page_title: Ja'afar of Negeri Sembilan
section_title: Diplomat
hierarchical_section_title: Ja'afar of Negeri Sembilan / Early career / Diplomat
caption_attribution_description: English: Tuanku Ja'afar with family while in Egypt, the United Arab Republic in 1963, when he served as ambassador to Cairo, Egypt. Unknown photographer. The original image is © the Tuanku Ja'afar Royal Gallery, Seremban, Negeri Sembilan, Malaysia.
context_page_description: Tuanku Ja’afar ibni Almarhum Tuanku Abdul Rahman GCB was the tenth Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia from 26 April 1994 until 25 April 1999 and the tenth Grand Ruler of Negeri Sembilan.
context_section_description: Tuanku Ja'afar's diplomatic career began in 1957. Tuanku Ja'afar was chosen to attend a one-year Diplomatic Service Course in London. While attending a one-year Diplomatic Service Course in London, the independence entourage led by Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra Al-Haj arrived. Their purpose was to negotiate with the officers from the British Colonial Office at Lancaster House, London to obtain independence. Tuanku Ja'afar assisted with the logistics, proposal papers and presentations. The entourage succeeded in achieving its goal when the British eventually consented to give independence to the Federation of Malaya. This news was greeted with great joy and an official ceremony was then held at the Dataran Merdeka, Kuala Lumpur on 31 August 1957.
  His first appointment was as Charge d' Affaires in Embassy of Malaysia, Washington, D.C., United States of America followed by First Secretary with the Permanent Mission to the United Nations in New York, Consular and Deputy High Commissioner at the High Commission of Malaysia, London. Tuanku Ja'afar was later appointed as the Malaysian Ambassador to Egypt and then as High Commissioner to Nigeria and Ghana.
caption: Tuanku Ja'afar with family while in Egypt, the United Arab Republic in 1963, when he served as ambassador to Cairo, Egypt. The Tuanku Ja'afar Royal Gallery, Seremban
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