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Order Of Loyalty To The Crown Of Malaysia
The Most Esteemed Order of Loyalty to the Crown of Malaysia () is a Malaysian federal award presented for meritorious service to the country and awarded by the sovereign. The order was instituted on 15 April 1966 and gazetted on 30 June 1966. The order has three ranks. Order ranks Grand Commander The highest class of the order is the Grand Commander of the Order of Loyalty to the Crown of Malaysia (S.S.M.) (). The award recipient receives the title '' Tun'' and his wife '' Toh Puan''. The number of awards conferred is limited to 25 living recipients only at any time. The number does not include foreign citizens who receive it as an honorary award. The fourteen-pointed star and the collar is made from silver. The badge suspends from the centre of the collar and is similar, but smaller, to the star. The riband is navy blue and has red stripes on the outer edges. The end of the riband is tied with a ribbon. Commander Commander of the Order of Loyalty to the Crown of Mal ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mohamed Suffian Mohamed Hashim
Tun Mohamed Suffian bin Mohamed Hashim (12 November 1917 – 26 September 2000) was a Malaysian judge, eventually serving as Lord President of the Federal Court from 1974 to 1982. He had previously served as Chief Justice of Malaya. Tun Suffian was born in 1917 in Kota Lama Kiri, a small village on the banks of Sungai Perak near Kuala Kangsar and went to the Malay School, Lenggong and Clifford School, Kuala Kangsar, before going to England on a Queen's scholarship in 1936. During World War II, unable to return home from England because of the Japanese Occupation, he worked as a news broadcaster and commentator with the All-India Radio, New Delhi, and later with the BBC in London where he acquired an interest in current affairs and in lucid writing. Education Tun Suffian read law at Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge before becoming a member of Middle Temple. He also held an honorary LL.D. from the National University of Singapore and an honorary D.Litt. from University ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rahah Noah
Rahah binti Mohamed Noah ( Jawi: راحة بنت محمد نوح; 11 June 1933 – 18 December 2020) was the wife of the second Malaysian Prime Minister Tun Abdul Razak Hussein (1922–1976) and the mother of sixth Prime Minister Najib Razak. Her father Mohamed Noah Omar (1898–1991) was the first Speaker of the Dewan Rakyat, the lower house of parliament, and the third President of the Dewan Negara, the upper house of parliament. Biography Rahah was born on 11 June 1933 in Muar, Johor. She was the youngest of Mohamed Noah Omar's ten children. While attending secondary school in Johor Bahru, Rahah was introduced to Abdul Razak Hussein, who was an active member of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO). This organization was founded by Taib Andaka, a friend of Abdul Razak, while studying in London. They married on 4 September 1952. Abdul Razak became the second Prime Minister of Malaysia in 1970. As the prime minister's spouse, she served as President of the G ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Raja Mohar
Raja Mohar bin Raja Badiozaman (23 March 1922 – 8 June 2003) was serving as Secretary-General to the Treasury of Malaysia from 1971 to 1972. Honours * : ** Companion of the Order of the Defender of the Realm (JMN) (1961) * : ** Grand Commander of the Order of Loyalty to the Crown of Malaysia (SSM) – Tun (1992) ** Commander of the Order of the Defender of the Realm (PMN) – Tan Sri (1977) ** Commander of the Order of Loyalty to the Crown of Malaysia (PSM) – Tan Sri (1967) ** Recipient of the Malaysian Commemorative Medal (Silver) (PPM) (1965) * : ** Knight Grand Commander of the Order of Cura Si Manja Kini (SPCM) – Dato' Seri (1985) * : ** Knight Grand Companion of the Order of Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah The Order of Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah () is an obsolete order of chivalry conferred by the Sultan of Selangor as a reward for general services to the sultan and state of Selangor during the reigning of the late Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Azi .. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lim Chong Eu
