PENANG Heads of State Raja Sir Tun Uda Al-Haj bin Raja Muhammad 1894-1976 Head of state 1957-67 Tun Syed Sheh bin Syed Abdullah Shahabuddin 1910-1969 Head of state 1967-69 Tun Syed Sheh bin Syed Hassan Barakbah 1906-1975 Head of state 1969-75 Tun Sardon Jubir 1917-1985 Head of state 1975-81 Tun Awang Hassan 1910-1998 Head of state 1981-89 Tun Hamdan Sheikh Tahir 1921-2005 Head of state 1989-2001 Tun Abdul Rahman Abbas 1938 Head of state 2001-