50. Dr Siti Hasmah bt Mohd Ali (born 1926)

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Dr Siti Hasmah bt Mohd Ali (born 1926)

MBBS 1955 UM S'pore

Date of birth: 12 July 1926

Place of birth: Klang, Selangor 

Education

1. Methodist Girls' School (MGS) 1932-33
2. St Mary's School 1934-41
3. Malay Girls' School in Kg Baru, KL; weekend school for 3 years
4. Senior Cambridge Exams in Dec 1941. She was 16 yo.

Wartime

• Ali Sisters played for radio
• They sang, played violin and piano.
• Saleha sang. Siti Jame'ah played piano. Siti Hasmah played violin.

Postwar

• Completed school after war at Pudu English School, KL. She obtained her school certificate in 1946.
• She chose to study medicine instead of journalism.

Undergraduate Medical Education

• She was 21
• Attended King Edward VII College of Medicine in Singapore
• Went by train with her mother in October 1947
• Enrolled at KE VII 1947-1955
• Record of students at KE VII
• 75 medical students
• 1 Malay girl
• 6 Malay boys: 
•      Ariffin b Ngah Marzuki 1947-1953
•     Mahathir b Mohamad 1947-1953
•     Mohamed Noor b Marahakim 1947-1953
•     Mohamed bin Abdul Kadir LMS 1954
•     Sheikh Raihan b Hamzah LMS 1954
•     Ahmad b Haji Othman LMS 1955
•     Shamsuddin b Abdul Rahman LMS 1955

• Salma bt Ismail completed her finals at the same College.
• Dr Siti Hasmah graduated with MBBS at the Faculty of Medicine, UM Singapore, Class of 1955

Government Service

• HO GHKL 1955-56
• **Married 5 August 1956**
• MO GH Alor Star 1956-60
• Focus: Traditional practices during post-partum
• MOH in North Kedah, Principal of Rural Health Training School in Jitra 1965
• Mak's WHO International Cert of Vaccination 1967 (3 pages)

Postgraduate

• Family Planning, at Population Planning Center, Ann Arbor, Michigan, USA 1966
• Health Education Course, Manila Philippines 1973

Resumed Government Service

• MCHO of Kedah 1974
• Focus: family planning
• National Family Planning Board (NFPB) - now National Population and Family Development Board (NPFDB) or Lembaga Perancang & Kesihatan Keluarga

Retired

• Worked 1955-1978 (23 years)
• Retired 1979 when Mahathir became 4th PM (1981-2003) and 7th PM (2018-2019)

Contributions to Society

1. Anti-Drug Abuse Campaigns
2. Anti-Smoking Campaigns
3. Mental Health
4. Adult Literacy Campaigns
5. Family Planning
6. Maternal and Child Health
7. Children with Special Needs
8. Rural Women
9. Asian Women
10. Girl Guides
11. Malaysian Medical Association Foundation
12. Malaysian Female Graduates Association
13. Rumah Insaniah Tun Dr Siti Hasmah, Petaling Jaya

Publications

6

1. Hasmah binte M. Ali. Effect on a basic attitude—health. Intisari 1(4):27-36, 1963. 
2. Siti Hasmah binti Haji Mohd. Ali. Some aspects of traditional health attitudes and practices in rural areas. Report of the National Seminar on The Role of Specialists in Promoting Family Health, 12-18 August 1973, Pulau Pinang; pp. 85-90.
3. Siti Hasmah Hj Mohd Ali. Adat, kesihatan dan wanita. Jilid 1. Maternal and Child Health Division, Institute of Public Health, Kuala Lumpur, 1978; 96 p.
4. Siti Hasmah Hj Mohd Ali. Adat, kesihatan dan wanita. Jilid 2. Maternal and Child Health Division, Institute of Public Heath, Kuala Lumpur, 1979; 81 p.
5. Dr Siti Hasmah Mohd Ali. Wanita, Adat dan Kesihatan, Volumes 1 & 2. Published by Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka. Kementerian Pelajaran Malaysia, 1985.
6. Dr Siti Hasmah Mohd Ali. My Name is Hasmah. 1 September 2016. ISBN 978-967-86-0738-4. Published by Alaf 21. Website: www.alaf21.com.my and mall.karangkraf.com.

Honours and Awards

• SSDK 1956-1974 Kedah 
• SSM Tun 30 Oct 2003
• Professor Kazue McLaren LeadershipAchievement  Award 1988 Asia Pacific Academic Consortium for Public Health
• Hon. Ph.D. (Medical Sciences) 1991 UKM
• Hon. Ph.D. (Public Health) 1994 Indiana University, Bloomington, USA
• Hon. Ph.D. (Law) 1994 U of Victoria, British Columbia, Canada
• Chancellor of Multimedia University of Malaysia (MMU) 20 June 1997
• Hon. Ph.D. (Social Work Management) 31 July 2006 UUM
• George F. Hixon Fellowship Award by Kiwanis International 15 May 2006
• Orchid Dendobium Siti Hasmah, Singapore Botanic Gardens 1981
• Tun Dr Siti Hasmah VIP Lounge, Women's Institute of Management (Wisma WIM) in KL 19 Dec 2014
• Anugerah Khas Srikandi Negara 2014

Recreation

Played violin, piano, sang

Family

She is no. 7 of 13 siblings

Her family moved to KL when she was 3 years old.

