Tunku Abdul Rahman
Yang Teramat Mulia Tunku Abdul Rahman | |
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تونكو عبد الرحمن | |
| 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) | |
| Monarch | Abdul Rahman Hishamuddin Syed Putra Ismail Nasiruddin Abdul Halim |
| Deputy | Abdul Razak Hussein |
| Preceded by | Himself as Chief Minister of Malaya |
| Succeeded by | Abdul Razak Hussein |
| Chief Minister of Malaya | |
| In office 1 August 1955 – 31 August 1957 | |
| Monarch | Elizabeth II |
| High Commissioner | Donald MacGillivray |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Himself as Prime Minister of Malaya |
| 1st Secretary-General of Organisation of Islamic Cooperation | |
| In office 1970–1973 | |
| Preceded by | Position established |
| Succeeded by | Hassan Al-Touhami |
| 5th President of the Asian Football Confederation | |
| In office 1958 – 11 December 1977 | |
| Preceded by | Nam Cheong Chan |
| Succeeded by | Kambiz Atabay |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 8 February 1903 Alor Star, Kedah, Siam |
| Died | 6 December 1990 (aged 87) Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
| Resting place | Kedah Royal Mausoleum |
| Citizenship | Malaysian |
| Political party | United Malays National Organisation (1946–1988) |
| Spouse(s) | Meriam Chong (1933–1935) Violet Coulson (1935–1946) Sharifah Rodziah (1939–1990) |
| Children | Tunku Khadijah Tunku Ahmad Nerang Sulaiman (adopted) Mariam (adopted) Faridah (adopted) |
| Alma mater | St Catharine's College, Cambridge Inner Temple |
| Profession | Lawyer |
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.