| Honorific-Prefix: | Yang Berhormat Mulia Tun Dato’ Seri Utama Sir |
| Raja Uda | |
| Order: | 1st Governor of Penang |
| 1Blankname: | Chief Minister |
| 1Namedata: | Wong Pow Nee |
| Term Start: | 30 August 1957 |
| Term End: | 30 August 1967 |
| Predecessor: | Office established |
| Successor: | Syed Sheh Shahabudin |
| Office1: | 2nd and 4th Menteri Besar of Selangor |
| Monarch1: | Hisamuddin Alam Shah |
| Term Start1: | September 1954 |
| Term End1: | August 1955 |
| Predecessor1: | Othman bin Muhammad |
| Successor1: | Abdul Aziz bin Abdul Majid |
| Monarch2: | Hisamuddin Alam Shah |
| Term Start2: | July 1949 |
| Term End2: | March 1953 |
| Predecessor2: | Hamzah bin Abdullah |
| Successor2: | Othman bin Muhammad |
| Birth Name: | Raja Uda bin Raja Muhammad |
| Birth Date: | 1894 |
| Birth Place: | Kuala Langat, Selangor, Federated Malay States, British Malaya (now Malaysia) |
| Death Place: | Petaling Jaya, Selangor, Malaysia |
| Resting Place: | Royal Mausoleum, Klang, Selangor |
| Party: | Independent; UMNO-aligned |
| Spouse: | Raja Maslamah binti Raja Busu Tengku Badariah binti Al-Marhum Sultan Alaeddin Sulaiman Shah Tengku Nor Saadah binti Al-Marhum Sultan Alaeddin Sulaiman |
| Father: | 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 |
| Mother: | Raja Embut Long binti Raja Barkat |
| Residence: | Seri Mutiara |
| Profession: | Politician |
Raja Uda ibni almarhum Raja Muhammad (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.
Raja Uda was a member of the Selangor royal family, being a distant cousin of Sultan Hisamuddin Alam Shah and a direct descendant of the first Sultan of Selangor. He married both of Sultan Hisamuddin's sisters namely, Tengku Badariah binti Sultan Alaeddin Sulaiman Shah and Tengku Nor Saadah.[1]
Educated at the Malay College Kuala Kangsar, Raja Uda joined the colonial government service in 1910 at the age of 16. In 1939, he was appointed as secretary to the British Resident of Selangor. He was Menteri Besar of Selangor twice, from 1949 to 1953, and again from 1954 to 1955. In between, Raja Uda served as Malayan High Commissioner in the United Kingdom. He was involved in negotiations with the British to establish the Member System in the 1950s.[2]
In 1951, Raja Uda was appointed a CMG and appointed an Honorary Knight Commander of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire in 1953. Following the first ever general election in 1955, Raja Uda was appointed Speaker of the Federal Legislative Council.
On August 30, 1957, the day before independence, Raja Uda was appointed the first Governor of the state of Penang and served for ten years.
Raja Tun Uda died on October 17, 1976, and he was buried at the Selangor royal mausoleum near Sultan Sulaiman Mosque in Klang, Selangor.
Several projects and institutions were named after him, including:
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