Her siblings:

1. Mohd Noor
2. Ismail
3. Saleha
4. Abdul Aziz
5. Abdul Rahman (deceased young)
6. Siti Jame'ah
7. Siti Hasmah
8. Ahmad Razali
9. twins Omar and Halimah (deceased at childhood)
10. twins Omar and Halimah
11. Jaffar
12. Mohamed Hashim
13. Zainal Abidin 

Union and children

Married on 5 August 1956

7 children (4 sons, 3 daughters):

1. Marina
2. Mirzan
3. Melinda
4. Mokhzani
5. Mukhriz
6. Mazhar
7. Maizura

1. Datin Paduka Marina bt Mahathir (b.9 June 1957) is the eldest child. She graduated from the University of Sussex, England. She is a socio-political activist, blogger, writer, and campaigns for women’s rights. She leads many non-governmental organisations (NGOs) such as the Malaysian AIDS Foundation. She writes for a column in The Star newspaper. She was married to Didier Roussille and they have a daughter, Ineza Roussille. She remarried to Tara Sosrowardoyo, an Indonesian photographer, and they have two daughters and a son.
2. Mirzan bin Mahathir (b.1958) is a businessman. He graduated with a BSc (Honours) in Computer Science from Brighton Polytechnic, UK in 1982. He obtained his Master in Business Administration (MBA) from the Wharton Business School, University of Pennsylvania, USA in 1987. He initially worked with IBM World Trade Corporation for three years. He has wide experience in investment and banking from working with Solomon Brothers Group for four years. He then ventured into business in 1990. He was appointed to Lembaga Konsortium Logistik Berhad in September 1992—this included Pos Malaysia. The Konsortium was listed in KLSE in January 1996. He holds a major share in the Konsortium, where he was Chairman and Executive President till 2007. He is Chairman and CEO of Crescent Capital, Malaysia’s investment with a strategic investment advisory and free monetary firm, which he founded. He has many affiliations such as Emerson Radio Corporation in USA, San Miguel Corporation in the Philippines, AHB Holdings Berhad, Pelikan Holding AG, Petron Corporation, Konsortium Logistik Berhad, Nakamichi Corp Berhad, Lafe Corp Ltd, Dataprep Holdings Berhad, Worldwide Holdings Berhad, Dolomite Corp Berhad, and Sunway Building Technology Berhad. He married Jane Husainy and has three sons and a daughter. 
3. Melinda (adopted) married Wan Adlil Wan Daud and has two daughters.
4. Tan Sri Dato’ Mokhzani bin Mahathir (b.2 January 1961) was educated at MRSM (Maktab Rendah Sains MARA) at Pengkalan Chepa in Kelantan. He has a B.Sc. degree in Petroleum Engineering from the University of Tulsa, Oklahoma, USA (1987). He is a businessman and petroleum engineer. He founded Kencana Petroleum, where he was CEO and Executive Director. Kencana Petroleum produced heavy industrial equipment for the petroleum industry. He worked as petroleum engineer before Kencana Petroleum merged with SapuraCrest to form SapuraKencana Petroleum in 2012, and later Sapura Energy Berhad. SapuraCrest is Malaysia’s largest oil and gas services company. He is a founding member of SapuraKencana Petroleum Berhad, and the sole owner of Kencana Capital Sdn Bhd. He later sold his shares in Sapura Energy Berhad. He was Chairman of Sepang International circuit (SIC) for 13 years (2003-2016). He is the new president of Motorsports Association of Malaysia (MAM). He is the Chairman of Opcom Holdings Berhad, which won the Rakan Unifi contract from Telekom Malaysia (TM) for Unifi services. He was Board Director for Maxis and Royal Automotive Club of Malaysia. He was active in politics till 2006 and was Treasurer of UMNO Youths. He left politics in 2007. He was included in Forbes’ 2017 list of ‘Malaysia’s 50 Richest’, with a net worth of US$420 million (RM1.8 billion). He married Mastisa Hani Mohamed and has two daughters.
5. Dato’ Seri Haji Mukhriz bin Mahathir (b.25 November 1964) was educated at MRSM at Pengkalan Chepa in Kelantan. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Business Administration from Sophia University in Tokyo, Japan in 1982. He holds a bachelor’s degree in Marketing from Boston University in Massachusetts, USA in 1989. He is a businessman, politician and was Menteri Besar of Kedah (2013-16; 2018-2020). Prior to this, he was the federal Deputy Minister of International Trade and Industry (2008-13). He is affiliated with several companies such as Opcom Holdings, Kosmo Tech, and Malaysian Franchise Association. He was the Executive Director of Perdana Peace Global Organisation. He left UMNO in 2016. He is the Deputy President of Malaysian United Indigenous Party (Parti Primbumi Bersatu Malaysia or PPBM). He is the Chairman of Pakatan Harapan (PH) coalition in Kedah. He married Datin Paduka Norzieta bt Zakaria on 14 November 1993 and they have four children.
6. Mazhar (adopted) acted in theatre.
7. Maizura (adopted at six months in 1983) graduated from Lim Kok Wing University.