Daim Zainuddin

Yang Amat Berbahagia Tun Dr.
Daim Zainuddin
SSM SPMS SSAP DHMS DGSM
Yang Amat Berbahagia Tun Dr. Daim Zainuddin SSM SPMS SSAP DHMS DGSM
دائم زين الدين‎
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; 2/3 August 1986 – 21 March 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; 29 April 1938; Alor Setar, Kedah, Unfederated Malay States, British Malaya (now Malaysia)
Died	13 November 2024 (aged 86); Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia
Resting place	Bukit Kiara Muslim Cemetery, Damansara, Kuala Lumpur
Citizenship	Malaysia
Party	United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) ; (until 2018); Malaysian United Indigenous Party (BERSATU) ; (2018–2020); Independent ; (2020–2024);
Other political; affiliations	Barisan Nasional (BN) ; (until 2018) ; Pakatan Harapan (PH) ; (2018–2020)
Spouse(s)	Mahani Idris (died 2023) ; Naimah Khalid
Children	5
Alma mater	Lincoln's Inn ; University of California, Berkeley ; University of Malaya
Occupation	Politician, Businessman
Website	daimzainuddin.com

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Che Abdul Daim bin Zainuddin (Jawi: چئ عبدالدائم بن زين الدين‎; 29 April 1938 – 13 November 2024) was a Malaysian politician and businessman who served as the Minister of Finance from 1984 to 1989 and again from 1999 to 2001, both times under Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad. He also served as a Senator from 1980 to 1982 and as a Member of Parliament (MP) from 1982 to 2004.

Daim is credited with steering Malaysia through the 1997 Asian financial crisis and was a major architect of Malaysia’s economic strategy and development.

Though not listed in any indexes, Daim was known as one of Malaysia's wealthiest individuals. Daim and his wife were charged in January 2024 with failing to declare 71 assets as part of an anti-corruption probe that he described as politically motivated. Daim was acquitted of graft after prosecutors applied to withdraw all charges following his death. However, posthumous investigations into his assets as well as his family has continued.