In this Malay name, there is no surname or family name. The name Hitam is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by their given name, Musa. The word "bin" or "binti"/"binte" means 'son of' or 'daughter of', respectively.
Yang Amat Berbahagia Tun
Musa Hitam
SSM PMN SPMJ SSIJ SPMS DUNM SPNS SPDK PIS
موسى هيتم
5th Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia
In office 18 July 1981 – 16 March 1986
Monarchs
Ahmad Shah Iskandar
Prime Minister
Mahathir Mohamad
Preceded by
Mahathir Mohamad
Succeeded by
Ghafar Baba
Constituency
Labis
Minister of Home Affairs
In office 18 July 1981 – 16 March 1986
Monarchs
Ahmad Shah Iskandar
Prime Minister
Mahathir Mohamad
Deputy
Abdul Rahim Thamby Chik Mohd Kassim Ahmed
Preceded by
Ghazali Shafie
Succeeded by
Mahathir Mohamad
Constituency
Labis
Minister of Education
In office 1976–1981
Monarchs
Yahya Petra Ahmad Shah
Prime Minister
Hussein Onn
Deputy
Chan Siang Sun Salleh Jafaruddin Mohammad Najib Abdul Razak
Preceded by
Mahathir Mohamad
Succeeded by
Sulaiman Daud
Constituency
Labis
Minister of Primary Industries
In office 1974–1976
Monarchs
Abdul Halim Yahya Petra
Prime Minister
Abdul Razak Hussein Hussein Onn
Deputy
Paul Leong Khee Seong
Preceded by
Abdul Taib Mahmud
Succeeded by
Abdul Taib Mahmud
Constituency
Labis
Deputy Minister of Commerce and Industry
In office 1969–1974
Monarchs
Ismail Nasiruddin Abdul Halim
Prime Minister
Tunku Abdul Rahman Abdul Razak Hussein
Minister
Khir Johari
Constituency
Segamat Utara
Personal details
Born
(1934-04-18) 18 April 1934 (age 90) Johor Bahru, Johor, British Malaya (now Malaysia)
Political party
United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) (until 1988)
Other political affiliations
Barisan Nasional (BN)
Spouse
Zulaikha Sheardin
Alma mater
University of Malaya (BA) University of Sussex (MA)
Tun Musa bin Hitam (Jawi: موسى بن هيتم; born 18 April 1934) is a Malaysian retired politician who served as the Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia from 1981 to 1986, serving under Mahathir Mohamad.[1] He was the chairman of Sime Darby Berhad.
^Crossette, Barbara (28 March 1987). "MALAYSIA LEADER FACING MAJOR REVOLT IN HIS PARTY". The New York Times. Retrieved 16 February 2018.
Tun Musa bin Hitam (Jawi: موسى بن هيتم; born 18 April 1934) is a Malaysian retired politician who served as the Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia from...
suspected of being an underground communist. He appointed his close ally, MusaHitam, as deputy prime minister. Mahathir exercised caution in his first two...
Deputy Prime Minister by Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad. Previously, MusaHitam held the deputy premiership but he resigned, citing irreconcilable differences...
Minister of Finance Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah and former deputy prime minister MusaHitam. Mahathir prevailed, leading to the exclusion of Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah...
Razak agreed to expel Mahathir and former Executive Secretary of UMNO MusaHitam from the party for breaching party discipline. The suspended elections...
Minister). Razaleigh joined the contest, and his main opposition was MusaHitam. Eventually, Musa won the election with 722 votes to Razaleigh's 517, becoming...
Halim Yahya Petra Ahmad Shah Iskandar Azlan Shah Minister Ghazali Shafie MusaHitam Mahathir Mohamad Preceded by Abdul Rahman Hashim Succeeded by Abdul Rahim...
Organisation (UMNO). An economics graduate, Ajib worked as an adviser to MusaHitam before becoming Chief Minister of Johor in 1982. He served as Chief Minister...
A team of 200 policemen, under orders from the Deputy Prime Minister MusaHitam, laid siege to kampung (village) houses in Memali, near Baling in Kedah...
Ismail Abdul Rahman died in office due to massive heart attack in 1973. MusaHitam resigned from second Mahathir cabinet over differences with Prime Minister...
to some sources, one group of "ultras", comprising Syed Nasir Ismail, MusaHitam, and Tengku Razaleigh, felt that the power-sharing Constitution had failed...
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Taib Mahmud Tengku Ahmad Rithauddeen Tengku Ismail Michael Chen Wing Sum MusaHitam Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah Abdul Samad Idris Chong Hon Nyan Shariff Ahmad...
opened on 27 February 1979 by the then Education Minister Dato’ (now Tun) MusaHitam. The school has 99 teachers, 15 non-teaching staff and 1365 students under...
government of the then Prime Minister Mahathir Mohamad. However, when MusaHitam was named as the first chairman of the (initially, 13-member) commission...
Second Mahathir cabinet (1982–1986) Prime Minister: Mahathir Mohamad MusaHitam Abdul Ghafar Baba Lee San Choon Ghazali Shafie Aishah Ghani Tengku Ahmad...
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1981, the 11-year ban was lifted after a proposal from Mahathir's deputy MusaHitam. The book has been posited, including by Mahathir himself, as a major...
Wei aces RTM award". The Star. Retrieved 24 May 2014. "It's now 'Tun' MusaHitam". Malaysiakini. 3 June 2006. Retrieved 2 August 2018. "Chong Wei penerima...
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