Tun Ghaffar Baba

Former Deputy PM Tun Ghaffar Baba passed away on 23 April 2006. He was Dr Mahathir's second deputy after Musa Hitam. Throughout his life he was faithful to UMNO and its leaders. He served under four PMs (Tunku Abdul Rahman,Tun Razak,Tun Hussein and lastly Tun Mahathir. But Tun M let him down in 1993.He was allowed to be defeated by a more financially secure Anwar Ibrahim.He lost his DPM post to Anwar. He declined numerous titles offered by the states rulers until he retired from politics. He is largely credited to the establishment of MARA and FELDA and like agencies to help the rural folks,especially the Malays.Hand in hand with Tun Razak. He should be remembered for that contribution to the Malays. My deepest condolences to his family.Al Fatihah.