About Abdullah Ahmad Badawi:

Tun Dato' Sri Haji Abdullah bin Haji Ahmad Badawi is a Malaysian politician who served as Prime Minister of Malaysia from 2003 to 2009. He was also the President of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), the largest political party in Malaysia, and led the governing Barisan Nasional parliamentary coalition. He is informally known as Pak Lah, 'Pak' meaning 'Uncle' while 'Lah' is taken from his name 'Abdullah'. He is also called as the "Father of Human Capital Development" (Bapa Pembangunan Modal Insan).