Abdul Kadir Yusof

Yang Berbahagia Tan Sri Dato' Haji
Abdul Kadir Yusof
PMN SPMJ SPDK SSIJ
Yang Berbahagia Tan Sri Dato' Haji Abdul Kadir Yusof PMN SPMJ SPDK SSIJ
عبدالقادر يوسف‎
Minister of Land and Regional Development
	In office; 1977–1980
Monarchs	Yahya Petra ; Ahmad Shah
Prime Minister	Hussein Onn
Preceded by	Asri Muda
Succeeded by	Shariff Ahmad
Minister of Law and Justice
	In office; 1970–1976
Monarchs	Abdul Halim ; Yahya Petra
Prime Minister	Abdul Razak Hussein ; Hussein Onn
Preceded by	Abdul Ghani Gilong
Succeeded by	Hamzah Abu Samah
Attorney General of Malaysia
	In office; 1963–1977
Monarchs	Putra ; Ismail Nasiruddin ; Abdul Halim ; Yahya Petra
Prime Minister	Tunku Abdul Rahman ; Abdul Razak Hussein ; Hussein Onn
Preceded by	Cecil Majella Sheridan ; (as Attorney General of the Federation of Malaya)
Succeeded by	Hamzah Abu Samah
Member of the Malaysian Parliament; for Tenggaroh
	In office; 1974–1982
Preceded by	Constituency created
Succeeded by	Khadri Sabran
Personal details
Born	10 September 1917; Parit Sakai, Muar, Johor, Unfederated Malay States, British Malaya (now Malaysia)
Died	18 April 1992 (aged 74); Bukit Pantai, Bangsar, Kuala Lumpur
Resting place	Makam Pahlawan, Masjid Negara, Kuala Lumpur
Political party	United Malays National Organisation (UMNO)
Other political; affiliations	Barisan Nasional (BN)
Spouse	Fatimah Hashim (m. 1943)
Children	6
Alma mater	Lincoln's Inn

Abdul Kadir Yusof (Jawi: عبدالقادر بن يوسف; 10 September 1917 – 18 April 1992) was a Malaysian politician. A lawyer by profession, Abdul Kadir held the posts of Attorney General and Solicitor-General at various points during his lifetime. He was also the Minister of Law. Together with his wife Fatimah Hashim, former Welfare Minister, Abdul Kadir represented one half of the first couple to be on the Malaysian cabinet.

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