Ismail Abdul Rahman

Yang Amat Berbahagia Tun Dr. Ismail Abdul Rahman SSM PMN SPMJ
إسماعيل عبدالرحمن‎
Official portrait, pre-1963.
2nd Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia
In office 22 September 1970 – 2 August 1973
Monarch	Abdul Halim
Prime Minister	Abdul Razak Hussein
Preceded by	Abdul Razak Hussein
Succeeded by	Hussein Onn
Minister of Home Affairs
In office 20 May 1969 – 2 August 1973
Monarchs	Ismail Nasiruddin Abdul Halim
Prime Minister	Tunku Abdul Rahman Abdul Razak Hussein
Preceded by	Abdul Razak Hussein
Succeeded by	Ghazali Shafie
In office 1965–1967
Monarch	Ismail Nasiruddin
Prime Minister	Tunku Abdul Rahman
Preceded by	Tunku Abdul Rahman
Succeeded by	Abdul Razak Hussein
Minister of Trade and Industry
In office 3 January 1973 – 12 August 1973
Monarch	Abdul Halim
Prime Minister	Abdul Razak Hussein
Preceded by	Office established
Succeeded by	Hussein Onn
Minister of Commerce and Industry
In office 20 September 1959 – 17 November 1959
Monarch	Abdul Rahman
Prime Minister	Tunku Abdul Rahman
Preceded by	Tan Siew Sin
Succeeded by	Khir Johari
Minister of External Affairs
In office 3 February 1959 – 31 August 1960
Monarchs	Abdul Rahman Hisamuddin
Prime Minister	Tunku Abdul Rahman
Preceded by	Tunku Abdul Rahman
Succeeded by	Tunku Abdul Rahman
2nd Deputy President of the United Malays National Organisation
In office 22 September 1970 – 2 August 1973
President	Abdul Razak Hussein
Preceded by	Abdul Razak Hussein
Succeeded by	Hussein Onn
Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Johore Timor (Parliament suspended 13 May 1969 – 20 February 1971)
In office 11 September 1959 – 2 August 1973
Preceded by	Himself (as Member of the Malayan Federal Legislative Council for Johore Timor)
Succeeded by	Abdul Rahman Sabri
Member of the Malayan Federal Legislative Council for Johore Timor
In office 1955–1959
Preceded by	Constituency established
Succeeded by	Himself (as Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Johore Timor)
Personal details
Born	Ismail bin Abdul Rahman (1915-11-04)4 November 1915 Johor Bahru, Johor, Unfederated Malay States, British Malaya (now Malaysia)
Died	2 August 1973(1973-08-02) (aged 57) Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Resting place	Makam Pahlawan, Masjid Negara, Kuala Lumpur
Political party	United Malays National Organisation (UMNO)
Other political affiliations	Barisan Nasional (BN)
Spouse	Norashikin Mohd Seth ​ ​ (m. 1950)​
Relations	Suleiman Abdul Rahman (brother) Awang Hassan (brother-in-law) Mohd Ghazali Mohd Seth (brother-in-law) Abu Bakar Suleiman (nephew) Yahya Awang (nephew)
Children	6 (including Tawfik Tun Dr Ismail)
Parents	Abdul Rahman Mohamed Yassin (father) Zaharah Abu Bakar (mother)
Alma mater	Queen's College, The University of Melbourne (MBBS)

Tun Dr. Ismail bin Abdul Rahman (Jawi: إسماعيل بن عبدالرحمن; 4 November 1915 – 2 August 1973) was a Malaysian politician who served as the second Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia from September 1970 to his death in August 1973. A member of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), he previously held several ministerial posts.

Ismail has been called "the man who saved Malaysia" for his actions as Minister of Home Affairs after the May 13 incident of racial rioting in 1969.^[1]