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{{Short description|Malaysian politician}}{{EngvarB|date=July 2014}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=July 2014}}
{{Malay name|Muhammad|Muhammad Taib|note=on}}
{{Infobox President
| honorific-prefix = [[Malay styles and titles#Honorary styles|Yang Berbahagia]] [[Malay styles and titles#Tan Sri|Tan Sri]] [[Malay styles and titles#State titles|Dato' Seri]]
| name = Muhammad Muhammad Taib
|honorific-suffix = {{post-nominals|size=100|country=MYS|PSM|SPMS|DGSM|DPMS|SSA|AMN|PJK (Selangor)}}
| native_name = {{lang|ms|{{Script|Arab|محمد محمد طيب}}}}
| image = Mohammad Mohammad Taib.jpg
| image_size = 250px
| caption = Mohammad Mohammad Taib, the former Selangor Mentri Besar.
| office = [[Minister of Rural Development (Malaysia)|Minister of Rural and Regional Development]]
| monarch = [[Mizan Zainal Abidin of Terengganu|Mizan Zainal Abidin]]
| term_start = 19 March 2008
| term_end = 9 April 2009
| primeminister = [[Abdullah Ahmad Badawi]]
| deputy = [[Joseph Kurup]] [[Joseph Entulu Belaun]]
| predecessor = [[Abdul Aziz Shamsuddin]]
| successor = [[Shafie Apdal]]
| constituency = ''Senator''
| order1 = 11th
| office1 = Menteri Besar of Selangor
| monarch1 = [[Salahuddin of Selangor|Salahuddin]]
| term_start1 = 14 August 1986
| term_end1 = 14 April 1997
| predecessor1 = Ahmad Razali Mohamad Ali
| successor1 = [[Abu Hassan Omar]]
| constituency1 = [[Batang Kali (state constituency)|Batang Kali]]
| constituency_AM2 = Batang Kali
| assembly2 = Selangor State Legislative
| majority2 = 4,162 ([[1982 Malaysian general election|1982]]) ''Uncontested'' ([[1986 Malaysian general election|1986]]) 5,190 ([[1990 Malaysian general election|1990]]) ''Uncontested'' ([[1995 Malaysian general election|1995]])
| term_start2 = 22 April 1982
| term_end2 = 29 November 1999
| predecessor2 = Rosedin Yaacob ([[Barisan Nasional|BN]]–[[United Malays National Organisation|UMNO]])
| successor2 = [[Zainal Abidin Sakom]] ([[Barisan Nasional|BN]]–[[United Malays National Organisation|UMNO]])
| birth_name = Muhammad bin Muhammad Taib
| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1945|7|29|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Hulu Selangor]], Selangor, [[Japanese occupation of Malaya]] (now [[Malaysia]])
| death_date =
| death_place =
| citizenship = [[Malaysians|Malaysian]]
| occupation = Politician, Teacher
| party = [[United Malays National Organisation]] (UMNO) {{small|(1964–2013, 2017–present)}} [[Malaysian Islamic Party]] (PAS) {{small|(2013–2015)}} [[People's Justice Party (Malaysia)|People's Justice Party]] (PKR) {{small|(2015–2017)}}
| otherparty = [[Alliance Party (Malaysia)|Alliance Party]] {{small |(1964–1974)}} [[Barisan Nasional]] (BN) {{small|(1974–2013, 2017–present)}} [[Pakatan Rakyat]] (PR) {{small|(2013–2015)}} [[Pakatan Harapan]] (PH) {{small|(2015–2017)}}
| spouse = Asbi Rohani Asnan Tengku Puteri Zahariah binti Sultan Salehuddin Abdul Aziz Shah (divorced) Rodzina Hayati Tajul Ariffin
| children = 11
| alma_mater = [[University of Malaya]]
| website = https://mattaib.wordpress.com/
| footnotes =
| signature =
}}

