major Malaysian political figure from the state of Kelantan, and a former Finance Minister. He is an uncle of the current Raja Perempuan (queen) of Kelantan. Tengku is a Malay hereditary title usually translated as prince. He is fondly known as Ku Li, derived from the last syllables of Tengku Razaleigh: this is a common kind of contraction in the dialect of Kelantan.
He was also the Malaysian Finance Minister (1976–1984), the Trade and Industry minister (1984–1987), the former chairman of the World Bank, former chairman of Asian Development Bank, former chairman of Islamic Development Bank and the founder and former chairman of Malaysian oil company, Petronas. He is now the longest-serving member of parliament in Malaysia followed by Abdul Taib Mahmud.
Razaleigh is energetic, humorous and chatty. Both allies and opponents say he is generous and doesn’t hold grudges. He likes to cook. Nicknames include “The People’s Prince”, “Ku Kita” (Our Tengku) and he is also fondly known as “Ku Li”. Tengku Razaleigh continues to be involved in politics until today and has been serving his constituency since 1969 and is still serving his constituency, people and the nation.
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