Stephen Kalong Ningkan
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Tan Sri Datuk Amar Stephen Kalong Ningkan PSM, DA,PNBS,PDK,PPM (1st Class) |
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| 1st Chief Minister of Sarawak | |
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In office 22 July 1963 – 23 September 1966 |
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| Governor | Sir Alexander Waddell Abang Haji Openg |
| Deputy | James Wong Kim Min (1963–1966) |
| Succeeded by | Tawi Sli |
| 1st President of Sarawak National Party | |
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In office 1961–1974 |
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| Preceded by | Post created |
| Succeeded by | Dunstan Endawie Enchana |
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20 August 1920 Betong, Simanggang, (present-day Betong Division), Kingdom of Sarawak |
| Died | 31 March 1997 (aged 76) Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia |
| Nationality | Malaysian |
| Political party | Sarawak National Party (SNAP) |
| Spouse(s) | Puan Sri Datin Amar Elizabeth Sendie (deceased 1984) |
| Children | Paul Murphy Ningkan Marina Siew Ling Ningkan Flora Ningkan Diana Inoi Ningkan Winston Beng Wai Ningkan Margaret Ningkan Gerald Bala Ningkan. |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Religion | Christian (Anglicanism) |
Tan Sri Datuk Amar Stephen Kalong Ningkan (1920–1997) was the first Chief Minister of Sarawak (1963–1966). As the executive of a newly independent state which helped to form Malaysia, Ningkan faced many challenges from within the state and from Sarawak's neighbour, Indonesia.
Ningkan was born on 20 August 1920 in Betong, Sarawak which was then administered under the Second Division of Simanggang. He was a student of St Augustine's school.
Kalong Ningkan was of mixed Iban and Chinese parentage and his Chinese name was Mok Teck Boon. Ningkan grandfather, Mok Bak Seng was born in Namhoi, Kwangtung Province, China in 1870. At 6 years old, he took Ningkan to China for several years so that Ningkan could learn the culture and the way of life there. However, his grandfather died on 20 October 1963, a few months after Ningkan took the office as chief minister.
Ningkan's mother, Kuni Karong, died of stomach complications on 14 June 1990.
Ningkan learnt the Japanese language during the Japanese Occupation in Sarawak. The Japanese song,'Kuni No Hana' (Flower of the Nation) was one of his favourites. He was also spotted for singing Terang Bulan in various government and family functions. Ningkan was a fan of P. Ramlee and 'Sgt Hassan' was one of his favourite movies.
After he completed his education, he worked as a Rubber Fund clerk from 1938 to 1939. He resigned his job to join the Sarawak Constabulary from 1940 to 1946. He was the Police Constable in the year 1942. In 1944, he joined Service Reconnaissance Department, an underground movement based in Jesselton (now Kota Kinabalu). He became a teacher in his former school in Betong from 1947 to 1950.
He then worked at a Shell Company hospital in Kuala Belait, Brunei for several years. He also took up law via correspondence from Regent Institute and Metropolitan College at St Albans, London respectively. At the hospital, he was the chairman of the Shell Dayak Club.
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