Ungku Aziz
| Ungku Abdul Aziz | |
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| Born |
Ungku Abdul Aziz bin Ungku Abdul Hamid 28 January 1922 London, United Kingdom |
| Nationality | British, Malaysian |
| Alma mater | Waseda University, Tokyo |
| Occupation | Vice-Chancellor of University of Malaya (1968-1988) |
Ungku Abdul Aziz bin Ungku Abdul Hamid (born 28 January 1922, London, United Kingdom) is a Malaysian economist. First General Director of the Council on Language and Literature of Malaysia (1956-1957). In 1968-1988 vice-chansellor of the University of Malaya. He is the former Vice-Chancellor of the University of Malaya from 1968 to 1988 and he was awarded the title of Professor Diraja (Royal Professor) in 1978.
He was born into an aristocratic family. His father was a Malayan military officer, his mother is a Turkish woman. He graduated from the English college at Johore Baru and the Malay school in Batu Pahat . He received his higher education in Singapore at Raffles College in University of Malaya (1951). He defended his doctoral dissertation in Waseda University (Tokyo, Japan) in 1964. Firstly he worked in the state administration of Johore, in 1952-1961 as a lecturer at the University of Malaya (Singapore), with a one-year break, when he headed the Council on Language and Literature of Malaysia.
In the years 1962-1965 he was a professor and dean of the Faculty of Economics of the University of Malaya (Kuala Lumpur), in 1968-1988 - vice-chansellor of this university. On his initiative, the University created the Botanical Garden, the Museum of Asian Art, the cooperative bookstore . He is the author of the economic justification of a number of industrial projects, more than 50 books and monographs on social and economic problems of Malaysia, consultant to UN specialized organizations [[[ILO]], UNESCO, UN Economic Commission for Asia and the Far East) .
Abdul Aziz is a cousin of Syed Muhammad Naquib al-Attas and Syed Hussein Alatas as well as Sultan Ibrahim of Johor on his father's side. His father was of Malay and Circassian descent, while his mother was English.
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