2001 Sarawak state election
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The eighth Sarawak state election was held on Thursday, 27 September 2001 with nomination date on Tuesday, 18 September 2001. The state assembly was supposed to be expired on 18 November 2001 but it was dissolved by the governor of Sarawak 2 months earlier on 3 September 2001.
2001 Sarawak state election
Abdul Taib Mahmud
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Abdul Taib bin Mahmud was a Malaysian politician who served as the seventh Yang di-Pertua Negeri of Sarawak from March 2014 to January 2024 and the fourth Chief Minister of Sarawak from March 1981 to February 2014. He is referred to as the Father of Modern Sarawak.
Abdul Taib in 2016
Taib Mahmud (3rd from left) during International Energy Week at Borneo Convention Centre Kuching; together with Torstein Dale Sjøtveit, CEO of Sarawak Energy Berhad (left most)
Taib Mahmud and his Syrian wife in 2011
Taib Mahmud's private residence by the Sarawak River.