Birth Name: Yusof bin Ishak
Date of Birth: 12 August 1910
Place of Birth: Terong, Taiping, Perak, Federated Malay States (now Malaysia)
Date of Death: 23 November 1970
Place of Death: Singapore
Ethnicity:
*Indonesian (Minangkabau), distant Arab and Chinese (father)
*Malay, Afghan (mother)
Yusof Ishak was a Singaporean politician. He was the first President of Singapore, serving from 9 August 1965 to 23 November 1970. His father, Encik Ishak bin Ahmad, was of Minangkabau descent. His mother, Aishahtun Aminuddin, was a Malay from the Langkat region in Indonesia. He was married to Puan Noor Aishah.
Yusof’s paternal grandparents were Ahmad bin Abdullah (the son of Abdullah bin Dato Jenaton and Umi Salamah, also known as Oomeye Selamah) and Siti Kechik Rokiah (the daughter of Abd Rahman Al-Baghdadi and Isteri Pertama). Yusof’s great-grandfather Abdullah was the son of Dato Jenaton “Jenan” bin Raja Labu and an unknown Chinese-Arab woman. Abd Rahman was the son of Abdul Qadir Al-Baghdadi.
Yusof’s maternal grandparents were Aminudin bin Nakhoda Sulong (the son of Nakhoda Sulong bin Mohamad Kaul and Uda Saka, also known as Zainab bint Orang Kaya) and Khatijah (the daughter of Mohd Tahir). Nakhoda Sulong was the son of Mohamad Kaul bin Raja Natan and Puti Kalimah. Mohd was of Afghan descent.
Source: Genealogy of Yusof Ishak – https://www.geni.com