Anwar Abdul Malik
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Malaysian politician
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In this Malay name, there is no surname or family name. The name Abdul Malik is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by their given name, Anwar. The word "bin" or "binti"/"binte" means 'son of' or 'daughter of', respectively.
Haji Anwar bin Haji Abdul Malik (1898 – 31 January 1998) was a Malaysian politician. Anwar along with, Dato' Onn Jaafar, Tan Sri Mohamed Noah Omar, Haji Syed Alwi bin Syed Sheikh al-Hadi and Dato' Syed Abdul Kadir Mohamed formed the United Malays National Organisation to counter the Malayan Union that was undermining the Malay Sultans's powers and threatened the Malays of their rights as Bumiputera
.
Political career
Anwar was credited with giving the
Second World War, the Malayan Union
was formed by the British and it was strongly opposed by the Malays as the union threatened Malay sovereignty over Malaya.
Anwar, along with Haji Syed Alwi bin Syed Sheikh al-Hadi and Syed Abdul Kadir Mohamad, went to
Utusan Melayu that published the letter, announcing the formation of UMO and proposed congress with other Malay parties to join UMO. A series of Malay congresses were held, culminating in the formation of the nationalist party, United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) on 11 May 1946 at the Third Malay Congress in Johor Bahru
, with Dato' Onn Jaafar as its leader.
When Dato'
Malayans and have UMNO change its name to United Malayans National Organisation. When his recommendations were met with hostility, he left the party on 26 August 1951 along with Anwar and formed the Independence of Malaya Party (IMP). The party failed to gain support. Onn went to form Parti Negara
in February 1954. Anwar retired in 1954 and afterwards, sat on many boards — all in a voluntary capacity. He would help the poor and needy irrespective of race
Background and family
Anwar was born in
blood from his mother.Anwar married his first wife and together conceived 3 children, Shukriah Anwar, Mohamad Hifni Anwar and Marina Anwar.
When Anwar's wife died, he married Saodah Abdullah. They had three children,
Tan Sri Datuk Zarinah Anwar (1953), the ex-chairman of the Malaysian Securities Commission, Zainah Anwar (1954), a prominent Malaysian non-governmental organisation leader and activist of Sisters in Islam and Ahmad Zakii Anwar
(1955), a well-known Malaysian artist.
Anwar died in 31 January 1998 at age 99 in
Makam Mahmoodiah
.
Honours
Anwar has also been awarded medals for his services to the country. Some of the awards include:
Malaysia
Commander of the Order of Loyalty to the Crown of Malaysia (PSM) – Tan Sri (1996)[1]
United Kingdom
Johor
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Media
In the 2007 film, 1957: Hati Malaya, directed by Shuhaimi Baba, Anwar was portrayed by local Malaysian actor, Azhar Sulaiman.