Tunku Abdul Rahman
Tunku Abdul Rahman | |
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تونكو عبد الرحمن | |
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 1st Prime Minister of Malaysia | |
| Honoured as Father of Independence / Father of Malaysia Bapa Kemerdekaan / Bapa Malaysia باڤ مليسيا / باڤ کمرديکاءن | |
| In office 31 August 1957 – 22 September 1970 (Malaya until 13 September 1963) | |
| Monarch | Abdul Rahman Hishamuddin Syed Putra Ismail Nasiruddin Abdul Halim |
| Deputy | Abdul Razak Hussein |
| Preceded by | Himself as Chief Minister of Malaya |
| Succeeded by | Abdul Razak Hussein |
| Chief Minister of Malaya | |
| In office 1 August 1955 – 31 August 1957 | |
| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| High Commissioner | Donald MacGillivray |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Himself as Prime Minister of Malaya |
| 1st Secretary-General of Organisation of Islamic Cooperation | |
| In office 1970–1973 | |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Hassan Al-Touhami |
| 5th President of the Asian Football Confederation | |
| In office 1958 – 11 December 1977 | |
| Preceded by | Nam Cheong Chan |
| Succeeded by | Kambiz Atabay |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 8 February 1903 Alor Star, Kedah, Siam  |
| Died | 6 December 1990 (aged 87) Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
| Resting place | Kedah Royal Mausoleum |
| Citizenship | Malaysian |
| Political party | United Malays National Organisation (1946–1988) |
| Spouse(s) | Meriam Chong (1933–1935) Violet Coulson (1935–1946) Sharifah Rodziah (1939–1990) |
| Children | Tunku Khadijah Tunku Ahmad Nerang Sulaiman (adopted) Mariam (adopted) Faridah (adopted) |
| Alma mater | St Catharine's College, Cambridge Inner Temple |
| Profession | Lawyer |
Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra Al-Haj ibni Almarhum Sultan Abdul Hamid Halim Shah (Jawi: تونكو عبد الرحمن ڤوترا الحاج ابن سلطان عبد الحميد حليم شاه ; DMN, DK, DUK, AC, CH, 8 February 1903 – 6 December 1990) was a Malaysian politician. He was the first Chief Minister of the Malaysia from 1955 to 1957, before becoming the country's first Prima Minister after independence in 1957. He resigned in 1970.
Other websites[change | change source]
- tunkuabdulrahman.com Archived 2012-10-10 at the Wayback Machine
- The Tunku Abdul Rahman centennial PhD scholarship fund at Cambridge University
This short article about a person or group of people can be made longer. You can help Wikipedia by adding to it.Setelah belajar di England (1920-1931), Abdul Rahman kembali ke Tanah Melayu untuk memasuki perkhidmatan awam Kedah. Pada tahun 1947 di kembali ke England