Ghazali Shafie

Ghazali Shafie studied at London School of Economics and Political Science and University of Wales. Positions recorded include Minister of Foreign Affairs of Malaysia and member of the Dewan Rakyat. Distinctions recorded are Grand Commander of the Order of Loyalty to the Crown of Malaysia.

• Honorific Prefix — Allahyarham Tun Dato' Sri • Name — Muhammad Ghazali Shafie • Native Name — Arab • Born — 22 March 1922 • Birthplace — Kuala Lipis, Pahang, Federated Malay States, British Malaya (now Malaysia) • Died — 24 January 2010 • Place of death — Subang Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia • Resting Place — Makam Pahlawan, Masjid Negara, Kuala Lumpur • Office1 — Minister of Home Affairs • Monarch1 — Abdul Halim Yahya Petra Ahmad Shah • Prime Minister1 — Abdul Razak Hussein Hussein Onn • Term Start1 — 13 August 1973 • Term End1 — 16 July 1981 • Deputy1 — Abdul Samad Idris (1973–1976) Shariff Ahmad (1976–1978) Rais Yatim (1978) Syed Ahmad Syed Mahmud Shahabuddin (1978–1980) Sanusi Junid (1980–1981) • Predecessor1 — Ismail Abdul Rahman • Successor1 — Musa Hitam • Constituency1 — Lipis • Office — Minister of Foreign Affairs • Monarch — Ahmad Shah Iskandar • Term Start — 17 July 1981 • Term End — 16 July 1984 • Prime Minister — Mahathir Mohamad • Deputy — Mokhtar Hashim (1981–1983) Abdul Kadir Sheikh Fadzir (1983–1984) • Predecessor — Tengku Ahmad Rithauddeen Tengku Ismail • Successor — Tengku Ahmad Rithauddeen Tengku Ismail • Constituency — Lipis • Office2 — Minister of Information Minister with Special Functions • Monarch2 — Abdul Halim • Term Start2 — 22 April 1971 • Term End2 — 24 August 1974 • Prime Minister2 — Abdul Razak Hussein • 1blankname2 — Deputy • 1namedata2 — Shariff Ahmad (1973–1974) • Predecessor2 — Hamzah Abu Samah as Minister of Information and Broadcasting • Successor2 — Tengku Ahmad Rithauddeen Tengku Ismail • Constituency2 — Senator Lipis • Office3 — Secretary-General of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs • Term Start3 — 12 February 1959 • Term End3 — 21 September 1970 • Predecessor3 — Nik Ahmad Kamil Nik Mahmud • Successor3 — Zaiton Ibrahim Ahmad • Party — United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) • Other Party — Barisan Nasional (BN) • Spouse — Khatijah Abdul Majid • Children — 2 • Alma Mater — University College of Wales London School of Economics

Ghazali was born in 1922 in Kuala Lipis, Pahang. He was of Minangkabau descent from Rao, West Sumatra. He was part of the clandestine resistance to the Japanese occupation of Malaya in World War II. He then studied at the University of Wales and the London School of Economics. During the Malayan Emergency, Ghazali fully supported British military attempts to crush a pro-independence uprising led by the Malayan National Liberation Army (MNLA), the armed wing of the Malayan Communist Party (MCP). Writing in The Times newspaper, Ghazali openly supported the killing and public display of the corpses of people suspected to have been members of the MNLA. After a career in the civil service, Ghazali entered politics. He served as Home and Information Minister from 1973 to 1981, and was then appointed Foreign Minister until 1984. He represented the Parliamentary seat of Lipis from 1974, before which he was a member of the Dewan Negara (upper house of parliament). As Foreign Minister, he was known for his role in ASEAN's diplomacy in respect of conflict in Cambodia. Described as a "flamboyant politician", his nickname was "King Ghaz". On 11 January 1982, Ghazali survived an aeroplane crash in which he was the pilot. His bodyguard and co-pilot were killed. There had been reports (for example in the New York Times) that Ghazali had been killed in the crash. A coroner later blamed the accident on what the coroner found to be Ghazali's negligence. After leaving politics, he held a range of positions in the corporate sector and with international organisations. Ghazali died on 24 January 2010 at 7.45pm, at his home in Subang Jaya. His wife, Toh Puan Khatijah Abdul Majid, died in April 2008. They are survived by his two sons, Bachtiar and Sheriffudin. He was buried at Makam Pahlawan, Masjid Negara, Kuala Lumpur.

Parliament of Malaysia • |Year — |Constituency — Candidate — |Votes — |Pct — Opponent(s) — |Votes — |Pct — |Ballots cast — |Majority — |Turnout • 1972 — P064 Lipis — | — Ghazali Shafie (UMNO) — 15,702 — 81.33% — | — Tengku Kamarulzaman Tengku Hamid (PMIP) — 3,605 — 18.67% — 12,097 • 1974 — P065 Lipis — | — Ghazali Shafie (UMNO) — Unopposed • 1978 — Ghazali Shafie (UMNO) — 14,778 — 69.92% — | — Kasim Yahya (PMIP) — 3,199 — 15.13% — 11,579 • | — Wan Abdul Rahman Wan Ibrahim (IND) — 3,160 — 14.95% • 1982 — Ghazali Shafie (UMNO) — 15,094 — 61.07% — | — S. Nadarajan (DAP) — 5,477 — 22.16% — 25,703 — 9,617 — 70.74% • | — Kasim Yahya (PAS) — 4,145 — 16.77%

• MRSM Tun Ghazali Shafie, a MARA institutional boarding school in Kuala Lipis, Pahang • Ghazali Shafie Graduate School Research Institute, Universiti Utara Malaysia, Kedah • Ghazali Shafie Graduate School of Government, Universiti Utara Malaysia, Kedah

• Malaysia • Grand Commander of the Order of Loyalty to the Crown of Malaysia (SSM) – Tun (2005) • Commander of the Order of the Defender of the Realm (PMN) – Tan Sri (1965) • Recipient of the Malaysian Commemorative Medal (Gold) (PPM) (1965) • Pahang • Grand Knight of the Order of Sultan Ahmad Shah of Pahang (SSAP) – Dato' Sri • Grand Knight of the Order of the Crown of Pahang (SIMP) – formerly Dato', now Dato' Indera (1972) • Knight Companion of the Order of the Crown of Pahang (DIMP) – Dato' (1970) • Companion of the Order of the Crown of Pahang (SMP) (1968) • Sabah • Grand Commander of the Order of Kinabalu (SPDK) – Datuk Seri Panglima • Sarawak • Knight Commander of the Order of the Star of Hornbill Sarawak (DA) – Datuk Amar (1988) • Selangor • Knight Grand Companion of the Order of Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah (SSSA) – Dato' Seri (1985)

• Brunei • First Class of the Order of Paduka Seri Laila Jasa (PSLJ) – Dato Paduka Seri Laila Jasa (2002) • Thailand • Knight Grand Cordon of the Most Noble Order of the Crown of Thailand (MVM) (1983) • South Vietnam • Grand Officer of the National Order of Vietnam (1965)