MALAYSIA

TUNKU ABDUL RAHMAN (1903-90)  widely known simply asTunku, Malaysian statesman who served as the first prime minister of Malaysia from 1957 until 1970. He was also the only chief minister of the Federation of Malaya from 1955 to 1957, president of UMNO from 1951 to 1971, and leader of the Alliance Party from 1952 to 1971. As the leading advocate for self-governance, Tunku was central to the Malayan Declaration of Independence and the creation of Malaysia in 1963. He is widely recognised as the country's founding father and remains its second longest-serving prime minister.

E.Albumblatt (1 S. kl. 8 to), in Kuli mit E.ZITAT, Ort, Datum. eigenhändiger Unterschrift signiert   (Kuala Lumpur)  2 nd May 1963    I am happy and so I want others to be happy as well. ABDUL RAHMAN.  - RARE !

Rückseitig schöner, ganzseitiger E.Eintrag mit E.ZITAT, Ort, Datum, Unterschrift signiert von KUKRIT PRAMOJ (1911-95,  thailändischer Politiker, Publizist und Schriftsteller. Von 1975 bis 1976 war er kurzzeitig Ministerpräsident des Landes.)  "To conquer evil with good / to conquer anger with humour. This is the sort of Buddhist teaching that I try to adhere. KUKRIT PRAMOJ  Bangkok, Thailand  6 th May 1963"

 (autograph album page signed in person by asian politicans / authors, PROVENIENZ :  aus Reisealbum / from autograph album of world traveller ROLF ITALIAANDER (1913-91, Professor Dr., deutscher Schriftsteller und Völkerkundler / german writer and folklorist)