Bukit Kiara Muslim Cemetery

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Established 1985 Type Public Muslim cemetery Founded 1985		Country Malaysia Size 14.43 acres
Location Damansara, Kuala Lumpur Owned by Dewan Bandaraya Kuala Lumpur (DBKL)Jabatan Agama Islam Wilayah Persekutuan (JAWI) Address Lebuhraya Kerinchi Link, Damansara, 50440 Kuala Lumpur, Wilayah Persekutuan Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Burials Azean Irdawaty, Hussain Najadi, Abdullah Hussain Similar Chinese Cemetery, Kwong Tong Cemetery, Hindu Cemetery, Cheras Christian Cemetery

The Bukit Kiara Muslim Cemetery is a cemetery in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. It is located at Damansara near Taman Tun Dr Ismail. This cemetery can be seen from the Damansara Link of the Sprint Expressway. It is the final resting place of many prominent Malay personalities.

Background

The Bukit Kiara Muslim Cemetery was opened on 1985. There are four phases at this cemetery. Phase 1 was opened on 1985 and Phase 2 opened on 2008. Phase 3 and 4 remained for future uses.

Notable burials

Kamaluddin Muhamad (Keris Mas) — National Laureate (Sasterawan Negara) (died 1992)

Usman Awang — National Laureate (Sasterawan Negara) (died 2001)

Dato' Dr Mokhzani Abdul Rahim — Chairman of the Human Resources Development Council (HRDC) Malaysia and a writer of the Kuala Lumpur Corporate Capital book. (died 2003)

Tun Mohamed Zahir Ismail — Speaker of the Dewan Rakyat (died 2004)

Tan Sri Dr Noordin Sopiee — Executive Chairman of the Institute of Strategic and International Studies (ISIS). (died 2005)

Tan Sri Ahmad Noordin Zakaria — Former Auditor-General (died 2006)

Tun Abdullah Salleh — Former Secretary Chief and founder of the Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM) (died 2006)

Tan Sri Abdul Malik Ahmad – Lord President of the Malayan High Court (died 2007)

Syed Hussein Alatas – Former politician, academic and founder of the Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia (PGRM). (died 2007)

Tan Sri Basir Ismail – Former chairman of the Malaysia Airports Holdings Berhad and Sepang International Circuit (SIC) (died 2007)

Tan Sri Megat Junid Megat Ayub – Former cabinet minister and Minister of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs (died 2008)

Rustam Abdullah Sani – Political writers, analysis and former Parti Rakyat Malaysia (PRM) deputy president (died 2008)

Ahmad Mahmud – veteran actors (died 2008)

Syed Alwi – veteran actors and singers (died 2008)

Tan Sri A Samad Ismail – Journalist, National Journalism Laureate, writer and editor. (died 2008)

Tan Sri S.O.K Ubaidulla Kadir Basha – Former veteran politician and prominent businessman (died 2009)

Azmi Kamaruddin – Former Supreme Court Judge (1988) (died 2009)

Muhammad Dahlan Abdul Baing (Arena Wati) – National Laureate (Sasterawan Negara) (died 2009)

Mohamed Yusoff Mohamed – Former Supreme Court Judge (1988-1992) (died 2009)

Tun Abdul Hamid Omar – Former Lord President (died 2009)

Tan Sri Mohamed Rahmat – former Minister of Information and UMNO secretary general (died 2010)

Datuk Abdul Ajib Ahmad – former Johor Menteri Besar (Chief Minister) (1982 - 1986) (died 2011)

Datuk Illani Ishak – former Kota Bharu Member of Parliament (died 2011)

Tan Sri Saleha Mohd Ali – elder sister of the former prime minister's wife Tun Dr Siti Hasmah Mohd Ali (died 2011)

Datuk Dr Zainal Aznam Mohd Yusof – Economist and National Economic Advisory Council (NEAC) member (died 2011)

Azah Aziz – wife of Royal Professor Ungku Abdul Aziz (died 2012)

Engku Tan Sri Ibrahim Engku Ngah – former Keeper of the Ruler's Seal (Penyimpan Mohor Besar Raja-Raja) (died 2012)

Tan Sri Ali Abul Hassan – former Governor of Bank Negara (died 2013)

Tan Sri Aishah Ghani – UMNO veteran and former Welfare Minister (died 2013)

Datuk Dr Mahani Zainal Abidin – Economist and chief executive officer of Institute of Strategic and International Studies (ISIS) (died 2013)

Hussain Ahmad Najadi – Arab Malaysian Banking Group (AmBank) founder (died 2013)

Azean Irdawaty – veteran actress and singer (died 2013)

Tengku Datin Paduka Muna Najiah Al-Khalidi (died 2014)

Tan Sri Mohamed Basir Ahmad – Former Maybank chairman and also husband of the former Minister of the International Trade and Industry, Tan Sri Rafidah Aziz (died 2014)

Datuk Sharifah Aini – "Biduanita Negara" (National Songstress), veteran singer and entertainer (died 2014)

Dora Shahila Kassim – Malaysia Airlines chief in-flight attendant and stewardress who perished in the Malaysia Airlines Flight 17 crash on 17 July 2014. (died 2014)

Tan Sri Ismail Hussein – former Federation of National Writers Associations (Gapena) chairman (died 2014)

Tan Sri Mohd Bakri Omar – former Inspector General of Police (2003 - 2006) (died 2014)

Abdullah Hussain – National Laureate (Sasterawan Negara) (died 2014)

Prof Datuk Muhamad Rasat Muhamad – Multimedia University (MMU) president (died 2015)

Tan Sri Abdul Kadir Talib – former Federal Territory's Mufti (died 2015)

Datuk Yaakob Mohammad – former UMNO And BN Executive Secretary (died 2016)

Datuk Seri Ismail Shahudin – Maybank Islamic chairman (died 2016)

Mydin Mohamed Ghulam Hussein – Mydin Hypermarket founder (died 2016)

References

Bukit Kiara Muslim Cemetery Wikipedia

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Contents

Background

Notable burials

References