Hussein Onn Hussein bin Onn (; 12 February 1922 – 29 May 1990) was a Malaysian lawyer and politician who served as the third Prime Minister of Malaysia from 1976 to 1981. Early life, family and education Hussein Onn was born on 12 February 1922 in Jo ...

formed the first Hussein cabinet after being invited by Tuanku Yahya Petra to begin a new government following the death of the previous

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, Abdul Razak Hussein. Prior to his death, Razak led (as

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) the second Razak cabinet, a

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that consisted of members of the component parties of

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. It was the 7th

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formed since

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. A reshuffle of the cabinet was done on 31 December 1977, due to Parti Islam Se-Malaysia's expulsion from

, resignation of Health Minister Lee Siok Yew, and the death of Minister of Agriculture Ali Ahmad from the plane crash at Tanjung Kupang.

Composition

Full members

The federal cabinet consisted of the following ministers:

Deputy ministers

Composition before cabinet dissolution

Full members

Deputy ministers

References

{{Malaysian cabinets Cabinet of Malaysia 1976 establishments in Malaysia 1978 disestablishments in Malaysia Cabinets established in 1976 Cabinets disestablished in 1978

Composition

Full members

Deputy ministers

Composition before cabinet dissolution

Full members

Deputy ministers

See also

References