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 Putra Al-Haj ⓘ
linked to: Tunku Abdul Rahman
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 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 → participant → Tunku Abdul Rahman ⓘ
Baling Talks → chairperson → Tunku Abdul Rahman ⓘ
Baling Talks → hasMainSubject → Tunku Abdul Rahman ⓘ
Federation of Malaya → firstPrimeMinister → Tunku Abdul Rahman ⓘ
Putrajaya → namedAfter → Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra Al-Haj ⓘ
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Tunku Abdul Rahman → name → Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra Al-Haj ⓘ
linked to: Tunku Abdul Rahman
Perdana Putra → namedAfter → Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra Al‑Haj ⓘ
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Putra Mosque → namedAfter → Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra Al-Haj ⓘ
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Prime Minister of Malaysia → firstHolder → Tunku Abdul Rahman ⓘ
Prime Minister of Malaysia → inauguralHolder → Tunku Abdul Rahman ⓘ
Abdul Razak Hussein → precededBy → Tunku Abdul Rahman ⓘ
1955 Baling Talks → hasParticipant → Tunku Abdul Rahman ⓘ
1955 Baling Talks → chairperson → Tunku Abdul Rahman ⓘ
1955 Baling Talks → hasKeyFigure → Tunku Abdul Rahman ⓘ
Alliance Party → leader → Tunku Abdul Rahman ⓘ
Alliance Party → notableLeader → Tunku Abdul Rahman ⓘ
Alliance Party → keyFigure → Tunku Abdul Rahman ⓘ
Penang Free School → hasNotableAlumnus → Tunku Abdul Rahman ⓘ
Che Manjalara → child → Tunku Abdul Rahman ⓘ
Che Manjalara → relative → Tunku Abdul Rahman ⓘ
Che Manjalara → notableFamilyMember → Tunku Abdul Rahman ⓘ
Sharifah Rodziah Syed Alwi Barakbah → spouse → Tunku Abdul Rahman ⓘ
Bibi Chong → spouse → Tunku Abdul Rahman ⓘ
Father of Independence → refersTo → Tunku Abdul Rahman ⓘ
Bapa Kemerdekaan → refersTo → Tunku Abdul Rahman ⓘ
Bapa Kemerdekaan → honorificFor → Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra Al-Haj ⓘ
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Memoirs of Tunku Abdul Rahman → author → Tunku Abdul Rahman ⓘ
Memoirs of Tunku Abdul Rahman → mainSubject → Tunku Abdul Rahman ⓘ
Abdul Hamid Halim of Kedah → child → Tunku Abdul Rahman ⓘ
Meriam Chong → spouse → Tunku Abdul Rahman ⓘ
Hari Merdeka → associatedWith → Tunku Abdul Rahman ⓘ
Dataran Putra → namedAfter → Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra Al-Haj ⓘ
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Putra Square → namedAfter → Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra Al-Haj ⓘ
linked to: Tunku Abdul Rahman
Stadium Merdeka → associatedWith → Tunku Abdul Rahman ⓘ
National Monument of Malaysia → commissionedBy → Tunku Abdul Rahman ⓘ