Ismail bin Datoʿ Abdul Rahman, Tun

Ismail bin Datoʿ Abdul Rahman, Tun

▪ Malay politician
born November 4, 1915, Johor Bahru, Straits Settlements
died August 2, 1973, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia

      Malay politician who held several ministerial portfolios.

      Tun Ismail, a medical doctor trained in Singapore and Melbourne, entered Malaysian politics in 1951 when he was elected vice president of the United Malays National Organisation, the dominant Malay political party. An active participant in the negotiations that led, in 1957, to the independence of Malaya, he served in various government offices during the last days of colonial rule before being sent as his country's first ambassador to the United States and representative to the United Nations, from 1957 to 1959.

      Returning to Malaya, Tun Ismail was successively minister of external affairs, internal security, and home affairs but resigned because of ill health in 1967. He came into his own in 1969, however, when, recalled to government after the serious race riots of that year and the consequent suspension of the parliamentary process, he did much to defuse racial tensions and to lead the country back to normalcy. He was appointed deputy prime minister in 1970 and died in office three years later.

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