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Tunku Abdul Rahman [e] (8 February 1903 – 6 December 1990), commonly referred to as Tunku, was a Malaysian statesman who served as prime minister of Malaysia from 1957 to 1970. He previously served as the only chief minister of Malaya from 1955 to 1957, as President of UMNO from 1951 to 1971, and as leader of the Alliance Party from 1952 to 1971.
Tunku Abdul Rahman formed the first Rahman cabinet after being invited to begin a new government following the 27 July 1955 general election in Malaysia.Upon receiving the assent of the Rulers of the Malay States, the composition of the cabinet was announced by the High Commissioner of the Federation of Malaya, Donald MacGillivray, from King's House on 4 August 1955.
Tunku Abdul Rahman Al-Haj ibni Sultan Ibrahim (Jawi: تونكو عبد الرحمن; born 5 February 1993), also known as Prince Jefri Ibrahim, [1] is a member of the Johor royal family who is the Tunku Panglima of Johor.
Abdul Razak Hussein, Director of Operations Gen. Ibrahim Ismail , Chief Executive Officer The National Operations Council ( NOC ) or Majlis Gerakan Negara ( MAGERAN ) was an emergency administrative body which attempted to restore law and order in Malaysia after the 13 May incident in 1969, in the wake of the racial rioting which broke out in ...
Datuk Siti Rahmah Kassim (30 November 1926 – 24 March 2017) was an independence fighter, best known for donating her golden bangle to Tunku Abdul Rahman, Malaysia's 1st Prime Minister, to pay for his flight to London to meet with Secretary of State for the Colonies Oliver Lyttelton and negotiate the independence of Malaya (which subsequently became Malaysia in 1963) from the United Kingdom.
[1] [2] Tunku Abdul Rahman later gave a speech hailing the ceremony as "greatest moment in the life of the Malayan people". [1] Before giving the address to the crowd, he was given a necklace by representatives of the Alliance Party youth in honour of this great occasion in history, with a map of Malaya inscribed on it. The event ended at 1 a.m.
Tunku Abdullah was born on 2 May 1925 at Kuala Pilah, Negeri Sembilan.His father was Tuanku Abdul Rahman (1895–1960), the Ruler of Negeri Sembilan state (1933–1960) and later appointed at the first King of Malaya (1957–1960).
After Tunku Abdul Rahman was elected as president of the two associations in 1951, both associations fought hard to have a first-class stadium built. [7] In 1952, an ad-hoc committee was formed by the Kuala Lumpur Municipal Commissioners to study the proposal, and a report was released three months later. [7]