Abdul Kadir Yusof

Abdul Kadir was born in Parit Sakai, Muar, Johor in 1917. He began his education at Muar Government English School and later graduated from Raffles College in Singapore with a Diploma in Arts in 1941. A year later, he joined the Johor Civil Service and was seconded as a Circuit Magistrate in 1950. Abdul Kadir later pursue legal studies at Lincoln's Inn in 1952, graduating with a Barrister-at-Law in 1952 and was called to the English Bar the same year.^[2]

During his lifetime, he was a member of the United Malays National Organisation, the leading party in the ruling coalition Barisan Nasional. He was a Tenggaroh State Assemblyman.

Kadir is survived by his wife, politician Fatimah Hashim, six children,^[3] nineteen grandchildren and 11 great-grandchildren.^{[citation needed]}

Abdul Kadir died of lung cancer at his home in Kuala Lumpur on 18 April 1992 and was buried in Makam Pahlawan near Masjid Negara, Kuala Lumpur on the next day.^[3]

The Yayasan Kadir & Fatimah (Yayasan K&F) confers the Tan Sri Abdul Kadir Gold Medal Award to UIA (Faculty of Law for the best Syariah Law student) and to UKM (Faculty of Law for the best Law Student). The Tan Sri Abdul Kadir Gold Medal is also awarded to the student who tops the Accounting Law paper for CPA. The Yayasan recently started conferring the Tun Fatimah medal for the best female student active in community work for the first time in September 2007 and will be awarded annually to Universiti Malaya, Universiti Teknologi Mara and Universiti Teknologi Malaysia students.

Yayasan K&F continues to support public primary schools in Johor and Kedah, organise the annual Tan Sri Abdul Kadir Charity Golf Tournament to raise funds, and numerous other charitable causes through Abdul Kadir and Fatimah's children and grandchildren.

Several projects and institutions were named after him, including:

• Dewan Tan Sri Abdul Kadir Yusuf in Attorney General Chambers in Putrajaya.
• Perpustakaan Tan Sri Abdul Kadir Yusuf in Seremban, Negeri Sembilan.
• Sekolah Menengah Kebangsaan Tan Sri Abdul Kadir in Mersing, Johor.
• Sekolah Agama Tan Sri Abdul Kadir in Endau, Johor.