Tags: Prime Minister.
Bendahara Paduka Raja Tun Perak (died 1498) was the fifth and most famous bendahara a Malay rank similar to a prime minister of the Sultanate of Malacca. He served under four sultans (Sultan Muzzafar Shah Sultan Mansur Shah Sultan Alauddin Riayat Shah and Sultan Mahmud Shah [1]) from 1456 to 1498. Early in his life Perak was a soldier-statesman for Malaccan rulers. In 1445 he led the Malaccan army to victory by defeating Siamese invaders.
