Malaysian politician, 1st President of the Malaysian Chinese Association
Not to be confused with Tan Cheng Bock.
In this Chinese name, the family name is Tan (陳).
Yang Amat Berbahagia Tun Sir
Tan Cheng Lock
SMN DPMJKBE JP
陳禎祿
1st President of the Malayan Chinese Association
In office 27 February 1949 – 27 March 1958
Preceded by
Position Established
Succeeded by
Lim Chong Eu
Personal details
Born
(1883-04-05)5 April 1883 Malacca, Straits Settlements
Died
13 December 1960(1960-12-13) (aged 77) Malacca City, Malacca, Federation of Malaya
Political party
Malayan Chinese Association (MCA)
Spouse
Yeo Yeok Neo
Children
Tun Tan Siew Sin Tan Kim Tin Wee Geok Kim Alice Tan Kim Yoke Agnes Tan Kim Lwi
Occupation
Businessman
Tun Sir Tan Cheng Lock KBE, SMN, DPMJ, JP (simplified Chinese: 陈祯禄; traditional Chinese: 陳禎祿; pinyin: Chén Zhēnlù; Pe̍h-ōe-jī: Tân Cheng-lo̍k) (5 April 1883 – 13 December 1960) was a Malaysian Peranakan businessman and a key public figure who devoted his life to fighting for the rights and the social welfare of the Chinese community in Malaya. Tan was also the founder and the first president of the Malayan Chinese Association (MCA), which advocated his cause for the Malayan Chinese population.
opposition Gerakan in 1968. In 1961 Tan Siew Sin, son of TanChengLock and favoured by Tunku, became MCA's third President. Tan led the party to a firm victory...
Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA) party elections, he challenged Tun TanChengLock and won the presidency with a majority of 22 votes. During the one-year...
for 15 years. The only son of Malaysian statesman and MCA founder TanChengLock, Tan Siew Sin was born on 21 May 1916 in Malacca. He was of Baba heritage...
(NUS) by Ms Agnes Tan, the last surviving daughter of the founder of the Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA), the late Tun TanChengLock. This donation...
of the newspaper, TanChengLock, who would become his friend, mentor and later colleague in the pursuit of Malayas independence. Tan rose quickly in the...
Level which is accessed via escalators, stairs and lifts from Jalan Tun TanChengLock and Jalan Sultan Mohamed. Also at the Concourse Level are the fare gates...
Nathaniel Tan: Politician and writer Tan Chay Yan: Rubber plantation merchant and philanthropist, grandson of Tan Tock Seng TanChengLock: Founder and...
the large house built by his great-grandfather in 1896 in Jalan Tun TanChengLock, a street also known as "Millionaire's Row" for its luxurious houses...
summarised in two words – no change. T.H Tan cabled the gist of the reply to the Alliance co-chairman, TanChengLock. He and Tunku then left London the next...
Ling Vincent Tan Chee Yioun (born 1952) Syed Mokhtar Al-Bukhary (born 1956) Lim Kok Thay (born 1951) Tony Fernandes (born 1964) William Cheng Shoba Purushothaman...
the 1st shop lot of Petaling Street (facing Foch Avenue (Jalan Tun TanChengLock)) before it ceased operations several years ago. Nearby is a Chinese...
(2021) Lee Hsien Loong (2022) Onn Jaafar (1940) TanChengLock (1949) S. Q. Wong Lee Kong Chian Aw Cheng Chye (1963) Toh Ah Boon Syed Jaafar Albar T. Sachithanandan...
Kapitan China of Penang and one of the pioneering leaders of Penang. TanChengLock (陳禎祿; 1883–1960; ancestry: Zhangzhou), one of the founding fathers of...
should have fair treatment." The inaugural President of the MCA was TanChengLock, a local-born Peranakan who had led the AMCJA until its breaking up...
located at the intersection of Jalan Sultan, Jalan Pudu and Jalan Tun TanChengLock, in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The station was opened in 1892 and was initially...
plantation, while his mother Tan Swee Eng, was from the family that produced the Malaysian politicians TanChengLock and his son, Tan Siew Sin, who would later...
campaign against the Communists if the amnesty was rejected. Dato' Seri TanChengLock, then-President of the Malayan Chinese Association (MCA) echoed the...
formed in 1949 under the leadership of a Straits Chinese businessman, TanChengLock who frequently raised grievances over the citizenship terms that were...
800 to 1,500 supporters. Lee had also invited Tunku Abdul Rahman and TanChengLock, presidents of the United Malays National Organisation and Malayan Chinese...
Kebangsaan Bandar Sunway Sekolah Kebangsaan Dato Onn Jaafar Sekolah Cina Tun TanChengLock Sekolah Tamil Tun Sambathan Sekolah Kebangsaan Seafield 3 Sekolah Kebangsaan...