Photo Gallery: Daim over the years

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Wednesday, 13 Nov 2024
11:54 AM MYT

Tun Daim Zainuddin having a hearty chat before dinner (from left) with the president of the Islamic Development Bank Dr Ahmad Mohamed Ali, former Prime Minister Tunku Abdul Rahman and the rector of the International Islamic University Prof Muhammad Abdul Rauf in 1985.

PETALING JAYA: Reticent and enigmatic, the late Tun Daim Zainuddin was a man of few words. He preferred to let his work speak for itself.

Here are a few photos marking the milestones of his career.

Tun Daim Zainuddin taking questions from the media during a press conference by the secretariat of the Council of Eminent Persons (Council), of whom he was a member, in 2018.

As the country's Finance Minister - twice -, Tun Daim is best remembered for delivering the yearly Budget speech in Parliament, including this one in 1999.

Tun Daim Zainuddin, who was then Special Functions Minister, with Singapore's late senior minister Lee Kuan Yew, after an informal meeting at a hotel in Kuala Lumpur in 2000.

Tun Daim Zainuddin arriving the Kuala Lumpur Court on Jan 29, 2024, with his family and lawyers for his court case.

Tun Daim Zainuddin, who used to be the Merbok MP, made a political comeback during the 2018 general election, which saw Pakatan Harapan winning the polls. Here, he turned up during a ceramah in Pendang,Kedah, with then Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia (PPBM) candidate from Pendang parliamentary seat Wan Saiful Wan Jan (right), Tokia state seat candidate Mohd Firdaus Jaafar (second right) and Sungai Tiang state seat candidate Abdul Razak Khamis (left).

Then Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad commending Tun Daim Zainuddin after the latter has completed his delivery of the Budget speech in Parliament on Feb 25, 2000. Looking on is the former Information Minister Tan Sri Khalil Yaakob.

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Tun Daim Zainuddin taking questions from the media during a press conference by the secretariat of the Council of Eminent Persons (Council), of whom he was a member, in 2018.

As the country's Finance Minister - twice -, Tun Daim is best remembered for delivering the yearly Budget speech in Parliament, including this one in 1999.

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Tun Daim Zainuddin arriving the Kuala Lumpur Court on Jan 29, 2024, with his family and lawyers for his court case.

Then Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad commending Tun Daim Zainuddin after the latter has completed his delivery of the Budget speech in Parliament on Feb 25, 2000. Looking on is the former Information Minister Tan Sri Khalil Yaakob.

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Tun Daim Zainuddin taking questions from the media during a press conference by the secretariat of the Council of Eminent Persons (Council), of whom he was a member, in 2018.

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Tun Daim Zainuddin arriving the Kuala Lumpur Court on Jan 29, 2024, with his family and lawyers for his court case.

Then Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad commending Tun Daim Zainuddin after the latter has completed his delivery of the Budget speech in Parliament on Feb 25, 2000. Looking on is the former Information Minister Tan Sri Khalil Yaakob.

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