Makam Pahlawan

Makam Pahlawan

Image of Makam Pahlawan with the Masjid Negara in the background

The Makam Pahlawan (Malay for Heroes' Mausoleum) is the burial ground of several Malaysian leaders and politicians. It is located near the Malaysian national mosque, Masjid Negara in the national capital, Kuala Lumpur. Construction of the mausoleum began in 1963 under its project of the construction of Masjid Negara and was completed in 1965.

This unique cemetery may be divided into two parts, inside and outside. Part of that is covered with a concrete dome in the form of star burst-seven houses several tombs. Star dome, each sides almost touch the ground, and surrounded the pond that separates the outside. In the centre is designed with a decorative symbol of the country, the Emblem of Malaysia (Jata Negara) and carving out new flowers marble from the island of Langkawi. The centre of the domed roof adorned with decorative gold colored roses.

The Makam Pahlawan area and the Masjid Negara was gazetted in the National Heritage Act 2005 (Act 645), as a National Heritage site by the Heritage Department on 6 July, 2007. Declaration of the plaque installation ceremony was held on 30 April, 2009.

Burials

National leaders are buried inside the dome or outside the dome of the mausoleum.

Inside the dome

• Tun Dr Ismail Abdul Rahman – Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia (died 1973)
• Tun Abdul Razak Hussein – Prime Minister of Malaysia (died 1976)
• Tun Hussein Onn – Prime Minister of Malaysia (died 1990)
• Tun Ghafar Baba – Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia (died 2006)

Outside the dome

• Tan Sri Syed Jaafar Albar – UMNO Secretary-General and Minister of Rural Development (died 1977)
• Tan Sri Syed Nasir Ismail – Speaker of the Dewan Rakyat (died 1982)
• Tun Sardon Jubir – Minister of Works and Communications and Penang Yang di-Pertua Negeri (died 1985)
• Tan Sri Mohammad Noah Omar – Minister of Home Affairs and Speaker of the Dewan Rakyat (died 1991)
• Tan Sri Abdul Kadir Yusuf – Minister of Law and the Judiciary, Attorney-General, Solicitor-General (died 1992)
• Tan Sri Mohd Khir Johari – Minister of Education (died 2006)
• Tun Dr Fatimah Hashim – First woman minister and Welfare Minister (died 2010)
• Tun Ghazali Shafie – Home Minister (died 2010)
• Tun Omar Ong Yoke Lin – President of the Dewan Negara (died 2010)
• General (Rtd) Tun Ibrahim Ismail – Malaysian Armed Forces Chief of Staff (1970-1977) (died 2010)
• Toh Puan Norashikin Mohd Seth – widow of the late Tun Dr Ismail Abdul Rahman, a former Deputy Prime Minister (1970–1973) (died 2010)

Interesting facts

• Tun Dr Ismail Abdul Rahman, a Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia (died on 1973) became the first national leader laid to rest here. On 2010, Tun Dr Ismail's widow, Toh Puan Norashikin Mohd Seth (died on 2010) was laid to rest outside the mausoleum dome.
• Tan Sri Syed Jaafar Albar, a UMNO Secretary-General and Minister of Rural Development (died on 1977) become the first national leader laid to rest outside the mausoleum dome.
• Tun Dr Fatimah Hashim, the first woman minister and Welfare Minister (died on 2010) become the first woman leader laid to rest here.
• General (Rtd) Tun Ibrahim Ismail, the Malaysian Armed Forces Chief of Staff (1970-1977) (died on 2010) become the first military person laid to rest here.

External links

• Makam Pahlawan (Malay)