KUALA LUMPUR, APRIL 19 – Umno veteran Tan Sri Aishah Ghani died of old age at the Kuala Lumpur Gleneagles Hospital here today. Aishah, 90, died at 12.50pm after being warded at the hospital since last Friday due to her unstable health condition, her grandson, Ahmad Arif Astaman told Bernama.
She will be buried at the Bukit Kiara Muslim cemetery, Damansara, after the Asar prayers this afternoon. She leaves behind four children — three sons and a daughter. Aishah was the first Malaysian woman to be appointed a senator and the second woman in the country to hold the post of minister after Malaysia achieved independence.
She joined Umno in 1949 and became the Kampung Baru Wanita Umno branch secretary. Born in Kampung Sungai Serai, Ulu Langat, she became a member of the Malayan Malay National Organisation in 1945. She had her early education at Sekolah Melayu Ulu Langat and Sekolah Diniyah Puteri, Padang Panjang, Sumatra. She also took up a journalism course at the London School of Journalism in 1955.
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