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Kesatuan Melayu United Kingdom ("KMUK" or the Malay Union of United Kingdom) was formed in 1920 by Malay students studying in the
United Kingdom. Its main aim was to nurture
nationalism amongst the younger Malay intellectuals.
Several key initiators of the KMUK ended up as major figures in the struggle for independence against the British colonial power. The first president of KMUK,
Tuanku Abdul Rahman ibni Almarhum Tuanku Muhammad, became Malaya's first King or
Yang di-Pertuan Agong. His secretary (and eventual successor),
Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra
Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra Al-Haj ibni Almarhum Sultan Abdul Hamid Halim Shah ( ms, تونكو عبد الرحمن ڤوترا الحاج ابن سلطان عبد الحميد حليم شاه, label= Jawi, script=arab, italic=unset; 8 Febru ...
, became first Prime Minister of
Malaya
Malaya refers to a number of historical and current political entities related to what is currently Peninsular Malaysia in Southeast Asia:
Political entities
* British Malaya (1826–1957), a loose collection of the British colony of the Straits ...
and later of
Malaysia.
Politics of Malaysia