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Prime Minister of Malaysia from 1957 to 1970

For other people named Tunku Abdul Rahman, see Tunku Abdul Rahman (disambiguation).

TunkuAbdul Rahman Putra Al-Haj ibni Almarhum Sultan Abdul Hamid Halim Shah (Jawi: ‏تونكو عبد الرحمن ڤوترا الحاج ابن المرحوم سلطان عبد الحميد حليم شاه; 8 February 1903 – 6 December 1990) was a Malaysian statesman and lawyer who served as the first prime minister of Malaysia and the head of government of its predecessor states from 1955 to 1970.

He was the first chief minister of the Federation of Malaya from 1955 to 1957. He supervised the independence process that culminated on 31 August 1957.

Lee Kuan Yew biography Part 1, First Prime Minister and Founding Father of modern Singapore.

As an independent Malaysia's first prime minister, he dominated the country's politics for the next 13 years.

In 1963, he successfully incorporated the Federation of Malaya, British North Borneo (renamed Sabah), Sarawak, and Singapore into the state of Malaysia.

However, tensions between the Malay and Chinese communities