1969 Malaysian general election
General elections were held in Malaysia on Saturday, 10 May 1969, although voting was postponed until between 6 June and 4 July 1970 in Sabah and Sarawak. This election marked the first parliamentary election held in Sabah and Sarawak after the formation of Malaysia in 1963.
Image: Tunku Abdul Rahman and Indira Gandhi (3to 4)
Image: Burhanuddin al Helmy
Image: SP Seenivasagam
Image: Stephen Kalong Ningkan (cropped 4to 3 portrait)
Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra Al-Haj ibni Almarhum Sultan Abdul Hamid Halim Shah was a Malaysian statesman and lawyer who served as the first prime minister of Malaysia and the head of government of its predecessor states from 1955 to 1970. He was the first chief minister of the Federation of Malaya from 1955 to 1957. He supervised the independence process that culminated on 31 August 1957. As an independent Malaysia's first prime minister, he dominated the country's politics for the next 13 years.
Tunku in 1960
Tunku in 1947
Tunku Abdul Rahman proclaiming Malayan independence on 31 August 1957
Tunku Abdul Rahman during a state visit to The Netherlands (May 1960)