The past Governor's of Melaka

Name : Tun Leong Yew Koh
Awards : SMN.
Service Years : 31 August 1957 - 31 August 1963

Name : Tun Hj. Abdul Malek B Yusuf
Awards : SMN, DMK.
Service Years : 31 August 1963 - 30 August 1971

Name : Tun Hj. Abdul Aziz B. Abdul Majid
Awards : SMN, DPMK (Kelantan), PMM, Honorary Degree in Doctorate of Law (Universiti Malaya),Commander of British Empire 1958, PJK.
SErvice Years : 31 August 1971 - 9 May 1975

Name : Tun Syed Zahiruddin B Syed Hassan
Awards : SMM, DUNM, PSM, SPCM, SPMP, JMN, PJK.
Service Years : 23 May 1975 – 30 Nov 1984

His Excellency Tun Datuk Seri Utama Syed Ahmad bin Syed Mahmud Shahabuddin was born in Kulim, Kedah on 4 May 1925. H.E. Tun is the third son of five brothers and sisters. H.E. Tun received his early education at Sekolah Melayu Kulim in 1932 till 1935 and continued his education at the Sultan Abdul Hamid College, Alor Star till he passed his Senior Cambridge Examination in 1947.

H.E. Tun had wide experience and actively engaged in politics. He was the Kedah UMNO Assistant Secretary (1951 - 1954), Secretary Kedah UMNO (1954 - 1967), Chairman, UMNO State Liason Committee and Kedah National Front (1967 - 1978), UMNO Supreme Council Member (1968 - 1978), and Deputy Chairman, UMNO State Liason Committee and Kedah National Front (1978 - 1984).

H.E. was appointed as Menteri Besar Kedah (1967) - 1978) and Deputy Minister, Ministry of Home Affairs (1978-1982 and Malaysia's High Commissioner to Singapore (1982-1984). In 1984, HE Tun Tun Syed Ahmad was appointed as H.E. the Yang di-Pertua Negeri Melaka.

H.E. Tun married Toh Puan Sharifah Haniffah binti Syed Alwi in 1950 and they are blessed with six children. Toh Puan passed away on 5th July 1993 in Kuala Lumpur. In 1960, H.E. Tun married Toh Puan Datuk Seri Datin Seri Utama Marfuza bte Sheikh Mohd. Osman and they are blessed with 4 children.