In this Malay name, there is no surname or family name. The name Yaacob is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by their given name, Mohamed. The word "bin" or "binti"/"binte" means 'son of' or 'daughter of', respectively.
Mohamed bin Yaacob (3 January 1926 – 8 September 2009)[1][2] was a Malaysian politician who served as the Menteri Besar (Chief Minister) of Kelantan from 1978 to 1990.
A cabinet reshuffle followed soon after the death of Tun Dr. Ismail Abdul Rahman, in which he was promoted as a full cabinet minister by holding the portfolio of Minister of Education for a year from August 1973 until the 1974 elections, in which his victory led to his reappointment to another portfolio, whereby he was appointed Minister of Energy, Technology and Research from August 1974 to January 1976 and lastly before his resignation from federal politics in order to be his state's Menteri Besar, he was finally appointed Minister of Public Enterprises from January 1976, following the death of Prime Minister, Tun Abdul Razak Hussein until his victory in the 1978 Kelantan state election, which immediately followed his resignation from federal politics, in order to pave way for his appointment as the Menteri Besar of Kelantan.
^"砂州元首耶谷昨华诞 四百余有功人士获赐各级勳衔" [Over 400 meritorious individuals were awarded honors at various levels on the birthday of Sarawak’s Yang Di-Pertua, Yakub yesterday]. 星洲日报. 8 July 1982. p. 11.