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Family
Tun Hussein is the son of Dato' Onn Jaafar, the founder ofUMNO
and a Malayan freedom fighter.
His grandfather Dato Jaafar Haji Muhammad was the first Menteri
Besar ofJohore while his
grandmother, Hanim Rogayah was from Scarcia, Turkey. Tun Hussein
was married to TunSuhaila
Mohamad Noah for 42 years; the daughter of Tan Sri Haji Mohamad
Noah Omar, former Minister of
Home Affairs and first Speaker of the Dewan Rakyat. He was the
brother in law ofTun Abdul Razak,
his predecessor as Prime Minister, who also married another Tan
Sri HajiMohamad Noah Omar's
daughter, Tun Rahah Mohamad Noah.
Tun Hussein's son, Dato' Seri Hishammuddin Bin Tun Hussein,
became the Home Minister of
Malaysia on April 10, 2009. On the 17 September 2005, Hussein
Onn's eldest daughter Datin Roqiyah
Hanim, died at the age of 56 from breast cancer in Kuala
Lumpur.
Early life
Tun Hussein received his early education in Telok Kurau Primary
School, Singapore and at theEnglish
College, Johor. After leaving school, he joined the Johor
Military Forces as a cadet in 1940 and was
sent a year later to the Indian Military Academy in Dehradun,
India. Upon completion of his training,
he was absorbed into the Indian Army and served in the Middle
Eastwhen the Second World
War broke. After the war, his vast experience prompted the
British to employ him as an instructor at
the Malayan Police Recruiting and Training Centre in
Rawalpindi.
Tun Hussein came back to Malaysia in 1945 and was appointed
Commandant of the Johor Bahru
Police Depot. The following year he joined the Malaya Civil
Service as an assistant administrative
officer in Segamat, Johor. He was later posted to the state
ofSelangor, becomingKlang and Kuala
Selangors district officer.
Entering politics
Tun Hussein, who came from a family with deep nationalistic
spirit and political roots, resigned from
the civil service to go into politics. In 1949, he became the
first youth chief of UMNO (United Malays
National Organization), a party his father helped established.
In 1950, he was elected the UMNO
secretary general. Tun Hussein however left UMNO in 1951 to join
his father in forming
the Independence of Malaya Party (IMP).
With IMP losing momentum, Tun Hussein went to London to study
law at Lincoln's Inn, qualifying asa Barrister-at-Law. He came back
as a certified lawyer and practiced in Kuala Lumpur.
Rise to power
Tun Hussein returned to politics in 1968 after being persuaded
by the then Prime Minister Tun Abdul
Razak to rejoin UMNO. He stood and won the general elections in
1969 and was appointed as the
education minister. Tun Husseins meteoric rise continued when on
August 13, 1973 he succeeded
the late Tun Dr Ismail as the Deputy Prime Minister. On January
15, 1976 he was appointed as Prime
Minister of Malaysia after the death of Tun Razak.[1]
Tun Hussein was renowned for stressing on the issue of unity
through policies aimed at rectifying
economic imbalances between the communities. For instance, April
20, 1981 saw the National Unit
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Trust Scheme being launched. He also gave serious consideration
to the concept of Rukun Tetangga
(a neighbourhood watch scheme) and the fight against the drug
menace.
He underwent a coronary bypass in early 1981. On July 17 the
same year, he retired from active
politics and relinquished his prime minister post due to health
concerns. He was succeeded by Tun
Dr. Mahathir Mohamad.
Post-retirement
After his retirement as Prime Minister he continued to
contribute to welfare organizations. He was
instrumental in the setting up of the Tun Hussein Onn Eye
Hospital. He was also an advisor to
Petronas the countrys oil company and Chairman of Institute of
Strategic and International Studies
(ISIS).
During the 1987 UMNO leadership crisis, Tun Hussein fell out
with Dr. Mahathir Mohamad,
supporting Team B along with Tunku Abdul Rahman. Tun Hussein
along with the Tunku, henceforth,
became a strident critic of the Mahathir administration and died
without having rejoined UMNO.
He died on the 29 May 1990 in Seaton Medical Center, San
Francisco, at the age of 68. He had two
sons and four daughters. He is buried inMakam Pahlawan (Heroes
Mausoleum) near Masjid
Negara, Kuala Lumpur.
Tun Hussein Onn was looked upo]as being very sincere in his
struggle for racial unity
[citation needed]and
had a reputation of being firm against anyone that tried to
create racial unrest in the country and it
was due to this, that he was known as Bapa Perpaduan or 'Father
of Unity'[citation needed]
.
[edit]Notes and references
1. ^ Tan, Chee Khoon & Vasil, Raj (ed., 1984). Without Fear
or Favour, p. 38. EasternUniversities Press. ISBN
967-908-051-X.
Political offices
Preceded by
Ismail Abdul Rahman
Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia
19731976Succeeded by
Mahathir Mohamad
Preceded byAbdul Razak
Prime Minister of Malaysia19761981
Yang Amat Berbahagia Tun
Hussein Onn
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