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Yang Berbahagia Tan Sri Dato' Seri Haji
Wan Mokhtar Wan Ahmad
PSM SSMT SPMT DA DPMJ KMN JP PJK
وان مختار وان أحمد
10th Menteri Besar of Terengganu
In office
1 September 1974 – 2 December 1999
Monarch Ismail Nasiruddin
Mahmud
Mizan Zainal Abidin
Preceded by Nik Hassan Wan Abdul Rahman (UMNO)
Succeeded by Abdul Hadi Awang (PAS)
Member of the Malaysian Parliament
for Kemaman
In office
25 April 1964 – 23 August 1974
Preceded by Wan Yahya Wan Mohamed
Succeeded by Wan Abdul Kadir Ismail
Member of the Terengganu State Legislative Assembly
for Cukai
In office
24 August 1974 – 29 November 1999
Malaysian Ambassador to Saudi Arabia
In office
23 November 2000 – 1 June 2005
Monarch Sirajuddin
Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad
(2000-03)
Abdullah Ahmad Badawi (2003-05)
Preceded by Shapi Abu Samah
Succeeded by Ismail Ibrahim
Personal details
Born
Wan Mokhtar bin Wan Ahmad

21 March 1932
Kuala Terengganu, Terengganu, Unfederated Malay States, British Malaya (now Malaysia)
Died 21 September 2020(2020-09-21) (aged 88)
Prince Court Medical Centre, Ampang, Kuala Lumpur
Resting place Section 21 Muslim Cemetery, Shah Alam, Selangor
Political party United Malays National Organisation (UMNO)
Other political
affiliations
Alliance Party
Barisan Nasional (BN)
Spouse
Aishahtun Mohd Fadlullah Suhaimi
(died 2018)
Children 5
Alma mater Al-Azhar University

Wan Mokhtar bin Wan Ahmad (21 March 1932 – 21 September 2020) was a Malaysian politician who served as the 11th Menteri Besar of Terengganu. In office for 25 years, he was the longest-serving head of the Terengganu state government (1974 - 1999). He also served as Member of Parliament (MP) for Kemaman (1964 - 1974) and Member of the Terengganu State Legislative Assembly (MLA) for Cukai (1974 - 1999).

Wan Mokhtar was a member of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) in the then-ruling Alliance and Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition. He was an ally of the similarly longest-serving Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad. In 1987, he was elected the vice-president of UMNO, alongside Anwar Ibrahim, under Mahathir's running team.

His political prominence in the state came to an end in the 1999 state election, when the then-opposition Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS) ousted the Barisan Nasional (BN) state government with a landslide victory. He also lost his Chukai state seat then. He was then appointed as the Malaysian Ambassador to Saudi Arabia from 2000 to 2005.

Personal life

Wan Mokhtar was married to Aishahtun Mohd Fadlullah Suhaimi (1937–2018) and the couple were blessed with 5 children. One of his sons, Wan Abdul Hakim was elected twice consecutively in the 2008 and 2013 state election to be the MLA of the Air Putih state assembly constituency from 2008 to 2018.

Death

On 21 September 2020, Wan Mokhtar died at 6:20 am at Prince Court Medical Centre, Kuala Lumpur due to heart complications. He was 88 years old and is survived by his 5 children. He was laid to rest at the Section 21 Muslim Cemetery in Shah Alam, Selangor.

Honours

Honours of Malaysia

  •  Malaysia :
    • Kesatria Mangku Negara.png Officer of the Order of the Defender of the Realm (KMN) (1971)
    • Order of Loyalty to the Crown of Malaysia - PSM.svg Commander of the Order of Loyalty to the Crown of Malaysia (PSM) – Tan Sri (1988)
  •  Terengganu :
    • MY-TER Order of the Crown of Terengganu - SPMT - SMT - AMT.svg Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Crown of Terengganu (SPMT) – Dato’ (1975)
    • MY-TER Order of Sultan Mahmud I of Terengganu - SSMT.svg Member Grand Companion of the Order of Sultan Mahmud I of Terengganu (SSMT) – Dato’ Seri (1983)
  •  Sarawak :
    • MY-SAR Order of the Star of the Hornbill (Bintang Kenyalang) - 2. Knight Commander (DA).svg Knight Commander of the Order of the Star of Hornbill Sarawak (DA) – Datuk Amar (1982)
  •  Johor :
    • Knight Commander of the Order of the Crown of Johor Knight Commander of the Order of the Crown of Johor (DPMJ) – Dato’ (1983)
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