death_date children nationality birth_date term_end death_place order term_start spouse name occupation deputy predecessor birth_place party office governor successor religion article_title
31 march 1997 paul diana inoi ningkan winston beng wai ningkan margaret ningkan gerald murphy bala ningkan . ningkan marina siew ling ningkan flora ningkan malaysian 20 august 1920 23 september 1966 1974 kuching , sarawak , malaysia 1st chief minister of sarawak 22 july 1963 1961 datin elizabeth sendie -lrb- deceased 1984 -rrb- stephen kalong ningkan politician james wong kim min -lrb- 1963 -- 1966 -rrb- post created betong , kingdom of sarawak , simanggang , -lrb- present-day betong division -rrb- sarawak national party -lrb- snap -rrb- 1st president of sarawak national party sir alexander waddell abang haji openg tawi sli dunstan endawie enchana christian stephen kalong ningkan

stephen kalong ningkan

tan sri datuk amar stephen kalong ningkan -lrb- 1920 -- 1997 -rrb- was the first chief minister of sarawak -lrb- 1963 -- 1966 -rrb- .
as the executive of a newly independent state which helped to form malaysia , ningkan faced many challenges from within the state and from sarawak 's neighbour , indonesia .