'''Muhammad bin Muhammad Taib''' ([[Jawi alphabet|Jawi]]: محمد بن محمد طيب; born 29 July 1945), also fondly known as '''Mat Taib''' and also '''Mat Tyson''',<ref>[http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2008/11/9/nation/20081109134154&sec=nation Umno polls: Mat Taib qualifies to contest deputy presidency (updated)] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081112025329/http://www.thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=%2F2008%2F11%2F9%2Fnation%2F20081109134154&sec=nation |date=12 November 2008 }}</ref> is a [[Malaysian people|Malaysian]] politician who currently is a member of [[United Malays National Organisation]] (UMNO), a major component of [[Barisan Nasional]] (BN) coalition. He was the former [[Menteri Besar]] of [[Selangor]] and the former Rural and Regional Development Minister. Muhammad was also the former UMNO vice-president.<ref>{{Cite news| url =http://www.freemalaysiatoday.com/category/nation/2015/06/12/mat-taib-dap-should-patch-up-with-hadi/|title=Mat Taib: DAP should patch up with Hadi|author=Suresh Kashuerin|publisher=[[Free Malaysia Today]] |date =June 12, 2015 }}</ref>

==Early life and education==
Born in Kampung Sungai Manggis, Kuala Kalumpang, [[Hulu Selangor]], he was of [[Minangkabau people|Minangkabau]] descent from [[Rawa (tribe)|Rao]], [[West Sumatera]]. He went to an English Primary School in [[Kuala Kubu Baru]]. Muhammad is a graduate from [[Universiti Malaya]] with a first-class degree in History and Malay studies, and was also a former teacher at SMK Kuala Kubu Baru.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://mattaib.wordpress.com/10-2/ |title=Biodata |work=Muhammad Muhammad Taib's Blog |publisher= Mat Taib berbicara… |access-date=20 September 2017}}</ref>

==Political career==
The political veteran joined UMNO in 1964, and quickly rose within its ranks to be appointed as Selangor Umno deputy state liaison committee chief and elected UMNO vice-president. In 1993, Muhammad and two other top party leaders then - [[Najib Razak]] and [[Muhyiddin Yassin]] - won the vice-presidency after they joined [[Anwar Ibrahim]] who won the deputy presidency uncontested; forming Vision Team (''Team Wawasan'') to face the UMNO internal party election.

Muhammad was former [[Selangor State Legislative Assembly|Selangor state assemblyman]] of [[Batang Kali]] constituency for four terms, winning in the general elections of [[1982 Malaysian general election|1982]], [[1986 Malaysian general election|1986]], [[1990 Malaysian general election|1990]] and [[1995 Malaysian general election|1995]]. He served as Menteri Besar of Selangor from 1986 to 1997.<ref name="bio">{{cite web|url=http://www.selangor.gov.my/main.php?Content=vertsectiondetails&VsItemID=172&VertSectionID=5&CurLocation=44&Page=1 |title=Sejarah Menteri Besar : MANTAN DATO' MENTERI BESAR SELANGOR|year=2008 |publisher=Laman Web Rasmi Kerajaan Negeri Selangor |language=ms |access-date=1 January 2010 |location=Selangor |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110604140503/http://www.selangor.gov.my/main.php?Content=vertsectiondetails&VsItemID=172&VertSectionID=5&CurLocation=44&Page=1 |archive-date=4 June 2011 |df=dmy }}</ref> However, he was forced to resign as Selangor Menteri Besar in April 1997 after he was charged in Australia over currency irregularities involving more than $A1.2 million (RM2.9 million).<ref name=currency>{{cite news |url=http://www.economist.com/node/147620 |title=Excess baggage |date=17 April 1997 |publisher= [[The Economist]] |access-date=16 May 2017}}</ref>

In 2006, he was appointed as a [[senator]] in the [[Dewan Negara]], the [[upper house]] of the [[Parliament of Malaysia]].<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2006/02/15/senator-post-for-mat-taib/ |title=Senator post for Mat Taib |work= The Star |date=15 February 2006 |access-date=16 May 2017}}</ref> This allowed him to be appointed as a minister by Prime Minister [[Abdullah Ahmad Badawi]] in March 2008.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2008/03/19/muhammad-didnt-see-post-coming/ |title=Muhammad didn't see post coming |work= The Star |date=19 March 2008 |access-date=16 May 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2008/03/19/new-ministers-and-deputy-ministers/ |title=New ministers and deputy ministers |work= The Star |date=19 March 2008 |access-date=16 May 2017}}</ref> He contested the post of UMNO deputy president in March 2009 but came out second to Muhyiddin Yassin.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.bintulu.org/2009/03/27/muhyiddin-beats-muhammad-taib-elected-umno-deputy-president.php |title= Muhyiddin beats Muhammad Taib, elected Umno deputy president |date=27 March 2009 |publisher= BTUWEEKLY |access-date=16 May 2017}}</ref> His stint in the Cabinet ended after a reshuffling by new Prime Minister Najib Razak in April 2009.<ref>{{cite news |title=Eight ministers dropped |url=http://www.thenutgraph.com/eight-ministers-dropped/ |work= [[Bernama]] |author=Jacqueline Ann Surin |date= 9 April 2009 |publisher= The Nut Graph |access-date=20 September 2017}}</ref>

