Rosmah – the rousing rose
Adam Leroy, Malaysian Mirror
Much has been said about our First Lady and our opinions are primarily formed by hearsay. But to be honest, does any one of us know her personally to even begin judging her as such?
Rosmah Mansor was born in 1951 to two teachers. My personal observation is that children of educators are usually very smart. That’s true in Rosmah's case. She has a BA in Anthropology and Sociology from University Malaya and an MSc in Sociology and Agriculture from Louisiana State University, USA.
She later worked as an executive with Bank Pertanian and subsequently as a business development manager with Island and Peninsular Bhd, a property developer company.
She married Najib Abdul Razak in 1987 and the couple is blessed with two children – Nooriyana Najwa and Norashman Razak together. Rosmah also has two children from her previous marriage.
Without going into juicy and scandalous details as to why both Rosmah and Najib are divorcees (usually quite taboo among Malaysian politicians), an initial search of the history of her first marriage and former husband drew naught from Google. Hence, any recorded history and persona of Rosmah only existed after marrying Najib.
Well, like most women, Rosmah was an unknown until her fateful union with Najib that now places her as the country's mother figure and the queen of our hearts.
