1. Muhammad Ghazali bin Shafie was a Malaysian politician and diplomat.
10 Facts About Ghazali Shafie
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Ghazali Shafie served under the administrations of four Prime Ministers, most notably as Minister of Home and Foreign Affairs from 1973 to 1984.
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Ghazali Shafie was of Minangkabau descent from Rao, West Sumatra.
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Ghazali Shafie was part of the clandestine resistance to the Japanese occupation of Malaya in World War II.
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Ghazali Shafie then studied at the University of Wales and the London School of Economics.
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Ghazali Shafie served as Home and Information Minister from 1973 to 1981, and was then appointed Foreign Minister until 1984.
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Ghazali Shafie represented the Parliamentary seat of Lipis from 1974, before which he was a member of the Dewan Negara.
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On 11 January 1982, Ghazali Shafie survived an aeroplane crash in which he was the pilot.
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Ghazali Shafie died on 24 January 2010 at 7.45pm, at his home in Subang Jaya.
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Ghazali Shafie was buried at Makam Pahlawan, Masjid Negara, Kuala Lumpur.