High School Bukit Mertajam is one of the oldest schools in Malaysia. First opened on 18th January 1927 to some 300 students, the school has thrived to produce many high achievers and notable national figures including our beloved Prime Minister, YAB Datuk Seri Abdullah b. Hj. Ahmad Badawi.
We're particularly honoured to have in our midst our most distinguished alumnus, YABhgTun Abdullah bin Haji Ahmad Badawi, former Prime Minister of Malaysia, who inspite of his busy schedule has found time to be our Patron. We deeply appreciate this gesture, which will serve as an additional inducement and impetus to us do to more for the School in the future.
They say Diamonds are forever. Likewise the school is also forever. It is very much part of you and you are very much part of the school. The persons next in importance to parents are Teachers and they have a great deal to do with moulding a child's most impressionable and formative years.
He was born on 10 August 1947 in Ceruk Tok Kun, Bukit Mertajam, Penang. Anwar means
'shining'. His father, Datuk Haji Ibrahim Abdul Rahman, is a former Member of Parliament
and Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Health, while his mother, Che Yan Abdul
Hamid Hussein, is an orator for the UMNO Women's Movement. As a child, he often
accompanied his mother to women's lectures. On 26 February 1980, he married Datin Seri
Dr Wan Azizah Datuk Ismail, a student at the Royal College of Surgeons in Dublin,
Ireland, who later worked at the eye clinic at the University Hospital in Petaling Jaya.
His marriage to Datin Seri Wan Azizah was blessed with six children. His eldest son,
Nurul Izzah, was once appointed as a Member of Parliament for Lembah Pantai, Kuala
Lumpur, and Permatang Pauh.
During his childhood, he attended Bukit Mertajam Boys School in Penang for his primary education. He then continued his secondary school studies at Maktab Melayu Kuala Kangsar (MCKK) from 1960 to 1966. While at MCKK, he actively participated in the Malay Language Association and became the school's orator. He also served as the Chief Supervisor of MCKK. He was acquainted with individuals such as Sanusi Junid, Kamaruddin Jaafar, and Yahaya Ahmad. In 1967, he pursued higher studies at the University of Malaya, specializing in Malay Studies (Literature).
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