Syed Jaafar Albar, Date of Birth, Date of Death

    

Syed Jaafar Albar

Malaysian politician

Date of Birth: 21-Aug-1914

Date of Death: 14-Jan-1977

Profession: politician

Nationality: Malaysia

Zodiac Sign: Leo


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About Syed Jaafar Albar

  • Tan Sri Syed Jaafar bin Syed Hassan Albar (Arabic: ??? ???? ?? ??? ?????? Sayyid Ja'far bin ?asan al-bar; born August 21, 1914 –14 January 1977) was a Malaysian politician.
  • His staunch defence of his political party, the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) – which leads the governing Barisan Nasional coalition – led to him being given the moniker "Lion of UMNO".
  • He was also known for his radical views on Malay sovereignty over Malaysia, and Malay supremacy in politics, and is of Hadhrami Arab descent.
  • He was born in Celebes, Dutch East Indies (now Indonesia) and migrated when he was 14 years old to Singapore (then part of British Malaya). He served as the Secretary-General of UMNO during the early 1960s, but resigned after Singapore was allowed to secede from Malaysia.

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