Tunku Abdul Rahman


Tunku Abdul Rahman

تونكو عبد الرحمن‎
Malaysia 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)
MonarchAbdul Rahman
Hishamuddin
Syed Putra
Ismail Nasiruddin
Abdul Halim
DeputyAbdul Razak Hussein
Preceded byHimself
as Chief Minister of Malaya
Succeeded byAbdul Razak Hussein
Chief Minister of Malaya
In office
1 August 1955 – 31 August 1957
MonarchElizabeth II
High CommissionerDonald MacGillivray
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byHimself
as Prime Minister of Malaya
1st Secretary-General of Organisation of Islamic Cooperation
In office
1970–1973
Preceded byPosition established
Succeeded byHassan Al-Touhami
5th President of the Asian Football Confederation
In office
1958 – 11 December 1977
Preceded byNam Cheong Chan
Succeeded byKambiz Atabay
Personal details
Born(1903-02-08)8 February 1903
Alor Star, Kedah, Siam
Died6 December 1990(1990-12-06) (aged 87)
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Malaysia
Resting placeKedah Royal Mausoleum
CitizenshipMalaysian
Political partyUnited Malays National Organisation (1946–1988)
Spouse(s)Meriam Chong (1933–1935)
Violet Coulson (1935–1946)
Sharifah Rodziah (1939–1990)
ChildrenTunku Khadijah
Tunku Ahmad Nerang
Sulaiman (adopted)
Mariam (adopted)
Faridah (adopted)
Alma materSt Catharine's College, Cambridge
Inner Temple
ProfessionLawyer

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 Prime Minister after independence in 1957. He resigned in 1970.

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