Abdul Hamid Jumat

Tengku Abdul Hamid bin Tengku Jumat PMN (Jawi: عبدالحميد بن جومت; 12 April 1917 – 16 April 1978) was a Malaysian politician and diplomat who served as Deputy Chief Minister of Singapore between 1956 and 1959.

[2] His father was Tengku Mashoordin Jumat a police inspector and court interpreter, and his mother was Aishah Hannan.

[1] Abdul Hamid first started out as a skins exporter with his own company until around 1955, when he founded the Singapore division of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO).

[4] Cited as "Singapore's first minister of Malay descent",[5] he hold the position until June 1959.

His youngest child, Tengku Putra Haron Jumat (born 1963), is a Malaysian politician who is a member of Barisan Nasional.

Abdul Hamid as Malaysian Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Germany during the signing of a capital assistance agreement at German Federal Foreign Office, Bonn.