Lim Chong Eu (; 28 May 1919 – 24 November 2010) was a Malaysian politician who served as the 2nd Chief Minister of Penang from May 1969 to October 1990 and the longest serving Chief Minister of Penang. He was also the founding president of Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia (GERAKAN). He is also known as the "Architect of Modern Penang." Early life Lim was born in 1919 in Penang. He was the older brother of Lim Chong Keat, the architect and botanist. He attended school at the Penang Free School, where he was the King's Scholar in 1937. He later obtained a degree in medicine and surgery from the University of Edinburgh, Scotland in 1944. Political career In 1951, he was appointed to the Penang Local Council and in 1955, was appointed a member of the Federal Legislature. In the March 1958 Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA) party elections, he challenged Tun Tan Cheng Lock and won the presidency with a majority of 22 votes. During the one-year period when the MCA was under Li ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Daim Zainuddin
Che Abdul Daim bin Zainuddin (; 29 April 1938 – 13 November 2024) was a Malaysian politician and businessman who served as the Minister of Finance from 1984 to 1989 and again from 1999 to 2001 under Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad. He also served as a Member of Parliament (MP) from 1982 to 2004 and as a Senator from 1980 to 1982. Though not listed in any indexes, Daim was known as one of Malaysia's wealthiest individuals. Daim and his wife were investigated and charged in January 2024 with failing to declare 71 assets as part of an anti-corruption probe that he described as politically motivated. Early life and education Daim Zainuddin was born in Alor Setar, Kedah, British Malaya (now Malaysia). He was the youngest of thirteen siblings. His father, Mohd Zainuddin Hj Senawi, was a clerk in the Kedah State Civil Service, while his mother, Pok Rafeah Binti Ishak, was a homemaker. He received his early education at the Seberang Perak Malay School in Alor Setar. He later atten ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Suhailah Noah
Tun Suhailah binti Mohamed Noah ( Jawi: ; 26 October 1931 – 4 October 2014) was the widow of the 3rd Prime Minister of Malaysia Hussein Onn and the Spouse of the Prime Minister of Malaysia from 15 January 1976, until 16 July 1981. She was the mother of Hishammuddin Hussein, a former Minister of Defence. Death Suhaila Noah died on 4 October 2014, at 12:30 a.m. in Damansara Specialist Hospital in Damansara Utama, Petaling Jaya, Selangor, at the age of 82. She had outlived her husband by 24 years. Her funeral and burial was held at the Makam Pahlawan (Heroes Mausoleum) in Masjid Negara, Kuala Lumpur. She was buried near the grave of her husband, Hussein Onn (inside dome) and the grave of her father, Mohamed Noah Omar. Prior to her death, she resided in Bukit Tunku, Kuala Lumpur, at her family's residence in the Greater Kuala Lumpur area. Honours Honours of Malaysia * : ** Grand Commander of the Order of Loyalty to the Crown of Malaysia (SSM) – Tun (1990) * : ** Kn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abdul Hamid Omar
Abdul Hamid bin Omar (25 March 1929 – 1 September 2009) was the first Chief Justice of Malaysia. Early life Abdul Hamid Omar was born on 25 March 1929 in Kuala Perlis, Perlis Indera Kayangan. He obtained his early education at the Sultan Abdul Hamid College in Alor Setar in 1940, which could not be completed as a result of the Second World War. During the war period, he was able to master the Japanese language. When the war ended, he returned to Alor Setar to continue his studies and passed his "Senior Cambridge" examination. Later, he left for London to further his studies at Lincoln's Inn, and graduated as a Barrister-at-Law in England. He was called to the English Bar in November 1955. Career He first entered the Malaysian Civil Service as a Magistrate in 1956, and then moved to become Deputy Public Prosecutor of Perak State (1960–1961) and then quickly moved to being State Legal Advisor of Perak (1961–1962). After a few years he was then Chief Registrar of the Feder ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Syed Ahmad Shahabuddin
Syed Ahmad bin Syed Mahmud Shahabuddin (4 May 1925 – 7 July 2008) was a Malaysian politician. He was the Menteri Besar of Kedah from 1967 to 1978 and the fifth Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) of Melaka state from 1984 until 2004, the longest-serving governor of Malacca. Life Syed Ahmad was born on 4 May 1925 in Kulim, Kedah, Malaysia. He is the third son of five brothers and sisters. Syed Ahmad received his early education at Sekolah Melayu Kulim (Kulim Malay School) in 1932 till 1935 and continued his education at the Sultan Abdul Hamid College, Alor Star till he passed his Senior Cambridge Examination in 1947. Syed Ahmad had wide experience and actively engaged in politics. He was the Kedah UMNO Assistant Secretary (1951–1954), Secretary Kedah UMNO (1954–1967), chairman, UMNO State Liaison Committee and Kedah National Front (1967–1978), UMNO Supreme Council Member (1968–1978), and deputy chairman, UMNO State Liaison Committee and Kedah National Front (1978–198 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ahmad Zaidi Adruce
