Hishammuddin Hussein

Who is Hishammuddin Hussein?

Datuk Seri Panglima Hishammuddin bin Tun Hussein is a Malaysian politician and member of the United Malays National Organisation. He is currently the Minister of Defence and acting Minister of Transport since 16 May 2013. He served in the government of Malaysia as Minister of Home Affairs from 2009 to 2013 and Minister of Education from 2004 to 2009. He has been mentioned as a likely successor to his cousin, Prime Minister Najib Razak. He is the son of Malaysia's third prime minister, Tun Hussein Onn and the nephew of Malaysia's second prime minister, Tun Abdul Razak.

Hussein came to international public prominence in March 2014, as the Malaysian Government official spokesman at a number of press conferences in the Sama Sama Hotel in Sepang following the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370.