Former 5th Prime Minister of Malaysia. Born in Kampung Perlis, Bayan Lepas, Penang, Malaysia, on Saturday, 12 Syawwal 1358 H / 25 November 1939 M. Figures replacing Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohammad completed his higher education at the University of Malaya, Malaysia, in 1384 H / 1964 AD After tu, grandson and spouse Shaykh Abdullah Badawi Fahim (one of the founders of Hizbul Muslimin who later turned into the Islamic Party of Malaysia and Mufti of Penang first) and Ha Su-chiang joined the Malaysian Government and Diplomatic Corps. In 1398 AH / 1978 CE, he withdrew the din and the corps to become a member of the Boundary parliament.
Before serving as Prime Minister of Malaysia on Sunday, 17 Ramadhan 1425 H / 31 October 2004 M, various positions have been occupied by the leader who has been Chairman of Organization of Islamic Conference (OIC), among others as Assistant Secretary of the National Movement, deputy secretary general of the ministry culture, youth and sports, education ministers, defense ministers, foreign ministers, and deputy prime ministers and ministers of the interior. In addition, Husband and Datin Sen Endon bint Datuk Mjhammad (first wife, died in 1425 H / 2005 M) and Jeanne Abdullah (second wife) also served as President of UMNO (United Malays National Organization).
A year after coming to power Abdullah Badawi held elections and UMNO recorded the highest seats in electoral history in Malaysia. UMNO won 198 and 219 seats. However, since then a is deemed ineffective because it does not do much in combating corruption or reforming the legal system in Malaysia. As a result, rampant march.
A year later, the elections were held again. As a result, UMNO is still in power, but not agi able to control more and two thirds of the vote in the Malaysian parliament. They also lost power in 5 and 13 states. The defeat forced Abdullah Badawi to express his desire to retire. The post of prime minister ended on Thursday, 6 Rabi 'Al-Tsani 1430 H / 2 April 2009 M, and was replaced by Najib Tun Razak.
Abdullah Badawi has also received a doctorate honoris causa and several leading universities, such as Western Michigan University, USA, University of Jamaica MIIlia Islam, India, Syarif Hidayatullah State Islamic University, Indonesia, and Curtin University of Technology, Australia.