Siti Hasmah Mohamad Ali

Tun Dr. Siti Hasmah binti Haji Mohamad Ali (born 12 July 1926) is the wife of the 4th and 7th Prime Minister of Malaysia, Mahathir Mohamad. She served as wife of the Prime Minister of Malaysia for 22 years from 1981 to 2003.^[1] She is the oldest living wife of a former Malaysian prime minister.

Yang Amat Berbahagia Tun Dr. Siti Hasmah Mohamad Ali SSM SSDK DUPN SPDK DUNM DA SMK KMN PCK
سيتي حسمه محمد علي‎
Siti Hasmah in 2019
Spouse of the Prime Minister of Malaysia
In role 10 May 2018 – 24 February 2020
Monarch	Muhammad V Abdullah
Prime Minister	Mahathir Mohamad
Preceded by	Rosmah Mansor
Succeeded by	Noorainee Abdul Rahman
In role 16 July 1981 – 30 October 2003
Monarch	Ahmad Shah Iskandar Azlan Shah Jaafar Salahuddin Sirajuddin
Prime Minister	Mahathir Mohamad
Preceded by	Suhailah Noah
Succeeded by	Endon Mahmood
Spouse of the Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia
In role 5 March 1976 – 16 July 1981
Monarch	Yahya Petra Ahmad Shah
Preceded by	Suhailah Noah
Succeeded by	Ines Maria Reyna
Personal details
Born	Siti Hasmah binti Mohamad Ali (1926-07-12) 12 July 1926 (age 98) Klang, Selangor, Federated Malay States, British Malaya
Citizenship	Malaysian
Spouse(s)	Mahathir Mohamad ​ (m. 1956)​
Children	7 (including Marina, Mokhzani and Mukhriz)
Relatives	Ismail Mohamed Ali (brother)
Alma mater	King Edward VII College of Medicine (MBBS)
Occupation	Doctor

From 10 May 2018 until 24 February 2020, she was the wife of the Prime Minister again while also serving as a chancellor of the Multimedia University of Malaysia.

Early life

Siti Hasmah and Mahathir

Siti Hasmah was born in Klang, Selangor, on 12 July 1926 in the family where her father works as a government officer. She has ten siblings where she is the sixth child. She is a Malay from a Minangkabau clan from Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia.^[2]

Education

Her high school is SMK St. Mary. She received her Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery degree (MBBS)from the University of Malaya,King Edward VII College of Medicine in Singapore.

Career

After her study, she immediately joined the national health service of Malaysia. ^[3] When her husband raised to power, she resigned to give full support to her husband.

Personal life

She met her husband in college and they got married in 1956. They were blessed with seven children ; Marina, Mirzan, Melinda, Mokhzani, Mukhriz, Maizura and Mazhar. She mainly emphasised on improving public health and literacy, help with family planning and improve awareness of the dangers of drug abuse.

Awards

She is the first Prime Minister of Malaysia's wife to receive a Tun-ship.