Abang Haji Openg

Yang Amat Berbahagia Tun Datuk Patinggi Abang Haji Openg Abang Sapiee

1st Yang di-Pertua Negeri Sarawak
In office 16 September 1963 – 28 March 1969
Preceded by	Post created
Succeeded by	Tuanku Bujang Tuanku Othman
Personal details
Born	1905 Kuching, Kingdom of Sarawak
Died	March 28, 1969(1969-03-28) (aged 63–64) Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia
Nationality	Malaysian
Spouse(s)	Toh Puan Dayang Hajjah Masniah binti Abdulrahman
Children	Abang Haji Abdillah Dayang Hajjah Mastijah Dayang Hajjah Meliah Dayang Majenah Dayang Majihah Abang Abdul Rahim Datuk Amar Abang Haji Abdul Rahman Zohari Tun Abang Haji Openg Datuk Abang Karim Tun Abang Haji Openg Datuk Senator Dayang Madinah Dayang Murdiah
Religion	Islam

Tun Abang Haji Openg was the first Yang di-Pertua Negeri Sarawak (Governor of Sarawak), upon the independence of Sarawak from Great Britain and formation of Malaysia in 1963. Before that, the position of Governor of Sarawak was held by a British officer appointed by Queen Elizabeth II and her precursor, King George VI.

Before being appointed as the first Governor, he was active in politics.

After his death on 28 March 1969, he was replaced by Tuanku Bujang Tuanku Othman.

His sons, Datuk Amar Abang Haji Abdul Rahman Zohari, now served as a Minister of Housing and Urban Development in current State Cabinet, and also a member of The Sarawak State Legislative for the Satok constituency, and Datuk Abang Karim is the chairman of Sarawak Chamber of Commerce & Industry (SCCI).

Awards and honours

Malaysia : Grand Commander of the Order of the Defender of the Realm (1964)^[1]
Panglima Negara Bintang Sarawak
Member of the Order of the British Empire

Places named in honour of him

SMK Tun Abang Haji Openg (Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia)
Jalan Tun Abang Haji Openg (Sibu, Sarawak, Malaysia)
Jalan Tun Abang Haji Openg (Kuching, Sarawak, Malaysia)
Jalan Abang Haji Openg, (Taman Tun Dr Ismail 60000 Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia)

References

↑ "Senarai Penuh Penerima Darjah Kebesaran, Bintang dan Pingat Persekutuan Tahun 1964." (PDF).

New creation	Yang di-Pertua Negeri Sarawak 1963–1969	Succeeded by Tuanku Bujang Tuanku Othman

Grand Commanders of the Order of the Defender of the Realm

Grand Commanders	1958: Tunku Kurshiah 1958: Tunku Ismail 1958: Tunku Munawir 1958: Tengku Yahya Petra 1958: Leong Yew Koh 1958: Raja Uda Raja Muhammad 1958: Tan Cheng Lock 1959: Abdul Razak Hussein 1959: Henry Lee Hau Shik 1959: Tengku Budriah 1964: Abang Haji Openg 1964: Mustapha Harun 1967: Pengiran Ahmad Raffae 1968: Syed Sheh Shahabudin 1970: Syed Sheh Hassan Barakbah 1970: Tuanku Bujang Tuanku Othman 1970: Sharifah Rodziah Syed Alwi Barakbah 1972: Abdul Aziz Abdul Majid 1975: Fuad Stephens 1976: Sardon Jubir 1976: Syed Zahiruddin 1977: Mohd Hamdan Abdullah 1978: Abang Muhammad Salahuddin 1978: Ahmad Koroh 1979: Mohamad Adnan Robert 1981: Hussein Onn 1982: Abdul Rahman Ya'kub 1982: Awang Hassan 1987: Tunku Ibrahim Ismail 1989: Ahmad Zaidi Adruce 1989: Hamdan Sheikh Tahir 1989: Mohammad Said Keruak 1989: Syed Ahmad Syed Mahmud Shahabuddin 1996: Sakaran Dandai 2003: Mahathir Mohamad 2004: Mohd Khalil Yaakob 2009: Abdullah Ahmad Badawi 2011: Juhar Mahiruddin 2014: Abdul Taib Mahmud

Honorary Grand Commanders	1958: Lim Yew Hock 1959: Djuanda Kartawidjaja 1962: Thanom Kittikachorn 1962: Thanat Khoman 1963: Yusof Ishak 1963: Norodom Monineath 1964: Prapas Charusathien 1964: Wan Waithayakon 1964: Dhani Nivat 1965: Zein al-Sharaf Talal 1965: Muna al-Hussein 1965: Muhammad bin Talal 1965: Hassan bin Talal 1965: Firyal 1965: Hussein bin Nassir 1965: Wasfi al-Tal 1965: Abdel Hakim Amer 1965: Zakaria Mohieddin 1965: Anwar Sadat 1965: Hussein el-Shafei 1965: Hassan Ibrahim 1965: Ali Sabri 1971: Souvanna Phouma 1975: Kukrit Pramoj 1979: Kriangsak Chamanan 1982: Fahd bin Abdulaziz Al Saud 1984: Elena Ceaușescu 1984: Prem Tinsulanonda 1989: Jefri Bolkiah 2000: Maha Vajiralongkorn 2000: Sultan bin Abdulaziz Al Saud 2001: Khalifa bin Salman Al Khalifa 2003: Abdullah bin Abdulaziz Al Saud 2003: Marcello Pera 2003: Pier Ferdinando Casini 2005: Victoria 2010: Moza bint Nasser 2012: Naruhito 2012: Masako

Authority control	WorldCat Identities VIAF: 73113101 LCCN: n95930242

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