abdul taib bin mahmud (jawi: عبدالطيب بن محمود; born 21 may 1936) is a malaysian politician who has served as the 7th yang di-pertua negeri of sarawak since march 2014.he served as the 4th chief minister of sarawak for 33 years, from march 1981 to february 2014, making him the longest-serving head of government of a malaysian state.he served as president of the parti pesaka bumiputera bersatu (pbb), which was part of the barisan nasional coalition until 2018.he is of ethnic melanau descent.taib is informally known as pak uban, which translates into 'white-haired uncle'.among chinese speaking communities he is known as pek moh (chinese: 白毛; tâi-lô: pe̍h-moo; pinyin: báimáo) which means 'white hair'.another informal name for him, in reference to the british brooke family that ruled sarawak as white rajahs in the 19th and early 20th century, is the 'last white rajah' or 'white-haired rajah'.holding the post of chief minister of sarawak from 1981 to 2014, he is the longest serving chief minister in malaysia.he assumed the chief minister post at the age of 45.being a member of the malaysian parliament (mp) for 38 years, taib is also the second longest-serving parliamentarian in malaysia after tengku razaleigh hamzah.taib and his wider family are regularly accused of corruption and personally benefiting from sarawak's natural and economic resources.on 12 february 2014, taib handed over his resignation letter to the governor of sarawak to vacate his chief minister post, officially ending his 33 years of chief ministership.his former brother-in-law, adenan satem,  succeeded him as chief minister with effect from 1 march 2014.at the same time, he received the official credentials as the 7th sarawak head of state from the yang di-pertuan agong at istana negara on 28 february, and officially took the oath of office on the following day.he became the second sarawakian (after his uncle, abdul rahman ya'kub) to be appointed as the governor after formally relinquishing the post of chief minister.he is the eldest child of mahmud bin haji abang yahya (father) and hajjah hamidah binti yakub (mother).taib has nine siblings namely ibrahim, onn, mohammad ali, mohammad arip, mohammad tufail, aisah zainab, roziah, faridah hanon and zaleha.taib's father was a descendant of pehin datu yahya setia raja, where the latter was an aristocrat that was linked to the royal court of brunei.however, taib had an impoverished life because his father worked as a carpenter for shell oil company.taib's uncle, abdul rahman ya'kub raised taib since he was a boy.taib was five years old when the japanese army landed in miri in 1941.taib's father, considering his family's safety from japanese occupation, decided to move his family to his ancestral village in mukah.after the war ended, the family returned to miri.taib undertook his early schooling at andi malay school and later st joseph's primary school in miri.taib later won a shell scholarship to study at st. joseph's secondary school in kuching with the help of his uncle, abdul rahman who was also a probationary native officer in miri.there, taib met george chan hong nam who would later become the deputy chief minister of sarawak and bujang bin mohammed nor who would later become sarawak state secretary under the taib's chieftainship.after school, taib mahmud planned to become a doctor but he was persuaded by abdul rahman to take up law.according to taib:  i was obliged to study law because of family pressures and expectations.i preferred medicine because i felt sarawak dearly needed doctors.i was maneuvered toward law by my uncle.
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