Education
University of Malaya, 1959-1962, Bachelor of Arts History. Spoken languages: Punjabi, Malay, English.
University of Malaya, 1959-1962, Bachelor of Arts History. Spoken languages: Punjabi, Malay, English.
In a break with Association of Southeast Asian Nations tradition, he ran for re-election to a second five-year term in 1997, but was defeated by Rodolfo C. Severino of the Philippines. He graduated with a Bachelor of Arts in history in 1963 from the University of Malaysia.