Chik Mohamad Yusuf Explained

Honorific-Prefix:Yang Berbahagia Tan Sri Dato' Seri
Chik Mohamad Yusuf Sheikh Abdul Rahman
Native Name:Malay: {{Script|Arab|چئ محمد يوسف شيخ عبدالرحمن
Birth Place:1907 3, df=y
Office:3rd Speaker of the Dewan Rakyat
Primeminister:Tunku Abdul Rahman
Abdul Razak Hussein
Term Start:25 November 1964
Term End:1 March 1974
Predecessor:Syed Esa Alwee
Successor:Nik Ahmad Kamil Nik Mahmud
Father:Sheikh Abdul Rahman
Mother:Mariam Kulop Mohd Yusuff
Spouse:Zainab Mohd. Rashid

Tan Sri Dato' Seri Chik Mohamad Yusuf bin Sheikh Abdul Rahman[1] (3 March 1907 – 26 June 1975), better known as C.M. Yusuf, was the third Speaker of the Dewan Rakyat, the lower house in the Malaysian Parliament.

The school SMK Dato' Bendahara C.M Yusuf in Tanjung Tualang, Batu Gajah, Perak is named after him.[2] A road in Ipoh was also named after him.

Biography

C.M. Yusuf received his Bachelor of Arts from the University of Oxford.[3] He was an Orang Besar (traditional positions of authority appointed by the royalty) in the state of Perak, having been conferred the title "Dato' Bendahara Perak" by the Sultan of Perak, Sultan Yusuf Izzuddin Shah, in 1959.[4]

Prior to being elected Speaker, C.M. Yusuf served important positions in the legislature of Malaysia. He was a member of the Malayan Federal Legislative Council, the predecessor to the present-day Parliament, before the independence of Malaya in 1957. He was also a Senator from the state of Perak in the Dewan Negara.

He was elected Speaker of the Dewan Rakyat on 25 November 1964 and served for nearly ten years.

Honour

Honour of Malaysia

Notes and References

  1. Full, styled name here: Official Report: Dewan Rakyat – Third Parliament, Third Session Dewan Rakyat. Accessed 9 June 2010
  2. http://smkcmyusuf.edublogs.org/maklumat/ Info Sekolah
  3. http://www.parlimen.gov.my/hindex/pdf/DR25111964.pdf Parliamentary Debates: Official Report
  4. http://www.carigold.com/portal/forums/showthread.php?p=5512818 Hari Ini Dalam Sejarah-25/12
  5. Web site: Semakan Penerima Darjah Kebesaran, Bintang dan Pingat. 26 August 2018. 19 July 2019. https://web.archive.org/web/20190719195551/http://www.istiadat.gov.my/index.php/component/semakanlantikanskp. dead.