Syed Ahmad Shahabuddin

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In this Malay name, there is no surname or family name. The name Syed Mahmud Shahabuddin is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by their given name, Syed Ahmad. The word "bin" or "binti"/"binte" means 'son of' or 'daughter of', respectively.

Yang Amat Berbahagia Tun Datuk Seri Utama

Syed Ahmad Shahabuddin

SMN SSM DUNM SPMS SPMK SSDK DP SPDK PNBS PGDK JMN JP

5th Yang di-Pertua Negeri of Malacca
In office
4 December 1984 – 3 June 2004
Chief Minister| Abdul Rahim Thamby Chik
Mohd Zin Abdul Ghani
Abu Zahar Ithnin
Mohd Ali Rustam
Preceded by| Syed Zahiruddin
Succeeded by| Mohd Khalil Yaakob
4th Menteri Besar of Kedah
In office
14 December 1967 – 13 July 1978
Monarch| Abdul Halim
Preceded by| Syed Omar Syed Abdullah Shahabuddin
Succeeded by| Syed Nahar Syed Sheh Shahabuddin
Personal details
Born|

Syed Ahmad bin Syed Mahmud Shahabuddin

(1925-05-04)4 May 1925
Kulim, Kedah, Unfederated Malay States, British Malaya (now Malaysia)
Died| 7 July 2008(2008-07-07) (aged 83)
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Resting place| Makam Pahlawan Negeri, Masjid Al Azim, Malacca
Political party| United Malays National Organisation (UMNO)
Other political
affiliations| Alliance
Barisan Nasional (BN)
Spouse(s)| Sharifah Haniffah Syed Alwi (died 1993)
Marfuza Sheikh Mohd Osman
Children| 10
Education| Kolej Sultan Abdul Hamid

Syed Ahmad bin Syed Mahmud Shahabuddin (4 May 1925 – 7 July 2008)[1] 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

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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 (1978–1984).

Syed Ahmad was appointed as Menteri Besar of Kedah (1967–1978) and Deputy Minister, Ministry of Home Affairs (1978–1982 and Malaysia's High Commissioner to Singapore (1982–1984). In 1984, he was appointed as the fifth Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) of Melaka state.

Syed Ahmad married Toh Puan Sharifah Haniffah Syed Alwi in 1950 and they had six children. Toh Puan died on 5 July 1993 in Kuala Lumpur. In 1960, H.E. Tun married Toh Puan Datuk Seri Datin Seri Utama Marfuza Sheikh Mohd Osman and they had 4 children.

## Death

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Syed Ahmad died on 7 July 2008 at his house in Taman Tun Dr Ismail, Kuala Lumpur. He was 83 years old. His body was buried at Melaka's State Heroes Mausoleum (Makam Pahlawan Negeri) near Al Azim Mosque in Malacca Town, Melaka. He was the first state leader to be buried there.

## Legacy

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* The Sekolah Kebangsaan Tun Syed Ahmad Shahabuddin at Hang Tuah Jaya, Ayer Keroh was named after him.
* The Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Syed Ahmad at Kuala Nerang was also named after him.
* There is the mosque Masjid Tun Syed Ahmad Al-Haj in Bukit Beruang, Melaka was named after him.

## Honours and titles

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He was awarded :[2]

### Titles

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He held the title of "Tun Datuk Seri Utama" by combination of his highest Federal Malaysian title "Tun" (SMN) and his highest Malaccan title "Datuk Seri Utama" (DUNM)
In other states of Malaysia, a similar combination between his highest Federal Malaysian title "Tun" (SMN) and his local highest title may be used. Example : Tun Datuk Seri Panglima in Sabah.

### Honours of Malacca

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* As 5th Yang di-Pertua Negeri of Malacca 4 December 1984 – 3 June 2004 )
* Grand Master and Grand Commander of the Premier and Exalted Order of Malacca (DUNM) with title Datuk Seri Utama
* Grand Master of the Exalted Order of Malacca

