1. Hussein bin Onn was a Malaysian lawyer and politician who served as the third Prime Minister of Malaysia from 1976 to 1981.
16 Facts About Hussein Onn
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Hussein Onn was born on 12 February 1922 in Johor Bahru to Onn Jaafar and Halimah Hussein.
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Hussein Onn's father was a fighter for Malaysian independence and co-founder of the United Malays National Organisation.
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Hussein Onn was likely presented as a concubine by the Ottoman court to the Sultan of Johor.
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Hussein Onn and Suhaila had six children, including their fourth child, Hishammuddin Hussein Onn, who is a senior UMNO politician since the 1990s.
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Hussein Onn received his early education at Telok Kurau Primary School, Singapore, and at the English College Johore Bahru.
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Hussein Onn came back to Malaya in 1945 and was appointed Commandant of the Johor Bahru Police Depot.
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Hussein Onn was later posted to the state of Selangor, becoming Klang and Kuala Selangor's district officer.
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Hussein Onn, who came from a family with a deep nationalistic spirit and political roots, resigned from the civil service to go into politics.
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Hussein Onn left UMNO in 1951 to join his father in forming the Independence of Malaya Party.
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Hussein Onn came back as a certified lawyer and practised in Kuala Lumpur.
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Hussein Onn stood and won the general elections in 1969 and was appointed as the Education Minister.
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On 15 January 1976, Hussein Onn, who was the Deputy Prime Minister, was appointed as Prime Minister after the death of his predecessor, Abdul Razak.
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Hussein Onn died on 29 May 1990 of heart disease at Seton Medical Center in San Mateo, California, at the age of 68.
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Hussein Onn was buried next to his predecessor, Abdul Razak, at Makam Pahlawan near Masjid Negara, Kuala Lumpur.
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Hussein Onn era took the easy way out by putting opposition leaders into detention without trial, banning public rallies and controlling all the media.