Abang Muhammad Salahuddin

Born in 1921 at Kampung Nangka, Sibu, Raj of Sarawak (present-day Sarawak, Malaysia) Abang Muhammad Salahuddin, or Abang Louis, was the only son of Abang Barieng Abang Anyut, a well-known figure in the Third Division (present-day Sibu Division), who had a bloodline with famous state leader Temenggung Jugah Barieng. Abang Louis later changed his name to his Islam one after his conversion.

After the Japanese occupation, he worked as Municipal Inspector until 1947 under the new British colonial administration. He continued in the public service under the National Registration Department and the Public Works Department.

Salahuddin was active in state politics, helping to form Barisan Pemuda Sarawak (BPS) and Barisan Rakyat Jati Sarawak (BARJASA). He acted as representative of the Melanau community to the Cobbold Commission during the years preceding the formation of Malaysia.

In 1963, he contested and won a seat in the state elections. He resigned in 1968 and returned to public service and eventually became Chairman of the State Public Service Commission.

In 1977, he was installed as the third Yang di-Pertua Negeri of Sarawak and served for his first term. In 2000, he became the acting Yang di-Pertua Negeri while his successor Ahmad Zaidi Adruce was ill.{{cite web|url=http://www.sarawak.gov.my/web/home/news_view/0/3393/|author=Ram Anand|title=Previous Governors Of Sarawak|publisher=The Borneo Post|date=28 February 2014}} Ahmad Zaidi died in December 2000, and Abang Muhammad Salahuddin was reappointed permanently to the governorship in February 2001, and his term officially ended on 28 February 2014.{{Cite web |title=Salahuddin only TYT to serve twice in office |url=https://www.newsarawaktribune.com.my/salahuddin-only-tyt-to-serve-twice-in-office/ |access-date=2023-01-25 |website=New Sarawak Tribune |language=en-US}}

Salahuddin died at the Normah Sarawak Medical Centre in Petra Jaya, on 28 January 2022, at the age of 100.{{cite news|url=https://www.astroawani.com/berita-malaysia/mantan-tyt-sarawak-tun-salahuddin-meninggal-dunia-344120|title=Mantan TYT Sarawak Tun Salahuddin meninggal dunia|author=Syafik Shukri Jalil|date=28 January 2022|accessdate=29 January 2022|language=ms|publisher=Astro Awani}}{{Cite web |date=2022-01-29 |title=Mantan TYT Sarawak Tun Pehin Sri Abang Haji Muhammad Salahuddin Abang Barieng meninggal dunia |url=https://sarawaknewsnetwork.com/mantan-tyt-sarawak-tun-pehin-sri-abang-haji-muhammad-salahuddin-abang-barieng-meninggal-dunia/ |access-date=2023-01-25 |website=Sarawak News Network |language=en-US}} He was buried at the Samariang Muslim Cemetery in Kuching.{{Cite web|date=29 January 2022|title=Abang Salahuddin laid to rest at Semariang Muslim cemetery|url=https://www.theborneopost.com/2022/01/29/abang-salahuddin-laid-to-rest-at-semariang-muslim-cemetery/?amp|access-date=29 January 2022|website=Borneo Post Online}}

• {{flag|Malaysia}} :
• 50px Grand Commander of the Order of the Defender of the Realm (SMN) – Tun (1978){{cite web

|url=https://www.istiadat.gov.my/wp-content/uploads/2020/08/1978.pdf|title=Senarai Penuh Penerima Darjah Kebesaran, Bintang dan Pingat Persekutuan Tahun 1978.}}

• {{flag|Sarawak}} :
• 50px Knight Grand Commander of the Most Exalted Order of the Star of Sarawak (SBS) – Pehin Sri (2017){{Cite web|date=10 September 2017|title=Former TYT leads Head of State's honours list|url=https://www.theborneopost.com/2017/09/10/former-tyt-leads-head-of-states-honours-list/|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170909214414/https://www.theborneopost.com/2017/09/10/former-tyt-leads-head-of-states-honours-list/|archive-date=9 September 2017|access-date=15 September 2021|website=Borneo Post Online}}
• 50px Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Star of Hornbill Sarawak (DP) – Datuk Patinggi
• 50px Grand Master of the Order of Meritorious Service to Sarawak (JBS)
• 50px Grand Master of the Most Exalted Order of the Star of Sarawak (PPA)
• {{Flag|Malacca}} :
• 50px Grand Commander of the Premier and Exalted Order of Malacca (DUNM) – Datuk Seri Utama
• {{Flag|Penang}} :
• 50px Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Defender of State (DUPN) – Dato' Seri Utama
• {{Flag|Perlis}} :
• 50px Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Crown of Perlis (SPMP) – Dato' Seri (1979){{cite web|title=SPMP 1979|url=https://perlisroyalty.perlis.gov.my/index.php/ms/2015-11-03-09-48-48/senarai-dato-dato-perlis?showall=&start=1|website=perlisroyalty.perlis.gov.my|access-date=15 September 2021|archive-date=15 September 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210915083626/https://perlisroyalty.perlis.gov.my/index.php/ms/2015-11-03-09-48-48/senarai-dato-dato-perlis?showall=&start=1|url-status=dead}}
• {{Flag|Sabah}} :
• 50px Grand Commander of the Order of Kinabalu (SPDK) – Datuk Seri Panglima

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1. Who's who 82/83 (First Edition), Sarawak Publishing House Sdn.Bhd., Kuching, Malaysia.

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