Abdul Taib Mahmud: A long and illustrious career


KUCHING: For decades, Tun Abdul Taib Mahmud loomed larger than life in Sarawak’s political landscape.

A politician since Malaysia’s formation in 1963, he was Sarawak’s longest-serving chief minister from 1981 to 2014 and went on to become Yang di-Pertua Negeri for 10 years.

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