On 14 April 2013, Muhammad joined opposition [[Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party]] (PAS), a component party of [[Pakatan Rakyat]] (PR) then.<ref>{{cite news |title= Ex-Umno veep Mat Taib joins PAS |url=https://www.malaysiakini.com/news/226883|work=Hafiz Yatim |date=15 April 2013 |publisher= [[Malaysiakini]] |access-date=16 May 2017}}</ref> He was formally introduced by the party on 22 April 2013, just two days after the [[2013 Malaysian general election|13th General Election]] nomination day to avoid allegations that he took the step to be nominated in the general election. PAS is the only party that can lead Malaysia towards Islam, Muhammad said.<ref>{{cite news |title=Only PAS can lead M'sia to Islam, declares Mat Taib |url=https://www.malaysiakini.com/news/227615 |work=Hazlan Zakaria |date=22 April 2013 |publisher= [[Malaysiakini]] |access-date=16 May 2017}}</ref> In previous statements Muhammad was a strong critic for the Pakatan Rakyat led state government of Selangor. He stated that Pakatan Rakyat Selangor, under the helm of the Menteri Besar of Selangor [[Khalid Ibrahim]] was losing grip of the state. He even stated that he believes that Saiful Bukhari Azlan, the accuser of Anwar Ibrahim sexual escapades was the real victims and no one is helping Saiful Bukhari.<ref>ELIZABETH LOOI. [http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=/2008/7/19/nation/20080719122626&sec=nation "GE13: PAS banking on spent force"] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120320063301/http://thestar.com.my/news/story.asp?file=%2F2008%2F7%2F19%2Fnation%2F20080719122626&sec=nation |date=20 March 2012 }}, ''[[The Star (Malaysia)|The Star]]'', 19 Julai 2008. Retrieved on 25 April 2013.</ref>

On 10 September 2015, Muhammad quit PAS as he was involved in the [[Gerakan Harapan Baru]] movement and was going to join a new party called [[National Trust Party (Malaysia)|AMANAH]], but instead he joined [[Parti Keadilan Rakyat|People's Justice Party]] (PKR) of the [[Pakatan Harapan]] (PH) opposition coalition.<ref>{{cite news |title=Mat Taib, Kamaruddin Jaffar tinggal PAS, masuk PKR |url=https://www.malaysiakini.com/news/311936|date=11 Sep 2015 |publisher= [[Malaysiakini]] |language=ms|access-date=16 May 2017}}</ref>

On 17 September 2017, Muhammad rejoined UMNO announced by Najib Razak in a special media conference after leaving it to be with the opposition for four years.<ref>{{cite news |title=Muhd Taib rejoins Umno |url=https://www.themalaysianinsight.com/s/15010/ |date=17 September 2017 |publisher= The Malaysian Insight |access-date=20 September 2017}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.thestar.com.my/news/nation/2017/09/17/mat-taib-rejoins-umno/ |title=Mat Taib rejoins Umno |work= The Star |date=17 September 2017 |access-date=20 September 2017}}</ref>

==Controversies==
In 1987, Muhammad, during his early tenure as Selangor's Menteri Besar angered the Sultan of Selangor when it was found that he had secretly married the ruler's daughter Tengku Puteri Zahariah in [[Sungai Golok]], Thailand. The late sultan later accepted his apologies.<ref name="Mat Taib">{{cite news|url=http://www.straitstimes.com/asia/se-asia/selangor-politician-muhammad-taib-back-in-umno-fold|title=Selangor politician Muhammad Taib back in Umno fold|author=Nadirah H. Rodzi|date=18 September 2017|work=[[The Straits Times]]|access-date=20 September 2017}}</ref>

