Datu Mustapha Datu Harun
Mustapha Harun | |
|---|---|
| داتو مصطفى داتو هارون | |
| 3rd Chief Minister of Sabah | |
| In office 12 May 1967 – 1 November 1975 | |
| Governor | Pengiran Ahmad Raffae Fuad Stephens Mohd Hamdan Abdullah |
| Preceded by | Peter Lo Sui Yin |
| Succeeded by | Mohammad Said Keruak |
| 1st Yang di-Pertua Negeri of Sabah | |
| In office 16 September 1963 – 16 September 1965 | |
| Chief Minister | Fuad Stephens Peter Lo Sui Yin |
| Preceded by | Position Established Sir William Goode (as Governor of North Borneo) |
| Succeeded by | Pengiran Ahmad Raffae Pengiran Omar |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Datu Badiozaman Mustapha Datu Harun 31 July 1918 Kampung Limau-Limauan, Kudat District, British North Borneo |
| Died | 2 January 1995 (aged 76) Kota Kinabalu, Sabah, Malaysia |
| Political party | USNO (1961–1989) UMNO (1989–1994) |
Datu Mustapha bin Datu Harun, or Tun Mustapha for short (31 July 1918 – 2 January 1995), was a Malaysian politician who served as the 3rd Chief Minister of Sabah from May 1967 to November 1975 and the 1st Yang Di-Pertua Negara from September 1963 to September 1965 and President of the United Sabah National Organisation (USNO). He was an important figure in Sabah and sometimes known as "Father of Independence" (Bapa Kemerdekaan) of Sabah due to his direct involvement in negotiations leading to the formation of Malaysia from 1961 to 1963. He also play an important role in Sabah early development in terms of education, economy, spread of Islam and the formation of Yayasan Sabah (Sabah Foundation).