Abdul Aziz Abdul Majid Explained

Honorific-Prefix:Yang Amat Berbahagia Tun
Abdul Aziz Abdul Majid
Native Name:عبدالعزيز عبدالمجيد
Order:3rd Yang di-Pertua Negeri of Malacca
Term Start:31 August 1971
Term End:10 May 1975
Predecessor:Abdul Malek Yusuf
Successor:Syed Zahiruddin Syed Hassan
Office2:4th Menteri Besar of Selangor
Term Start2:1 September 1955
Term End2:1956
Predecessor2:Raja Uda
Successor2:Ismail Abdul Latif
Office3:3rd Menteri Besar of Negeri Sembilan
Term Start3:1 October 1952
Term End3:1 October 1953
Predecessor3:Abdul Malek Yusuf
Successor3:Abdul Malek Yusuf
Order4:1st
Office4:Chief Secretary to the Government of Malaysia
Term Start4:1 August 1957
Term End4:31 August 1965
Monarch4:Abdul Rahman
Hisamuddin
Putra
Primeminister4:Tunku Abdul Rahman
Predecessor4:Inaugural officeholder; new creation
Successor4:Abdul Jamil Abdul Rais
Birth Name:Abdul Aziz bin Abdul Majid
Birth Date:1908 3, df=yes
Birth Place:Kajang, Hulu Langat, Selangor, Federated Malay States
Death Place:Malacca Town, Central Malacca, Malacca, Malaysia
Spouse:Kamariah Sulaiman
Raja Teh Zaitunnisa Raja Kamaralzaman
Mariam Abdul Ghani (divorced)
Children:4
Relations:Abdul Aziz Yassin (son-in-law)

Abdul Aziz bin Abdul Majid (10 March 1908 – 10 May 1975) was the Yang di-Pertua Negeri of Malacca from 1971 to 1975.[1] He also served as Menteri Besar in two states from 1952 to 1956.[2] [3]

Early life

He was educated at the Kajang High School in Kajang, Selangor.

In March 1948, he pursued his higher education by taking a course known as the 'Second Devonshire Training Course' at Oxford University, United Kingdom and later took a PhD in Law at the same university.

Career

He started his career as a teacher before being appointed as a Collector of Land Revenue, Assistant District Officer and then a full District Officer. Later, he served as Assistant Secretary at the Selangor Local Commissioner's office. On 1 February 1948, he was again appointed as the First Secretary to the Selangor State Secretary.

After studying in United Kingdom, he was appointed District Officer of Teluk Anson (now Teluk Intan). He was later appointed as a Member of the State Assembly of Negeri Sembilan and Assistant Secretary of Internal Security in the Defense Division.

In 1952, he was appointed by Tuanku Abdul Rahman as the Menteri Besar of Negeri Sembilan. Then on 1 September 1955, he was appointed as Menteri Besar of Selangor.

In 1956, he was appointed to represent the Malay rulers in the Merdeka delegation to United Kingdom to discuss matters of defense for Malaysia. Later, upon independence in 1957 (four weeks or 30 days before the 31st of the month on August 1 of that year), he was appointed the first Chief Secretary to the Government of Malaysia and served until 1965, when he took optional compulsory retirement at the age of 58 years.

After his retirement from politics as well as from the civil service, he was appointed as Yang di-Pertua Negeri of Melaka and lived in the official residence, Sri Melaka (now used as a museum) until his death.

Honours

Honours of Malaysia

Foreign Honours

Places named after him

Several places were named after him, including:

Notes and References

  1. Web site: The Third President of Malacca. 2012-09-24. 2016-06-17. https://web.archive.org/web/20160812092237/http://www.tytmelaka.gov.my/versionBI/index.php/2012-09-24-01-09-13/the-third-president-of-Malacca. 2016-08-12.
  2. Web site: Senarai Menteri Besar (in Malay). 2016-09-09. 2020-08-17. https://web.archive.org/web/20200817153145/http://www.ns.gov.my/36-menteri-besar-negeri-sembilan/26-menteri-besar. 2020-08-17 .
  3. Web site: Senarai Menteri Besar (in Malay). 2019-05-14. 2020-08-17. https://web.archive.org/web/20181011180718/http://www.selangor.gov.my/index.php/pages/view/126. 2018-10-11.
  4. Web site: Senarai Penuh Penerima Darjah Kebesaran, Bintang dan Pingat Persekutuan Tahun 1958.