In 1997, Muhammad was forced to resign after he was charged in Australia with making false currency declarations after millions of dollars were found in his suitcase as he was leaving the country.<ref name=currency/><ref name="Mat Taib"/> However, he was found not guilty, after claiming he could not understand the declaration forms which were in [[English language|English]].<ref>{{cite news|url=http://ww1.utusan.com.my/utusan/info.asp?y=1998&dt=0530&pub=Utusan_Express&sec=Front_Page&pg=fp_01.htm|title=Muhammad Taib Acquitted Of Currency Charges|date= 30 May 1998 |work=[[Utusan Malaysia]]|access-date=20 September 2017}}</ref> Somehow, in a later development, an investigative committee found that the court had erred in its judgment.<ref>[http://www.tranungkite.net/v7/modules.php?name=News&file=print&sid=16976 Limbo Rock Dalam Pemilihan Umno Tarikh : Tuesday, October 07 @ 10:00:00 MYT]</ref>

The prosecution at Brisbane Federal Court on 19 August 1997 as for his failure to declare bringing over A$5,000. He and his wife stay a few weeks in Brisbane and wishing to build a luxury house on a 4,500 hectare land at [[Gold Coast, Queensland|Gold Coast]], in [[Queensland]]. After that he wish to fly to New Zealand. The land at Sovereign Island was registered under his wife's name Asbi Rohani Binti Asnan which was bought a year earlier for $3 million.<ref>[http://www.limkitsiang.com/archive/1997/June97/sg512.htm Speech (Part II) - DAP Malacca Anniversary Dinner]</ref><ref>[http://sahathevan.blogspot.com/2008/02/umno-candidate-mike-tyson-was-found.html UMNO candidate Mike Tyson was found guilty on appeal, even if acquitted]</ref><ref>[http://www.malaysiakini.com/letters/80293 Will Muhd Muhd Taib declare Aussie properties?]</ref> Muhammad Taib was charged with failure to declare his assets.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://ww1.utusan.com.my/utusan/info.asp?y=1998&dt=0609&pub=Utusan_Express&sec=Front_Page&pg=fp_01.htm|title=Muhammad Taib To Be Charged With Failure To Declare Assets |date= 9 June 1998 |work=[[Utusan Malaysia]]|access-date=20 September 2017}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Muhammad first married Asbi Rohani Asnan during his early teaching career in [[Tanjung Malim]], and they had four daughters and one son together.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://library.perdana.org.my/Digital_Content/Prominent_Leaders/Mahathir/News_1968-2004/1996-1998/1997ko/muhgan%20mike%20tyson.pdf |title=Muhammad-profil :MUHAMMAD SENASIB DENGAN MIKE TYSON |work= [[Bernama]] |language=ms |date=12 April 1997 |publisher=Library Perdana |access-date=20 September 2017}}</ref>

He later married Tengku Puteri Zahariah binti Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah, the daughter of the late Sultan of Selangor, Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah. During this marriage, he was granted the honorific title ''Yang Amat Mulia'' and later ''Yang Berhormat Mulia''. The couple had one son before divorcing.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://ww1.utusan.com.my/utusan/info.asp?y=2001&dt=1125&sec=Rencana&pg=re_01.htm |title=''Selamat tinggal ayahandaku'' |language=ms |date=25 November 2001 |work=[[Utusan Malaysia]] |access-date=20 September 2017}}</ref>

Muhammad also married Dr. Rodzina Hayati Tajul Ariffin, with whom he had four sons and one daughter.<ref>{{cite news |url=http://www.tranungkite.net/lama/berita8/harakah67.htm |title=Salah seorang isteri bekas MB Selangor hadapi tuntutan hina mahkamah |work=[[Harakah|Harakah Daily]] |language=ms |date=28 September 2000 |publisher=Tranung Kite |access-date=20 September 2017}}</ref>

