Siti Hasmah Mohamad Ali

Tun Dr. **Siti Hasmah binti Haji Mohamad Ali** (born 12 July 1926) is the wife of the 4th and 7th Prime Minister of Malaysia, Mahathir Mohamad. She served as wife of the Prime Minister of Malaysia for 22 years from 1981 to 2003. She is the oldest living wife of a former Malaysian prime minister.

From 10 May 2018 until 24 February 2020, she was the wife of the Prime Minister again while also serving as a chancellor of the Multimedia University of Malaysia.

## Early life

Siti Hasmah was born in Klang, Selangor, on 12 July 1926 in the family where her father works as a government officer. She has ten siblings where she is the sixth child. She is a Malay from a Minangkabau clan from Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia.

## Education

Her high school is SMK St. Mary. She received her Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery degree (MBBS)from the University of Malaya,King Edward VII College of Medicine in Singapore.

## Career

After her study, she immediately joined the national health service of Malaysia.  When her husband raised to power, she resigned to give full support to her husband.

## Personal life

She met her husband in college and they got married in 1956. They were blessed with seven children; Marina, Mirzan, Melinda, Mokhzani, Mukhriz, Maizura and Mazhar. She mainly emphasised on improving public health and literacy, help with family planning and improve awareness of the dangers of drug abuse.

## Awards

She is the first Prime Minister of Malaysia's wife to receive a Tun-ship.

## Infobox (officeholder)

- **honorific-prefix**: Malay styles and titles#Honorary styles, Yang Amat Berbahagia Malay styles and titles#Tun, Tun Physician, Dr.
- **name**: Siti Hasmah Mohamad Ali
- **image**: File:Siti Hasmah 2019.jpg
- **image size**: 220px
- **caption**: Siti Hasmah in 2019
- **office**: Spouse of the Prime Minister of Malaysia
- **term label**: In role
- **term start**: 10 May 2018
- **term end**: 24 February 2020
- **monarch**: Muhammad V of Kelantan, Muhammad V
 Abdullah of Pahang, Abdullah
- **primeminister**: Mahathir Mohamad
- **predecessor**: Rosmah Mansor
- **successor**: Noorainee Abdul Rahman
- **monarch1**: Ahmad Shah of Pahang, Ahmad Shah
Iskandar of Johor, Iskandar
Azlan Shah of Perak, Azlan Shah
Jaafar of Negeri Sembilan, Jaafar
Salahuddin of Selangor, Salahuddin
Sirajuddin of Perlis, Sirajuddin
- **term label1**: In role
- **term start1**: 16 July 1981
- **term end1**: 30 October 2003
- **primeminister1**: Mahathir Mohamad
- **predecessor1**: Suhailah Noah
- **successor1**: Endon Mahmood
- **office2**: Spouse of the Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia
- **term label2**: In role
- **monarch2**: Yahya Petra of Kelantan, Yahya Petra
Ahmad Shah of Pahang, Ahmad Shah
- **term start2**: 5 March 1976
- **term end2**: 16 July 1981
- **predecessor2**: Suhailah Noah
- **successor2**: Ines Maria Reyna
- **birth name**: Siti Hasmah binti Mohamad Ali
- **birth place**: Klang, Malaysia, Klang, Selangor, Federated Malay States, British Malaya
- **occupation**: Physician, Doctor
- **alma mater**: King Edward VII College of Medicine (Bachelor of Medicine, Bachelor of Surgery, MBBS)
- **citizenship**: Malaysian people, Malaysian
- **children**: 7 (including Marina Mahathir, Marina, Mirzan Mahathir, Mirzan, Mokhzani Mahathir, Mokhzani and Mukhriz Mahathir, Mukhriz)
- **relatives**: Ismail Mohamed Ali (brother)