Tunku Abdul Rahman
Politician
1903 – 1990
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Who was Tunku Abdul Rahman?
Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra Al-Haj ibni Almarhum Sultan Abdul Hamid Halim Shah, AC, CH was Chief Minister of the Federation of Malaya from 1955, and the country's first Prime Minister from independence in 1957. He remained as the Prime Minister after Sabah, Sarawak, and Singapore joined the federation in 1963 to form Malaysia. He is widely known simply as "Tunku" or "The Tunku" and also called Bapa Kemerdekaan or Bapa Malaysia.
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- Born
- Feb 8, 1903
Alor Setar - Also known as
- Putra Al-Haj Abdul Rahman Tunku
- Spouses
- Lady Meriam
(1933 - 1935) - Violet Coulson
(1935 - 1947) - Sharifah Rodziah Syed Alwi Barakbah
(1939 - 1990/12/06) - Bibi Chong
( - 1990/12/06)
- Lady Meriam
- Religion
- Islam
- Profession
- Education
- St Catharine's College, Cambridge
- University of Cambridge
- Penang Free School
- Lived in
- Kedah
- Died
- Dec 6, 1990
Kuala Lumpur
Submitted
on July 23, 2013
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