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Hussein Onn

1922 - 1990

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Hussein Onn (Jawi: حسين بن عون; 12 February 1922 – 29 May 1990) was a Malaysian lawyer and politician who served as the third Prime Minister of Malaysia from the death of his predecessor Abdul Razak Hussein in 1976 to his retirement in 1981. Moreover, he was the Member of Parliament (MP) for Sri Gading from 1974 to 1981, representing Barisan Nasional (BN) and United Malays National Organisation (UMNO). Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Hussein Onn has received more than 785,314 page views. His biography is available in 31 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 30 in 2019). Hussein Onn is the 6,933rd most popular politician (down from 5,836th in 2019), the 12th most popular biography from Malaysia (down from 8th in 2019) and the 10th most popular Malaysian Politician.

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Among POLITICIANS

Among politicians, Hussein Onn ranks 6,933 out of 19,576. Before him are Guidobaldo da Montefeltro, Belisario Betancur, Shuttarna II, Stanisław Koniecpolski, Henry XIII, Duke of Bavaria, and Reginald Johnston. After him are Amrapali, Ardo, Kobayakawa Hideaki, Odoardo Farnese, Hereditary Prince of Parma, Francisco Morazán, and Almış.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1922, Hussein Onn ranks 118. Before him are Yuri Knorozov, Günter Behnisch, Paul Marcinkus, Kim Hunter, Eileen Essell, and Saad el-Shazly. After him are Bernardin Gantin, Leo Tindemans, Manuel Fraga, Guy Hamilton, Guy Thys, and Olga Ladyzhenskaya. Among people deceased in 1990, Hussein Onn ranks 72. Before him are Nicola Abbagnano, Samuel Doe, Dexter Gordon, Edmund Conen, Curtis LeMay, and Halston. After him are Manuel Puig, Georgy Flyorov, Nina Kulagina, Sergei Dovlatov, Joan Bennett, and Taro Kagawa.

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In Malaysia

Among people born in Malaysia, Hussein Onn ranks 12 out of 90. Before him are Abdullah Ahmad Badawi (1939), Abdul Halim of Kedah (1927), Michael Gough (1916), Abdul Razak Hussein (1922), Najib Razak (1953), and Iskandar of Johor (1932). After him are Muhyiddin Yassin (1947), Abdul Rahman of Negeri Sembilan (1895), Ahmad Shah of Pahang (1930), P. Ramlee (1929), Yusof Ishak (1910), and Jimmy Choo (1948).

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Among POLITICIANS In Malaysia

Among politicians born in Malaysia, Hussein Onn ranks 10. Before him are Anwar Ibrahim (1947), Abdullah Ahmad Badawi (1939), Abdul Halim of Kedah (1927), Abdul Razak Hussein (1922), Najib Razak (1953), and Iskandar of Johor (1932). After him are Muhyiddin Yassin (1947), Abdul Rahman of Negeri Sembilan (1895), Ahmad Shah of Pahang (1930), Yusof Ishak (1910), Sirajuddin of Perlis (1943), and Azlan Shah of Perak (1928).

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