 A third, Leo Benedict was born in 1926 and later became the President of the Dewan Negara from 1985 to 1988.Donald Stephens founded the political party United National Kadazan Organisation (UNKO) in August 1961.He played a key role in negotiating the independence of Sabah and the formation of Malaysia, together with Tun Mustapha of United Sabah National Organisation (USNO), and Tunku Abdul Rahman, the then Prime Minister of Malaya.