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Chik Mohamad Yusuf

Malaysian politician

Summary

Malaysian politician

Field	Value
honorific-prefix	Yang Berbahagia Tan Sri Dato' Seri
honorific_suffix
name	Chik Mohamad Yusuf Sheikh Abdul Rahman
native_name	{{Script	Arab	چئ محمد يوسف شيخ عبدالرحمن}}
birth_date
death_date
office	3rd Speaker of the Dewan Rakyat
monarch	Putra
Ismail Nasiruddin
Abdul Halim
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

| honorific-prefix = Yang Berbahagia Tan Sri Dato' Seri Ismail Nasiruddin Abdul Halim Abdul Razak Hussein Tan Sri Dato' Seri Chik Mohamad Yusuf bin Sheikh Abdul Rahman (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. A road in Ipoh that interconnects Jalan Raja Permaisuri Bainun and the Yeoh Hong Seng Fountain (roundabout), was also named after him.

Biography

C.M. Yusuf received his Bachelor of Arts from the University of Oxford. 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.

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

Malaysia
- [[File:MY_Darjah_Yang_Mulia_Pangkuan_Negara_(Defender_of_the_Realm)-_PMN.svg|50px]] Commander of the Order of the Defender of the Realm (PMN) – Tan Sri (1972)
Perak
- [[File:MY-PERA Order of Cura Si Manja Kini (before 2001).svg|50px]] Knight Grand Commander of the Order of Cura Si Manja Kini (SPCM) Dato' Seri (1974)
- [[File:MY-PERA Order of the Perak State Crown (before 2001).svg|50px]] Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Perak State Crown (SPMP) – Dato' Seri (1957)

References

Full, styled name here: [http://www.parlimen.gov.my/hindex/pdf/DR21011974.pdf Official Report: Dewan Rakyat – Third Parliament, Third Session]{{dead link. (November 2016)
[http://smkcmyusuf.edublogs.org/maklumat/ Info Sekolah] (in Malay) SMK Dato' Bendahara C.M Yusuf. Accessed 9 June 2010
[http://www.parlimen.gov.my/hindex/pdf/DR25111964.pdf Parliamentary Debates: Official Report]{{dead link. (November 2016)
[http://www.carigold.com/portal/forums/showthread.php?p=5512818 Hari Ini Dalam Sejarah-25/12] (in Malay). Accessed 9 June 2010
"Semakan Penerima Darjah Kebesaran, Bintang dan Pingat".

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