Abdullah Ahmad Badawi became known as Malaysia's 'father of human capital development' after becoming prime minister in 2003, succeeding Dr Mahathir Mohamad.
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00:00Malaysia's 5th Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi has died at the age of 85.
00:07Abdullah, known as Pak La, became Prime Minister in 2003 after Dr. Mahathir Mohamad ended his 22-year tenure.
00:16Abdullah's son-in-law, former Health Minister Kairi Jamaluddin, confirmed his death in an Instagram post tonight.
00:23He said Abdullah passed away at 7.10pm at Institute Chantong Negara.
00:29Ai-jen said that Abdullah was admitted to the hospital yesterday morning after experiencing breathing difficulties and was immediately placed under intensive care.
00:39Abdullah was a civil servant for more than a decade before going into politics.
00:44He held a range of ministerial portfolios in Mahathir's first cabinet and became his third deputy prime minister in 1999.
00:53When Mahathir left office, Abdullah took over as prime minister on October 31, 2003, and led Barisa National to a landslide general election victory in March 2004, winning 198 parliamentary seats out of 219.
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