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I am quite a spendthrift but just being careful because my family was not rich, was not a rich family.

Abdullah Ahmad Badawi

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Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
Age: 84
Born: 1939
Born: November 26
Diplomat
Former Prime Minister Of Malaysia
Politician
Abdullah bin Haji Ahmad Badawi
Spendthrift
Careful
Quite
Rich
Family

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