Abdul Hamid Jumat

Tengku Abdul Hamid was born on 12 April 1916 His father was Tengku Mashoordin Jumat a police inspector and court interpreter, and his mother was Aishah Hannan. Abdul was educated at Raffles Institution. ==Career==

Abdul Hamid first started out as a skins exporter with his own company until around 1955, when he founded the Singapore division of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO). Following David Marshall's appointment as Chief Minister in 1955, Abdul was subsequently appointed as Minister of Local Government, Lands, and Housing, Cited as "Singapore's first minister of Malay descent", Abdul has conferred the title of Dato' and the Order of the Defender of the Realm, rank Commander of the Order of the Defender of the Realm. ==Personal life==

Tengku Abdul Hamid had seven children. His youngest child, Tengku Putra Haron Jumat (born 1963), is a Malaysian politician who is a member of Barisan Nasional. During his political career, Abdul was an acquaintance with Lee Kuan Yew, although they were not in the same political party. ==Death==

In 1973, Abdul Hamid went back to Malaysia, where he lived most of his later life as an ambassador to various countries. He died some five years later in 1978. ==Honours==

Foreign honours • • Honorary Commander of the Order of the Defender of the Realm (PMN) – Tan Sri (1958) ==References==