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Tengku Ahmad Rithauddeen bin Tengku Ismail (; 24 January 1928 – 29 April 2022) was a Malaysian politician and
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who formerly served as chairman of the
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disciplinary board. He previously served as
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, Minister of International Trade and Industry and
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. He was Kota Bharu Member of Parliament for five terms before losing his seat in the 1990 General Election to the Semangat 46 candidate. He was a royal prince of the Kelatan Royal Family and a grandson of the last Sultan of Pattani, Sultan Abdul Kadir Kamarudin Syah. After the throne was overthrown by the Siamese, the Sultan of Pattani was exiled to
Kelantan Kelantan (; Kelantan-Pattani Malay, Kelantanese Malay: ''Klate''; ) is a state in Malaysia. The capital, Kota Bharu, includes the royal seat of Kubang Kerian. The honorific, honorific name of the state is ''Darul Naim'' ("The Blissful Abode"). ...
and married Tengku Kembang Petri Binti Sultan Ahmad. He was also among few Malaysians awarded the Grand Cordon of the Order of the Rising Sun from Japanese Emperor in 2018, credited with strengthening Malaysian-Japanese relationship. He was also vocal in Malaysian politics, voicing several issues in regards to the post- BN social concerns.


Death

Tengku Ahmad Rithauddeen died on 29 April 2022 at his residence in Jalan Duta, aged 94. He was buried at Bukit Kiara Muslim Cemetery in Kuala Lumpur.


Election results


Honours


Honours of Malaysia

* : ** Commander of the
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(PMN) – Tan Sri (1991) * : ** Tengku Sri Mara Raja (1966) ** Commander of the Order of the Crown of Kelantan (PMK) * : ** Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Crown of Perlis (SPMP) – Dato' Seri (1976) * : ** Grand Knight of the Order of Sultan Ahmad Shah of Pahang (SSAP) – Dato' Sri (1981)


Foreign Honour

* : ** Knight Grand Cross (First Class) of the
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(KCE) (1988) * : ** Grand Cordon of the
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(2018)


References


External links

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Ensiklopedia Malaysia: Kronologi Tengku Ahmad Rithauddeen Ismail
1928 births 2022 deaths 20th-century Malaysian politicians 21st-century Malaysian politicians People from Kelantan Malaysian Muslims Malaysian politicians of Malay descent Royal House of Kelantan United Malays National Organisation politicians Recipients of the Order of the Rising Sun Ministers of defence of Malaysia Ministers of foreign affairs of Malaysia Information ministers of Malaysia Commanders of the Order of the Defender of the Realm Alumni of the University of Nottingham Long stubs with short prose {{Malaysia-politician-stub