Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak today recorded his condolences to the family of former Umno and BN executive secretary Yaakob Mohammad, who died early this morning.

"(My) condolences to the family of Datuk Yaakob Mohammad, former Umno and BN executive secretary on his passing this morning. May Allah bless his soul," Najib wrote in his Twitter account.

Yaakob, 67, died early this morning at the KPJ Damansara Specialists Hospital in Kuala Lumpur of lung complications and his remains were buried at the Bukit Kiara Muslim Cemetery about 10.30am, after funeral prayers at the Saidina Abu Bakar As-Siddiq Mosque in Bangsar.

From 1991 to 1997, he had held positions as BN executive secretary, committee member of the Alor Setar Umno division and head of the Welfare and Poverty Bureau of Alor Setar Umno, besides holding the post of Umno executive secretary beginning in 1988.

Yaakob also held the position of BN executive secretary from 1991 to September 2009 and was appointed a senator in 2002.

- Bernama