Leong Yew Koh

Leong Yew Koh
梁宇皋
Minister of Justice
In office
12 September 1959 – 12 January 1963
MonarchsAbdul Rahman
Hisamuddin
Putra
Prime MinisterTunku Abdul Rahman
Preceded bySuleiman Abdul Rahman
Succeeded byIsmail Abdul Rahman
1st Yang di-Pertua Negeri of Malacca
In office
31 August 1957 – 30 August 1959
Chief MinisterOsman Talib
Abdul Ghafar Baba
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded byAbdul Malek Yusuf
Personal details
Born(1888-08-22)22 August 1888
Sungai Siput, Kuala Kangsar, Perak, Federated Malay States, British Malaya
Died12 January 1963(1963-01-12) (aged 74)
Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Federation of Malaya
Political party Malayan Chinese Association (MCA)
SpouseHo York Ling
Children6
Residence(s)British Malaya, Republic of China
EducationUniversity of London
OccupationMCA Secretary-General (1952–1957)

Major General Tun Leong Yew Koh (Chinese: 梁宇皋; pinyin: Liáng Yǔgāo; Jyutping: Loeng4 Jyu5 Gou1; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Niô͘ Ú-ko; 22 August 1888 – 12 January 1963)[1] was a Malayan politician who served as the 1st Yang di-Pertua Negeri of Malacca from the independence of the Federation of Malaya in August 1957 to August 1959 and Minister of Health from 1955 to 1956, Minister of Health and Social Welfare from 1956 to 1957 and Minister of Justice from 1959 to his death in January 1963. Being a Kuomintang member himself and serving under the Republic of China government from 1932 and later become the leader of Overseas Chinese Anti-Japanese Army branch in Perak from 1942 until 1945, he is one of the founders of the Malayan Chinese Association (MCA) in 1949 and the party first secretary-general.[2]

  1. ^ "The First President of Malacca (TYT Tun Leong Yew Koh)". TYT Yang-di Pertua Negeri of Melaka Office. 24 September 2012. Archived from the original on 12 August 2016. Retrieved 17 June 2016.
  2. ^ Leo Suryadinata (2012). Southeast Asian Personalities of Chinese Descent: A Biographical Dictionary, Volume I & II. Institute of Southeast Asian Studies. pp. 555–. ISBN 978-981-4345-21-7.