Tan Sri Dato' Seri Haji Abdul Wahab bin Toh Muda Abdul Aziz (4 May 1905 – 15 April 1959), also known by his title Dato' Panglima Bukit Gantang, was a Malaysian nationalist politician and barrister who became the 1st Menteri Besar of Perak from 1 February 1948 to 1 August 1957[1][2] and the first Secretary General of UMNO from 1946 to 1947.

He was granted the Orang Besar Lapan title of Panglima Bukit Gantang, indicating that he was descended from monarchy and aristocracy in Perak.

[3][4] Teh Halimah, his mother, is the sole child of Dato Setia Bijaya Jeragan Abdul Syukor by virtue of his first wife.

Toh Muda Abdul Aziz, his father, and Haji Mahmud Taib, his grandfather, were both titled Dato' Panglima Bukit Gantang.

[5] After returning to British Malaya in 1931, Abdul Wahab started working for the government as a chamber officer in the Malaysian High Court for six months in the FMS.

"[1] In 1932, he went on to start a private law practice in Ipoh with attorney J. Dunford Wood, and he became a guaman (assistant officer in charge of scheduling court cases).

Melaka was proposed as the venue for the Malay convention by Abdul Wahab of Perak, Dr. Hamzah Abdullah and Dato Onn of Johor.

The event was then moved to The Sultan Sulaiman Club in Kuala Lumpur, under the guidance of the Pergerakan Melayu Semenanjung Melaka.

[5] After the inaugural Assembly was held in Johor Bahru in May 1946, Dato Onn was chosen to be the UMNO's founder president and given the responsibility of setting up an executive committee.

He spent long nights going over all the memos and the draft constitution with Tunku Abdul Rahman and Tan Tong Hye of the Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA) in his capacity as the sultan of Perak's envoy.