Ahmad Zaidi Adruce bin Muhammed Noor (; 29 March 1924 – 5 December 2000) was a Malaysian politician who served as the 5th Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) of Sarawak. He was the longest-serving governor in consecutive terms from a single appointment, from his inaugural in 1985, to his death in 2000. He was also remembered as the first Sarawakian Bumiputera to receive a MA Degree from a British university (University of Edinburgh). Personal life Ahmad Zaidi was born on 29 March 1924 to Muhammad Noor (father) and Siti Saadiah (mother) on a small boat on the Rajang River near Kampung Semop, Daro, Sarawak. His father was a farmer while his mother was a housewife. He was adopted by descendents of Syarif Masahor (a Rajang basin chief that opposed Brooke rule from 1860 to 1862). Sharifah Mai was a daughter of Syarif Masahor. She has a unmarried daughter named Sharifah Dayang Aisah who later adopted Ahmad Zaidi. Sharifah Mai also has a childless son named Wan Abu Bakar Adruce. Ahm ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Salleh Abas
Mohamed Salleh bin Abas ( Jawi: محمد صالح بن عباس; 25 August 1929 – 16 January 2021) was a Malaysian judge and politician. He was a Lord President of the Federal (then Supreme) Court of Malaysia. He was dismissed from his post during the 1988 Malaysian constitutional crisis. This action was condemned internationally and widely considered to be the event that triggered a marked reduction in the independence of the Malaysian judiciary. Early life Salleh was born in Kampung Raja, Besut, Terengganu. He left in 1949 for the United Kingdom, where he graduated with a degree in law from the University of Wales, Aberystwyth. In 1957 when he returned, he joined the legal service. He then served in Kota Baru, Kelantan as a magistrate. Soon after independence that same year, he was transferred to the national capital of Kuala Lumpur, where he served as Deputy Public Prosecutor. He then returned to Britain to obtain a master's degree in international law and constit ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Azlan Shah Of Perak
Sultan Azlan Muhibbuddin Shah ibni Almarhum Sultan Yussuff Izzuddin Shah Ghafarullahu-lah (Jawi script, Jawi: ; 19 April 1928 – 28 May 2014) was Sultan of Perak from 1984 until his death in 2014, the ninth Yang di-Pertuan Agong (King of Malaysia), from 1989 to 1994, and the 5th Lord President of the Supreme Court, from 1982 to 1984. The child of a royal father and a commoner mother, he grew up in Perak, Malaysia. During school he played field hockey, subsequently playing for the Perakian team. He trained to be a lawyer in the United Kingdom. Upon returning to Malaysia, he soon became a judge and quickly rose through the legal ranks. In 1965, he became the youngest person appointed to the High Court of Malaya, and in 1982 he became the youngest ever Lord President of the Federal Court, the country's highest judicial rank. He became Sultan of Perak in 1984 after the death of his first cousin once removed Idris Iskandar al-Mutawakkil Alallahi Shah of Perak, Sultan Idris Shah II ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Syed Nasir Ismail
Malay styles and titles#Tun, Tun Syed Nasir bin Syed Ismail ( '; 7 March 1921– 16 March 1982) was a Speaker of the Dewan Rakyat, the lower house of the Parliament of Malaysia. During his lifetime, he was known as a nationalist who sought to fight for the primacy of the Malay language, national language in Malaysia as a means to create a national identity through the closing down of public-funded Mandarin and Tamil vernacular schools. Tun Syed Nasir sees a common education system for all as a solution to this dilemma. A prominent politician from the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) – the leading party of the governing Barisan Nasional coalition – he served as the 5th Speaker of the Dewan Rakyat from 1978 till his death in 1982. He was born in Batu Pahat, Johor, Malaysia, and is of Hadhrami people, Hadhrami Arab descent. Awards and recognitions Honours of Malaysia * : ** Companion of the Order of the Defender of the Realm#Companion, Order of the Defender o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
