Ong Yoke Lin
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Yang Amat Berbahagia Tun Haji Omar Ong Yoke Lin |
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| President of the Dewan Negara | |
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In office 23 February 1973 – 31 December 1980 |
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| Preceded by | Abdul Hamid Khan Sakhawat Ali Khan |
| Succeeded by | Ismail Khan |
| Personal details | |
| Born |
23 July 1917 Kuala Lumpur, Federated Malay States |
| Died | 1 July 2010 (aged 92) |
| Resting place | Makam Pahlawan, Masjid Negara, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia |
| Political party | Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA) |
| Spouse(s) | Toh Puan Dr. Aishah Ong |
| Religion | Islam |
| Chinese name | |
| Chinese | 翁毓麟 |
| Hanyu Pinyin | Wēng Yùlín |
| Hokkien POJ | Ong Io̍klîn |
Tun Haji Omar Ong Yoke Lin (翁毓麟; 23 July 1917 – 1 July 2010) was a Malaysian politician, diplomat and businessman. He was a founding member of the Malaysian Chinese Association, and was a key figure in the country's road to independence. Ong served various positions in the government of Malaya and Malaysia, as a Cabinet minister and ambassador.
He was a Chinese Muslim convert.
Born Ong Yoke Lin on 23 July 1917 in Kuala Lumpur, he attended Pudu Girls' English School and later Victoria Institution, where he was contemporaries of, among others, Yahya Abdul Razak, Lee Siew Choh, Yaacob Latiff and Mahmood Ambak, the father-in-law of Abdullah Ahmad Badawi, the fifth Prime Minister of Malaysia. He passed the London Matriculation in 1935 and trained as a chartered accountant. He intended to read law, but his studies were put on hold by the Japanese occupation of Malaya.
Omar helped found and joined the Malayan Chinese Association (MCA) in 1949. As a prominent Chinese leader, Ong was selected by the British High Commissioner as a member of the then fully appointed Selangor State Council and Federal Legislative Council.
In 1952, he and Yahya Abdul Razak mooted the idea of an alliance between MCA and the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) for the Kuala Lumpur Municipal Council elections. This was the precursor to the formal Alliance Party. He contested and won a seat in that election, and was chosen as leader of the Alliance Party in the Municipal Council.
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