Onn Jaafar
Politician
1895 – 1962
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Who was Onn Jaafar?
Dato' Sir Onn bin Ja'afar, KBE was a Malay politician and a Menteri Besar of Johore in Malaysia, then Malaya. He was the founder of United Malays National Organization and was also responsible for the social economic welfare of the Malays by setting up the Rural Industrial Development Authority. His son was Tun Hussein Onn, the third Prime Minister of Malaysia and his grandson is Hishammuddin Hussein, currently the Minister of Defence and also the acting Minister of Transportation in the Malaysian Cabinet.
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- Born
- 1895
Malaysia - Parents
- Children
- Nationality
- Malaysia
- Profession
- Died
- Jan 19, 1962
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on July 23, 2013
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