Daim Zainuddin

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Yang Amat Berbahagia Tun Dr. Daim Zainuddin SSM SPMS SSAP DHMS DGSM
دائم زين الدين
Daim in 2018
Minister of Finance
In office 7 January 1999 – 31 May 2001
Monarchs	Ja'afar Salahuddin
Prime Minister	Mahathir Mohamad
Deputy	Wong See Wah (1999) Mohamed Nazri Abdul Aziz (1999) Shafie Salleh (1999-2001) Chan Kong Choy (1999-2001)
Preceded by	Mahathir Mohamad
Succeeded by	Mahathir Mohamad
Constituency	Merbok
In office 14 July 1984 – 15 March 1991
Monarchs	Iskandar Azlan Shah
Prime Minister	Mahathir Mohamad
Deputy	Sabbaruddin Chik Oo Gin Sun Ng Cheng Kiat Wan Abu Bakar Wan Mohamad Loke Yuen Yow Abdul Ghani Othman (1990-1991)
Preceded by	Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah
Succeeded by	Anwar Ibrahim
Constituency	Merbok
Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Merbok
In office 1986–2004
Preceded by	New constituency
Succeeded by	Zainuddin Maidin (BN–UMNO)
Majority	13,745 (1986) 15,843 (1990) 22,201 (1995) 15,376 (1999)
Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Kuala Muda
In office 1982–1986
Preceded by	Khir Johari (BN–UMNO)
Succeeded by	Constituency abolished
Majority	14,058 (1982)
Personal details
Born	Che Abdul Daim bin Zainuddin[1][2] (1938-04-29) 29 April 1938 (age 86) Alor Setar, Kedah, British Malaya (now Malaysia)
Political party	United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) (until 2018) Malaysian United Indigenous Party (BERSATU) (2018–2020) Independent (since 2020)
Other political affiliations	Barisan Nasional (BN) (until 2018) Pakatan Harapan (PH) (2018–2020)
Spouse(s)	Mahani Idris (deceased), Naimah Khalid
Children	5
Occupation	Politician, businessman
Website	daimzainuddin.com

Tun Dr. Che Abdul Daim bin Zainuddin^[3][4] (Jawi: عبدالدائم بن زين الدين‎; born 29 April 1938) is a Malaysian politician and businessman who served as the Minister of Finance from 1984 to 1991. In May 2023, he was investigated for corruption of RM2.3 billion (approximately US$500 million) by the Malaysian authorities related to the expose from the Pandora Papers. which led to some bank accounts and assets controlled by him or his family to be seized or frozen.