Hishammuddin Hussein
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Yang Berhormat Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein MP |
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| Malaysian Minister of Defence | |
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Assumed office 16 May 2013 |
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| Prime Minister | Najib Razak |
| Deputy | Mohd Johari Baharum |
| Preceded by | Ahmad Zahid Hamidi |
| Malaysian Minister of Transport (Acting) | |
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In office 16 May 2013 – 25 June 2014 |
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| Prime Minister | Najib Razak |
| Preceded by | Kong Cho Ha |
| Succeeded by | Liow Tiong Lai |
| Vice-President of United Malays National Organisation | |
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Assumed office 26 March 2009 |
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| President | Najib Razak |
| Preceded by | Mohd Ali Rustam |
| Malaysian Minister of Home Affairs | |
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In office 10 April 2009 – 5 May 2013 |
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| Prime Minister | Najib Razak |
| Preceded by | Syed Hamid Albar |
| Succeeded by | Ahmad Zahid Hamidi |
| Malaysian Minister of Education | |
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In office 31 March 2004 – 9 April 2009 |
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| Prime Minister | Abdullah Badawi |
| Preceded by | Musa Mohamad |
| Succeeded by | Muhyiddin Yassin |
| Chairman of UMNO's Youth Wing | |
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In office 1998–2009 |
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| Preceded by | Ahmad Zahid Hamidi |
| Succeeded by | Khairy Jamaluddin |
| Malaysian Minister of Youth and Sports | |
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In office 1999 – 30 March 2004 |
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| Prime Minister | Mahathir Mohamad (1999–2003), Abdullah Badawi (2003–2004) |
| Preceded by | Muhyiddin Yassin |
| Succeeded by | Azalina Othman Said |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
5 August 1961 Selangor, Federation of Malaya (now Malaysia) |
| Political party | UMNO |
| Other political affiliations |
Barisan Nasional |
| Spouse(s) | Tengku Marsilla Tengku Abdullah |
| Children | 4 |
| Parents |
Hussein Onn (father) Suhaila Noah (mother) |
| Residence | Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
| Alma mater |
Aberystwyth University London School of Economics |
| Occupation | Politician, lawyer |
| Religion | Sunni Islam |
Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein (born 5 August 1961) is a Malaysian politician who has been Minister of Defence of Malaysia since 16 May 2013. He previously served as Minister of Youth and Sports (1999–2004), Minister of Education (2004–2009), and Minister of Home Affairs (2009–2013). As acting Minister of Transport (2013–2014) he came to international prominence in March 2014, as the minister responsible for investigating the disappearance of Malaysia Airlines Flight 370.
Hishamuddin is a senior figure within the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), Malaysia's largest political party and the leading member of the Barisan Nasional coalition that governs the country. He is one of the party's three vice-presidents and was the chief of the party's youth wing from 1998 to 2009.
He is the son of Malaysia's third prime minister, Hussein Onn, and the cousin of the sixth and current prime minister, Najib Razak.
Hishammuddin was born on 5 August 1961, the fourth child and the eldest son of Hussein Onn, who became the third Prime Minister of Malaysia, and Suhaila Noah. He is the grandson of Onn Jaafar, a prominent Malay leader and the founder of UMNO, whose mother was a Circassian from Turkey.
He attended the Malay College Kuala Kangsar before his father became Deputy Prime Minister in 1973. Upon his father's appointment to the post, he attended St. John's Institution, and then the Alice Smith School, in Kuala Lumpur, before attending the English public school Cheltenham College.
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