Datu Mustapha Datu Harun

Datu Mustapha bin Datu Harun, or Tun Mustapha for short (31 July 1918 – 2 January 1995), was a Malaysian politician who served as the 3rd Chief Minister of Sabah from May 1967 to November 1975 and the 1st Yang Di-Pertua Negara from September 1963 to September 1965 and President of the United Sabah National Organisation (USNO). He is considered by some to be one of the founding leaders of Sabah and was an important party in the negotiations leading to the formation of Malaysia on 16 September 1963. He is sometimes known as the "Father of Independence of Sabah" (Bapa Kemerdekaan Sabah) and also the "Father of Development of Sabah" (Bapa Pembangunan Sabah).

Yang Amat Berbahagia Tun
Mustapha Harun
SMN SPDK SIMP SPMJ SPMS SPMP SPCM PNBS
داتو مصطفى داتو هارون
3rd Chief Minister of Sabah
In office
12 May 1967  1 November 1975
GovernorPengiran Ahmad Raffae
Fuad Stephens
Mohd Hamdan Abdullah
Preceded byPeter Lo Sui Yin
Succeeded byMohammad Said Keruak
1st Yang di-Pertua Negeri of Sabah
In office
16 September 1963  16 September 1965
Chief MinisterFuad Stephens
Peter Lo Sui Yin
Preceded byPosition Established
Sir William Goode (as Governor of North Borneo)
Succeeded byPengiran Ahmad Raffae Pengiran Omar
Personal details
Born
Datu Badiozaman Mustapha Datu Harun

(1918-07-31)31 July 1918
Kampung Limau-Limauan, Kudat, British North Borneo
Died2 January 1995(1995-01-02) (aged 76)
Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia
Political partyUSNO (1961–1989)
UMNO (1989–1994)
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