### Honours of Malaysia

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* Malaya :
* Companion of the Order of the Defender of the Realm (JMN) (1958)[3]
* Malaysia :
* Recipient of the Malaysian Commemorative Medal (Silver) (PPM) (1965)
* Commander of the Order of Loyalty to the Crown of Malaysia (PSM) – Tan Sri (1979)[4]
* Grand Commander of the Order of Loyalty to the Crown of Malaysia (SSM) – Tun (1987)[5]
* Grand Commander Order of the Defender of the Realm (SMN) – Tun (1989)[6]
* Kedah :
* Justice of the peace (JP) of Kedah
* Companion of the Order of the Crown of Kedah (SMK) (1965)[7]
* Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Crown of Kedah (SPMK) – Dato' Seri (1968)[8]
* Knight Grand Companion of the Order of Loyalty to the Royal House of Kedah (SSDK) – Dato' Seri (1976)[9]
* Selangor :
* Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Crown of Selangor (SPMS) – Dato' Seri
* Sarawak:
* Knight Commander of the Order of the Star of Sarawak (PNBS) – Dato Sri
* Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Star of Hornbill Sarawak (DP) – Datuk Patinggi
* Sabah :
* Commander of the Order of Kinabalu (PGDK) – Datuk
* Grand Commander of the Order of Kinabalu (SPDK) – Datuk Seri Panglima

## References

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* Ex-Malacca governor laid to rest – The Star, 8 July 2008

1. ^ "The Fifth Speaker of Malacca". Archived from the original on 12 August 2016. Retrieved 17 June 2016.
2. ^ Official Website of the Governor of Malacca, Biography with details Archived 6 August 2013 at the Wayback Machine
3. ^ "Semakan Penerima Darjah Kebesaran, Bintang dan Pingat".
4. ^ "Semakan Penerima Darjah Kebesaran, Bintang dan Pingat".
5. ^ "Senarai Penuh Penerima Darjah Kebesaran, Bintang dan Pingat Persekutuan Tahun 1987" (PDF).
6. ^ "Senarai Penuh Penerima Darjah Kebesaran, Bintang dan Pingat Persekutuan Tahun 1989" (PDF).
7. ^ "Kurniaan harijadi Sultan". Berita Harian. 3 March 1965. p. 3.
8. ^ "MB Kedah dapat anugerah Dato". Berita Harian. 21 February 1968. p. 5.
9. ^ Top Kedah award for the Sultanah. New Straits Times. 20 January 1976.

Preceded by

Syed Zahiruddin Syed Hassan

|  Yang di-Pertua Negeri of Malacca
1984–2004  | Succeeded by

Mohd Khalil Yaakob

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Grand Commanders of the Order of the Defender of the Realm

Grand
Commanders|

* 1958: Tunku Kurshiah
* 1958: Tunku Ismail
* 1958: Tunku Munawir
* 1958: Tengku Yahya Petra
* 1958: Leong Yew Koh
* 1958: Raja Uda
* 1958: Tan Cheng Lock
* 1959: Abdul Razak Hussein
* 1959: Henry Lee Hau Shik
* 1959: Tengku Budriah
* 1961: Abdul Malek Yusuf
* 1963: Yusof Ishak
* 1964: Abang Openg
* 1964: Mustapha Harun
* 1967: Pengiran Ahmad Raffae
* 1968: Syed Sheh Shahabudin
* 1970: Syed Sheh Barakbah
* 1970: Tuanku Bujang
* 1970: Sharifah Rodziah Barakbah
* 1973: Abdul Aziz Abdul Majid
* 1975: Fuad Stephens
* 1976: Sardon Jubir
* 1976: Syed Zahiruddin
* 1977: Mohd Hamdan Abdullah
* 1978: Abang Muhammad Salahuddin
* 1978: Ahmad Koroh
* 1979: Mohamad Adnan Robert
* 1981: Hussein Onn
* 1982: Abdul Rahman Ya'kub
* 1982: Awang Hassan
* 1987: Tunku Ibrahim Ismail
* 1989: Ahmad Zaidi Adruce
* 1989: Hamdan Sheikh Tahir
* 1989: Mohammad Said Keruak
* 1989: Syed Ahmad Shahabuddin
* 1996: Sakaran Dandai
* 2003: Ahmadshah Abdullah
* 2003: Mahathir Mohamad
* 2004: Mohd Khalil Yaakob
* 2009: Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
* 2011: Juhar Mahiruddin
* 2014: Abdul Taib Mahmud
* 2020: Mohd Ali Rustam
* 2021: Ahmad Fuzi Abdul Razak
* 2024: Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar

