Perdana Leadership Foundation

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Perdana Leadership Foundation

Yayasan Kepimpinan Perdana
Formation	2003
Founder	Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad
Founded at	Putrajaya, Malaysia
Type	Non-profit organisation
Legal status	Foundation
Headquarters	Precinct 8, Putrajaya
Location	Malaysia
Region served	Malaysia
Honorary President	Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad
Board of Trustees Chairman	Tan Sri Dato' Azman Hashim
Executive Director	Tan Sri Nik Mohamed Nik Yaacob
General Manager	Zarina Abu Bakar
Website	www.perdana.org.my

Perdana Leadership Foundation (Malay: Yayasan Kepimpinan Perdana) is a foundation established to preserve, research and disseminate information on the past Prime Ministers of Malaysia. The foundation's main aim is to increase awareness of Malaysia's intellectual heritage based on its belief that past leadership can provide important resources and insights for future development.^[1] A tax-exempt, non-profit organisation, the Foundation intends to become the premier institution for the study of Malaysia’s past Prime Ministers and the central resource centre for research into national stewardship as well as a platform for reflection, debate, and discussion with distinguished figures in Malaysian leadership.

A broader objective is to initiate greater understanding and co-operation through research and idea-sharing, while inspiring a positive change in the values of Malaysians throughout the world.

Established in early 2003, the idea was mooted by Mathias Chang, Political Secretary to the Prime Minister and was well accepted by the government and private sectors. Thus, a special trust committee was formed with members mostly from private sector and headed by Tan Sri Datuk Seri Azizan Zainul Abidin (President, Putrajaya Corporation; President, Petronas) to materialize this idea. The Foundation was launched by Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi on 10 May 2005. Before that, Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad launched the Perdana Library on 29 April 2004.