Tunku Abdul Rahman

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.

Yang Teramat Mulia Tunku Abdul Rahman DMN DK DUK AC CH
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	(1903-02-08)8 February 1903 Alor Star, Kedah, Siam
Died	6 December 1990(1990-12-06) (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