Honorary
Grand
Commanders|

* 1958: Lim Yew Hock
* 1959: Djuanda Kartawidjaja
* 1960: Gerald Templer
* 1962: Thanat Khoman
* 1962: Thanom Kittikachorn
* 1963: Norodom Monineath
* 1963: Yusof Ishak
* 1964: Dhani Nivat
* 1964: Hayato Ikeda
* 1964: Masayoshi Ōhira
* 1964: Norodom Kantol
* 1964: Prapas Charusathien
* 1964: Wan Waithayakon
* 1965: Abdel Hakim Amer
* 1965: Ali Sabri
* 1965: Anwar Sadat
* 1965: Zein al-Sharaf bint Jamil
* 1965: Firyal Irshaid
* 1965: Hassan bin Talal
* 1965: Hassan Ibrahim
* 1965: Hussein el-Shafei
* 1965: Chung Il-kwon
* 1965: Muhammad bin Talal
* 1965: Muna Al Hussein
* 1965: Nguyễn Cao Kỳ
* 1965: Hussein ibn Nasser
* 1965: Wasfi al-Tal
* 1965: Zakaria Mohieddin
* 1966: Chang Kay Young
* 1966: James Beveridge Thomson
* 1967: Albert II
* 1967: Eisaku Satō
* 1970: Adam Malik
* 1970: Nawwaf bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
* 1971: Souvanna Phouma
* 1975: Kukrit Pramoj
* 1979: Kriangsak Chamanan
* 1982: Fahd bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
* 1984: Elena Ceaușescu
* 1984: Prem Tinsulanonda
* 1989: Jefri Bolkiah
* 2000: Maha Vajiralongkorn
* 2000: Sultan bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
* 2001: Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa
* 2003: Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud
* 2003: Marcello Pera
* 2003: Pier Ferdinando Casini
* 2005: Victoria
* 2010: Moza bint Nasser
* 2011: Mohamed bin Zayed Al Nahyan
* 2012: Naruhito
* 2012: Masako

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Grand Commanders of the Order of Loyalty to the Crown of Malaysia

Grand Commanders|

* 1966: Ismail Abdul Rahman
* 1967: Tan Siew Sin
* 1967: V. T. Sambanthan
* 1968: Syed Sheh Barakbah
* 1970: Mohamed Azmi Mohamed
* 1973: Mohamed Salleh Ismael
* 1975: Mohamed Suffian Mohamed Hashim
* 1976: Rahah Noah
* 1979: Omar Yoke Lin Ong
* 1980: Ismail Mohd Ali
* 1981: Jugah Barieng
* 1982: Syed Nasir Ismail
* 1983: Raja Azlan Shah
* 1985: Salleh Abas
* 1987: Ahmad Zaidi Adruce
* 1987: Syed Ahmad Shahabuddin
* 1989: Abdul Hamid Omar
* 1990: Suhailah Noah
* 1991: Daim Zainuddin
* 1991: Lim Chong Eu
* 1992: Raja Mohar
* 1993: Mohammed Hanif Omar
* 1995: Ghafar Baba
* 1997: Eusoff Chin
* 1998: Mohamed Zahir Ismail
* 2000: Ibrahim Ismail
* 2001: Sulaiman Ninam Shah
* 2002: Mohamed Dzaiddin Abdullah
* 2003: Abdullah Mohd Salleh
* 2003: Fatimah Hashim
* 2003: Siti Hasmah Mohamad Ali
* 2004: Ling Liong Sik
* 2005: Ahmad Fairuz Abdul Halim
* 2005: Ghazali Shafie
* 2006: Musa Hitam
* 2008: Abdul Hamid Mohamad
* 2008: Ahmad Sarji Abdul Hamid
* 2008: Lim Keng Yaik
* 2009: Endon Mahmood
* 2009: Jeanne Abdullah
* 2009: Zaki Azmi
* 2010: Azizan Zainul Abidin
* 2011: Abdullah Ayub
* 2012: Arifin Zakaria
* 2017: Michael Chen Wing Sum
* 2017: Md Raus Sharif
* 2017: Samy Vellu
* 2020: Tengku Maimun Tuan Mat
* 2020: Arshad Ayub
* 2020: Richard Malanjum
* 2021: Raja Muhammad Alias Raja Muhammad Ali
* 2022: Mohamed Hashim Mohd Ali

Honorary Grand Commanders|

* 1966: Lee Tong Won
* 1967: Dawee Chullasapya
* 1968: Ardeshir Zahedi
* 1969: Habib Bourguiba
* 1969: Willy Brandt
* 1971: Maraden Panggabean
* 1972: Hamengkubuwono IX
* 1972: Martin Charteris
* 1972: Prasert Ruchirawongse
* 1973: Bhanubandhu Yugala
* 1973: Chatichai Choonhavan
* 1973: George David Woods
* 1973: Kris Sivara
* 1973: Swaeng Senanarong
* 1979: Serm Na Nakorn
* 1982: Abdullah Abdulaziz Al Saud
* 2003: Antonio Puri Purini
* 2003: Franco Frattini
* 2003: Gaetano Gifuni
* 2009: Sirindhorn

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