Suleiman Abdul Rahman should not be confused with Sulaiman Abdul Rahman Taib.
Honorific Prefix: | Yang Berhormat Dato' |
Relations: | Ismail Abdul Rahman (brother) Awang Hassan (brother-in-law) Yahya Awang (nephew) |
Honorific Suffix: | PMN SPMJ |
Birth Date: | 27 February 1912 |
Office1: | 3rd Malaysian High Commissioner to Australia |
Monarch1: | Putra |
Primeminister1: | Tunku Abdul Rahman |
Term Start1: | 1961 |
Term End1: | 1963 |
Predecessor1: | Gunn Lay Teik |
Successor1: | Lim Yew Hock |
Office2: | Ministerial roles |
Subterm2: | 1955–1957 |
Suboffice2: | Minister of Local Government, Housing and Town Planning |
Subterm3: | 1957–1959 |
Suboffice3: | Minister of Interior and Justice |
Subterm4: | 1959–1961 |
Suboffice4: | Minister of the Interior |
Constituency Mp5: | Muar Selatan |
Parliament5: | Malaysian |
Term Start5: | 11 September 1959 |
Term End5: | 6 November 1963 |
Predecessor5: | Constituency established |
Successor5: | Awang Hassan |
Death Place: | Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
Resting Place: | Mahmoodiah Royal Mausoleum |
Birth Place: | Johor Bahru, Johor, Unfederated Malay States, British Malaya |
Suleiman Abdul Rahman | |
Party: | United Malays National Organisation |
Children: | Abu Bakar Suleiman |
Alma Mater: | Queens' College, Cambridge |
Father: | Abdul Rahman Mohamed Yassin |
Mother: | Zaharah Abu Bakar |
Dato' Suleiman bin Abdul Rahman (27 February 1912 – 6 November 1963)[1] was a Malaysian politician who served as Minister of the Interior (1959–1961) and Malaysian High Commissioner to Australia from 1961 until his death on 6 November 1963. He was the eldest son of Abdul Rahman Mohamed Yassin, 1st President of the Dewan Negara (1959–1968)[2] and the brother of Ismail Abdul Rahman, 2nd Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia (1970–1973).[3]
Several places were named after him, including: