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Ahmad Boestamam (30 November 1920 – 19 January 1983), or Abdullah Thani bin Raja Kechil, was a Malaysian freedom fighter, politician and was the founding president of Parti Rakyat Malaysia and Parti Marhaen Malaysia.[1] Abdullah was an editor and reporter for several newspapers which compelled him with the Ahmad pen-name honouring Indian freedom fighter Subhas Chandra Bose.[2]
Ahmad Boestamam was born in Setapak, Ampang, Kuala Lumpur (then in the undivided state of Selangor) to ethnic Malay parents of Minangkabau origin who originally come from Tanah Datar, West Sumatra, Indonesia and was raised in Tanjung Malim, Perak.[3]
- ^ "Syed Husin remembers #1: Merdeka-era leaders lost to the nation". 23 September 2021.
- ^ Teo Lee Ken (April 2018). "Liberational Justice in the Political Thought of Ahmad Boestamam". Southeast Asian Studies. 7 (1). Kyoto University: 66. doi:10.20495/seas.7.1_65.
- ^ Ahmad Boestamam, Keturunan Minang Pendiri Partai Marhaen Malaysia