Tunku Abdul Rahman

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Tunku Abdul Rahman was the first Prime Minister of Malaysia, widely regarded as the "Father of Independence" for his leading role in securing the country's freedom from British colonial rule.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf human
politician
prime minister
awardReceived Order of the Crown of Johor
Order of the Crown of Selangor
Order of the Crown of the Realm
Order of the Defender of the Realm
birthDate 1903-02-08
birthPlace Alor Setar
Federated Malay States
Kedah
burialPlace Alor Setar
Langgar Royal Mausoleum
causeOfDeath stroke
countryOfCitizenship Malaysia
United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland
deathDate 1990-12-06
deathPlace Kuala Lumpur
educatedAt Cambridge University
Debsirin School
Inner Temple
Penang Free School
St Catharine's College, Cambridge NERFINISHED
ethnicGroup Malay
father Abdul Hamid Halim of Kedah
fieldOfStudy law
hasHonorificPrefix Tunku
Yang Teramat Mulia
honorificTitle Tunku
knownFor forming the Federation of Malaysia in 1963
leading Malaya to independence from British rule
proclaiming the independence of the Federation of Malaya on 1957-08-31
role in the formation of the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation
languageSpoken English
Malay
memberOfPoliticalParty Alliance Party
Barisan Nasional
United Malays National Organisation
mother Che Manjalara
name Tunku Abdul Rahman self-linksurface differs
surface form: Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra Al-Haj
nickname Bapa Kemerdekaan
Bapa Malaysia
Father of Independence
notableWork Memoirs of Tunku Abdul Rahman
numberOfChildren 7
officeEnd 1970-09-22
officeStart 1955-08-31
positionHeld Chief Minister of the Federation of Malaya
Minister of External Affairs of Malaya
Minister of External Affairs of Malaysia
Prime Minister of Malaysia
surface form: Prime Minister of Malaya

Prime Minister of Malaysia
predecessor Position established
primeMinisterOf Federation of Malaya
Malaysia
religion Sunni Islam
religiousTitle Al-Haj
sibling Tunku Abdul Rahman (Kedah prince) siblings
spouse Bibi Chong
Meriam Chong
Sharifah Rodziah Syed Alwi Barakbah
successor Abdul Razak Hussein

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Baling Talks (unsuccessful negotiations) participant Tunku Abdul Rahman
subject surface form: Baling Talks
Baling Talks (unsuccessful negotiations) chairperson Tunku Abdul Rahman
subject surface form: Baling Talks
Baling Talks (unsuccessful negotiations) hasMainSubject Tunku Abdul Rahman
subject surface form: Baling Talks
Federation of Malaya firstPrimeMinister Tunku Abdul Rahman
Putrajaya namedAfter Tunku Abdul Rahman
this entity surface form: Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra Al-Haj
Tunku Abdul Rahman name Tunku Abdul Rahman self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra Al-Haj
Perdana Putra namedAfter Tunku Abdul Rahman
this entity surface form: Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra Al‑Haj
Putra Mosque namedAfter Tunku Abdul Rahman
this entity surface form: Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra Al-Haj
Prime Minister of Malaysia firstHolder Tunku Abdul Rahman
Prime Minister of Malaysia inauguralHolder Tunku Abdul Rahman