Dato' Sri Haji Mohammad Najib bin Tun Haji Abdul Razak is a Malaysian politician. He is the sixth and current Prime Minister of Malaysia, having been sworn in on 3 April 2009 to succeed Abdullah Ahmad Badawi. He is a member of the United Malays National Organisation in Malaysia's ruling Barisan Nasional coalition. Najib is the eldest son of Abdul Razak Hussein, Malaysia's second Prime Minister, and the nephew of Hussein Onn, Malaysia's third. He was elected to the Parliament of Malaysia in 1976, at the age of 23, replacing his deceased father in the Pahang-based seat of Pekan. From 1982 to 1986 he was the Menteri Besar of Pahang, before entering the federal Cabinet of Mahathir Mohamad in 1986 as the Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports. He served in various Cabinet posts throughout the remainder of the 1980s and 1990s, including as Minister for Defence and Minister for Education. He became Deputy Prime Minister on 7 January 2004, serving under Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, before replacing Badawi a year after Barisan Nasional suffered heavy losses in the 2008 election. 

July 23rd, 1953 in Kuala Lumpur (Age 71)