Raja Uda

Raja Uda
1st Governor of Penang
In office
30 August 1957 – 30 August 1967
Chief MinisterWong Pow Nee
Preceded byOffice established
Succeeded bySyed Sheh Shahabudin
2nd and 4th Menteri Besar of Selangor
In office
September 1954 – August 1955
MonarchHisamuddin Alam Shah
Preceded byOthman bin Muhammad
Succeeded byAbdul Aziz bin Abdul Majid
In office
July 1949 – March 1953
MonarchHisamuddin Alam Shah
Preceded byHamzah bin Abdullah
Succeeded byOthman bin Muhammad
Personal details
Born
Raja Uda bin Raja Muhammad

(1894-12-15)15 December 1894
Kuala Langat, Selangor, Federated Malay States, British Malaya (now Malaysia)
Died17 October 1976(1976-10-17) (aged 81)
Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia
Resting placeRoyal Mausoleum, Klang, Selangor
Political partyIndependent; UMNO-aligned
Spouse(s)Raja Maslamah binti Raja Busu
Tengku Badariah binti Al-Marhum Sultan Alaeddin Sulaiman Shah
Tengku Nor Saadah binti Al-Marhum Sultan Alaeddin Sulaiman
Parents
  • Raja Muhammad bin YM Raja Usman bin YM Raja Umar bin YM Raja Busu Hassan ibni Almarhum DYTM Raja Muda Nala ibni Almarhum DYMM Sultan Salehuddin (father)
  • Raja Embut Long binti Raja Barkat (mother)
ResidenceSeri Mutiara
ProfessionPolitician

Raja Uda ibni almarhum Raja Muhammad SMN KBE CMG DUPN (15 December 1894 – 17 October 1976) was a Malaysian statesman during the country's struggle for independence and its early years of nationhood. He was a civil servant under the British colonial administration, and eventually rose to important administrative positions within the government. Upon the independence of Malaya in 1957, he became the first Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) of Penang, one of the four states in Malaysia without a hereditary ruler.

Uda was also the grandfather of Malaysian political blogger Raja Petra Kamaruddin.