==Election results==
{| class="wikitable" style="margin:0.5em ; font-size:95%"
|+ '''[[Selangor State Legislative Assembly]]'''<ref name="election results">{{cite web|url=http://semak.spr.gov.my/spr/laporan/5_KedudukanAkhir.php |title=Keputusan Pilihan Raya Umum Parlimen/Dewan Undangan Negeri |publisher=[[Election Commission of Malaysia]] |access-date=27 May 2010}} Percentage figures based on total turnout.</ref>
!|Year
!|Constituency
!colspan=2|Candidate
!|Votes
!|Pct
!colspan=2|Opponent(s)
!|Votes
!|Pct
!|Ballots cast
!|Majority
!|Turnout
|-
| [[1982 Malaysian general election|1982]]
| rowspan=4|'''N09 [[Batang Kali (state constituency)|Batang Kali]]'''
| {{Party shading/Barisan Nasional}} |
| {{nowrap|'''Muhammad Muhammad Taib'''}} ([[United Malays National Organisation|'''UMNO''']])
| align="right" | '''6,939'''
| '''67.90%'''
| {{Party shading/Democratic Action Party}} |
| Hong Chin Toh ([[Democratic Action Party (Malaysia)|DAP]])
| align="right" | 2,777
| 27.17%
| 10,220
| 4,162
| 79.00%
|-
| [[1986 Malaysian general election|1986]]
| {{Party shading/Barisan Nasional}} |
| {{nowrap|'''Muhammad Muhammad Taib '''}} ([[United Malays National Organisation|'''UMNO''']])
| colspan="9" bgcolor="dcdcdc"|{{center|Unopposed}}
|-
| [[1990 Malaysian general election|1990]]
| {{Party shading/Barisan Nasional}} |
| {{nowrap|'''Muhammad Muhammad Taib'''}} ([[United Malays National Organisation|'''UMNO''']])
| align="right" | '''8,575'''
| '''68.70%'''
| {{Party shading/Democratic Action Party}} |
| Sinniah Periannan ([[Democratic Action Party (Malaysia)|DAP]])
| align="right" | 3,385
| 27.12%
| 12,482
| 5,190
| 75.82%
|-
| [[1995 Malaysian general election|1995]]
| {{Party shading/Barisan Nasional}} |
| {{nowrap|'''Muhammad Muhammad Taib '''}} ([[United Malays National Organisation|'''UMNO''']])
| colspan="9" bgcolor="dcdcdc"|{{center|Unopposed}}
|}

==Honours==
===Honours of Malaysia===
* {{Flag|Malaysia}} :
** [[File:MY Darjah Yang Mulia Pangkuan Negara (Defender of the Realm) - SMN.svg|50px]] Member of the [[Order of the Defender of the Realm#Member|Order of the Defender of the Realm]] (AMN) (1985)<ref name=":1">{{cite web|url=http://www.istiadat.gov.my/index.php/component/semakanlantikanskp/|title=SEMAKAN PENERIMA DARJAH KEBESARAN, BINTANG DAN PINGAT|publisher=[[Prime Minister's Department (Malaysia)]]|access-date=28 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180929181530/http://www.istiadat.gov.my/index.php/component/semakanlantikanskp/|archive-date=29 September 2018|url-status=dead}}</ref>
** [[File:Order of Loyalty to the Crown of Malaysia - PSM.svg|50px]] Commander of the [[Order of Loyalty to the Crown of Malaysia#Commander|Order of Loyalty to the Crown of Malaysia]] (PSM) – '''Tan Sri''' (1989)<ref name=":1"></ref>
* {{Flag|Selangor}} :
** [[File:MY-SEL Meritorious Service Medal - PJK.svg|50px]] Recipient of the [[List of post-nominal letters (Selangor)|Meritorious Service Medal]] (PJK)
** [[File:MY-SEL Order of Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah - Companion - SSA.svg|50px]] Companion of the [[List of post-nominal letters (Selangor)|Order of Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah]] (SSA)
** [[File:MY-SEL Order of the Crown of Selangor - Knight Commander - DPMS.svg|50px]] Knight Commander of the [[Order of the Crown of Selangor]] (DPMS) – '''Dato'''' (1987)<ref name=":1"></ref>
** [[File:MY-SEL Order of the Crown of Selangor - Knight Grand Commander - SPMS.svg|50px]] Knight Grand Commander of the [[Order of the Crown of Selangor]] (SPMS) – '''Dato' Seri''' (1991)<ref name=":1"></ref>
* {{Flag|Malacca}} :
** [[File:MY-MAL Exalted Order of Malacca.svg|50px]] Grand Commander of the [[Exalted Order of Malacca#Grand Commander|Exalted Order of Malacca]] (DGSM) – '''Datuk Seri'''

==See also==
*[[Batang Kali (state constituency)]]

==References==
{{reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://mattaib.wordpress.com/ Official blog]

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