Tunku Abdul Rahman

His Highness Tunku Abdul Rahman DMN DK (Kedah) DK I (Johor) DK (Kelantan) DK (Perlis) DK I (Selangor) DK I (Terengganu) DK I (Brunei) DUK DUNM SPMS SPMB CH AC
تونكو عبد الرحمن
Tunku In 1947
1st Prime Minister of Malaysia
In office 31 August 1957 – 22 September 1970
Monarchs	Abdul Rahman Hisamuddin Putra Ismail Nasiruddin Abdul Halim
Deputy	Tun Abdul Razak Hussein
Preceded by	Office established
Succeeded by	Tun Abdul Razak Hussein
Chief Minister of Malaya
In office 1 August 1955 – 31 August 1957
Monarch	Elizabeth II
High Commissioner	Donald MacGillivray
2nd President of the United Malays National Organisation
In office 25 August 1951 – 23 January 1971
Preceded by	Onn Jaafar
Succeeded by	Abdul Razak Hussein
Minister of Foreign Affairs
In office 1 September 1960 – 22 September 1970
Monarchs	Hisamuddin Putra Ismail Nasiruddin Abdul Halim
Prime Minister	Himself
Preceded by	Ismail Abdul Rahman
Succeeded by	Abdul Razak Hussein
Minister of Youth and Sports
In office 1964–1966
Monarchs	Putra Ismail Nasiruddin
Prime Minister	Himself
Preceded by	Office established
Succeeded by	Senu Abdul Rahman
Minister of External Affairs
In office 31 August 1957 – 2 February 1959
Monarch	Abdul Rahman
Prime Minister	Himself
Preceded by	Office established
Succeeded by	Ismail Abdul Rahman
Minister of Home Affairs
In office 9 August 1955 – 30 August 1957
Monarch	Elizabeth II
High Commissioner	Donald MacGillivray
Preceded by	Office established
Succeeded by	Ismail Abdul Rahman
1st Secretary General of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation
In office 1970–1973
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Hassan Al-Touhami
5th President of AFC
In office 1958 – 11 December 1977
Preceded by	Nam Cheong Chan
Succeeded by	Kambiz Atabay
Personal details
Born	(1903-02-08)8 February 1903 Istana Tia Tangga, Alor Setar, Kedah Sultanate, Siam (now Malaysia)
Died	6 December 1990(1990-12-06) (aged 87) Kuala Lumpur Hospital, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Resting place	Kedah Royal Mausoleum, Langgar, Kedah, Malaysia
Political party	United Malays National Organisation (1946–1988)
Spouses	Meriam Chong ​ ​ (m. 1933; died 1935)​ Violet Coulson ​ ​ (m. 1935; div. 1946)​ Sharifah Rodziah Barakbah ​ ​ (m. 1939)​ Bibi Chong ​ (m. 1963)​
Children	7
Parents	Sultan Abdul Hamid Halim Shah (father) Cik Menyelara (mother)
Education	Sultan Abdul Hamid College Debsirin School Penang Free School
Alma mater	St Catharine's College, Cambridge (BA in Law and History) Inner Temple
Profession	Lawyer
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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; 8 February 1903 – 6 December 1990) was a Malaysian statesman and lawyer who served as the first prime minister of Malaysia and the head of government of its predecessor states from 1955 to 1970. He was the first chief minister of the Federation of Malaya from 1955 to 1957. He supervised the independence process that culminated on 31 August 1957. As an independent Malaysia's first prime minister, he dominated the country's politics for the next 13 years.

In 1963, he successfully incorporated the Federation of Malaya, British North Borneo (renamed Sabah), Sarawak, and Singapore into the state of Malaysia. However, tensions between the Malay and Chinese communities resulted in Singapore's expulsion in 1965. His poor performance during race riots in Kuala Lumpur in 1969 led to his resignation in 1970. Commonly known simply as "Tunku" (a Malay royal title), Abdul Rahman is widely regarded, even by his critics, as Malaysia's "founding father", the architect of Malayan independence and of the formation of Malaysia. As such, he is often referred to as Father of Independence (Bapa Kemerdekaan) or Father of Malaysia (Bapa Malaysia).^[1][2]