Tunku Abdul Rahman Tunku Abdul Rahman (8 February 19036 December 1990), commonly referred to as Tunku, was a Malaysian statesman who served as prime minister of Malaysia from 1957 to 1970. He previously served as the only chief minister of Federation of Malaya ...

formed the third Rahman cabinet after being invited by

Tuanku Syed Putra Tuanku Sir Syed Harun Putra ibni Almarhum Syed Hassan Jamalullail (Jawi script, Jawi: ; 25 November 1920 – 16 April 2000) was the Raja of Perlis from 1945 until his death in 2000, and the third Yang di-Pertuan Agong (King of Malaysia), from ...

to begin a new government following the 25 April 1964 general election in

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. Prior to the election, Rahman led (as

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) the

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, a

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that consisted of members of the component parties of Alliance Party. It was the 3rd

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formed since

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. This is a list of the members of the third cabinet of the first

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Composition

Full members

The federal cabinet consisted of the following ministers:

Assistant ministers

Composition before cabinet dissolution

Full members

Assistant ministers

References

{{Malaysian cabinets Cabinet of Malaysia 1964 establishments in Malaysia 1969 disestablishments in Malaysia Cabinets established in 1964 Cabinets disestablished in 1969

Composition

Full members

Assistant ministers

Composition before cabinet dissolution

Full members

Assistant ministers

See also

References