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Tunku Abdul Rahman

1903 - 1990

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Tunku Abdul Rahman (Jawi: تونكو عبد الرحمن; 8 February 1903 – 6 December 1990), widely known simply as Tunku, was a Malaysian statesman who served as the first prime minister of Malaysia from 1957 until 1970. He was also the only chief minister of the Federation of Malaya from 1955 to 1957, President of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) from 1951 to 1971, and leader of the Alliance Party from 1952 until his retirement. As the leading advocate for self-governance, Tunku was central to the Malayan Declaration of Independence and the creation of Malaysia in 1963. He is widely recognised as the country's founding father and remains its second longest-serving prime minister. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Tunku Abdul Rahman is the 3,161st most popular politician (down from 2,252nd in 2019), the 4th most popular biography from Malaysia (down from 2nd in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Malaysian Politician.

Tunku Abdul Rahman is most famous for being the first Prime Minister of Malaysia.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Tunku Abdul Rahman ranks 3,161 out of 19,576. Before him are Frederick Francis III, Grand Duke of Mecklenburg-Schwerin, Viriathus, Zalman Shazar, Philip I, Count of Flanders, Gongmin of Goryeo, and Prince Carl, Duke of Västergötland. After him are Albert Frederick, Duke of Prussia, Leopold II, Grand Duke of Tuscany, William Perry, Intef I, Askar Akayev, and Princess Désirée, Baroness Silfverschiöld.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1903, Tunku Abdul Rahman ranks 46. Before him are Bing Crosby, Jiro Horikoshi, Haldan Keffer Hartline, Igor Kurchatov, Matthias Sindelar, and Claudette Colbert. After him are Julius Fučík, Abul A'la Maududi, Eliot Ness, Giulio Natta, Bruno Bettelheim, and Andrei Grechko. Among people deceased in 1990, Tunku Abdul Rahman ranks 30. Before him are Lê Đức Thọ, Miguel Muñoz, Sandro Pertini, Luigi Nono, Arthur Kennedy, and Keith Haring. After him are Barbara Stanwyck, Oldřich Nejedlý, Michael Powell, Bruno Bettelheim, Rex Harrison, and Manly P. Hall.

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In Malaysia

Among people born in Malaysia, Tunku Abdul Rahman ranks 4 out of 90. Before him are Mahathir Mohamad (1925), Anwar Ibrahim (1947), and Ibrahim Iskandar of Johor (1958). After him are Abdullah Ahmad Badawi (1939), P. Ramlee (1929), Michelle Yeoh (1962), Abdullah of Pahang (1959), Najib Razak (1953), Michael Gough (1916), Abdul Halim of Kedah (1927), and Jimmy Choo (1948).

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Among POLITICIANS In Malaysia

Among politicians born in Malaysia, Tunku Abdul Rahman ranks 3. Before him are Mahathir Mohamad (1925), and Anwar Ibrahim (1947). After him are Abdullah Ahmad Badawi (1939), Abdullah of Pahang (1959), Najib Razak (1953), Abdul Halim of Kedah (1927), Abdul Razak Hussein (1922), Iskandar of Johor (1932), Muhyiddin Yassin (1947), Abdul Rahman of Negeri Sembilan (1895), and Hussein Onn (1922).

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