Awang Hassan

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In this Malay name, there is no family name. The name Hassan is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Awang.
Yang Amat Berbahagia Tun Dr.

Awang Hassan

SMN DUPN SPMJ
Tun Dr. Awang Hassan.jpeg
5th Yang di-Pertua Negeri of Penang
In office
1 May 1981 – 30 April 1989
Chief MinisterLim Chong Eu
Preceded bySardon Jubir
Succeeded byHamdan Sheikh Tahir
7th Malaysian High Commissioner to Australia
In office
1973–1980
MonarchAbdul Halim
Yahya Petra
Ahmad Shah
Prime MinisterAbdul Razak Hussein
Hussein Onn
Preceded byFuad Stephens
Succeeded byLim Taik Choon
Member of the Malaysian Parliament
for Muar Selatan
(Parliament suspended 13 May 1969 – 20 February 1971)
In office
1963–1974
Preceded bySuleiman Abdul Rahman
Succeeded byConstituency abolished
Personal details
Born
Awang bin Hassan

(1910-11-09)9 November 1910
Muar, Johor, Unfederated Malay States, British Malaya (now Malaysia)
Died12 September 1998(1998-09-12) (aged 87)
Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia
Resting placeMahmoodiah Royal Mausoleum
Spouse(s)
Khadijah Abdul Rahman
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(m. 1936; died 1987)​
Zubaidah Abdul Rahman
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(m. 1989)​
RelationsAbdul Rahman Mohamed Yassin (father-in-law)
Ismail Abdul Rahman (brother-in-law)
Suleiman Abdul Rahman (brother-in-law)
Abu Bakar Suleiman (nephew)
Children7 (including Yahya Awang)
Alma materKing Edward VII College of Medicine (MBBS)

Awang bin Hassan (9 November 1910 – 12 September 1998)[1] was a Malaysian politician who served as the 5th Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) of Penang from 1981 until his retirement in 1989. He was also the 7th Malaysian High Commissioner to Australia (1973–1980).

Education[]

He received his early education at Sekolah Bukit Zahrah in Johor Bahru and later at the English College Johore Bahru. Awang began attendance at the King Edward VII College of Medicine (now the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine of the National University of Singapore) and graduated with a Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery (MBBS) in 1934. He worked as a specialist in Kandang Kerbau Hospital in Singapore before opening his own clinic.[2]

Politics[]

Awang joined politics and was made Deputy Speaker of Dewan Rakyat and Member of Parliament for Muar Selatan. He was later appointed as the 7th Malaysian High Commissioner to Australia from 1973 to 1980, after which he became the 5th Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) of Penang, Malaysia from 1981 to 1989.[3] Awang also played a part in the formation of United Malays National Organisation together with his brother-in-laws, Suleiman Abdul Rahman and Ismail Abdul Rahman.[4]

Personal life[]

Tun Awang married Toh Puan Khadijah Abdul Rahman, sister of Tun Dr. Ismail Abdul Rahman, the 2nd Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia in 1936.[5] They had four sons and three daughters. In 1989, after the death of his first wife Toh Puan Khadijah, Tun Dr. Awang married his younger sister-in-law, Toh Puan Dr. Zubaidah Abdul Rahman[6] (1928–2018), who outlived him for 20 years.

Death[]

Tun Dr. Awang Hassan died at the age of 87 on 12 September 1998 in Johor Bahru and was buried at the Mahmoodiah Royal Mausoleum. In his last 10 years of his life, he spent most of his time with his children, grandchildren and great-grandchildren.[7]

Honours[]

Honour of Penang[]

  • As 5th Yang di-Pertua Negeri of Penang (1 May 1981 – 30 April 1989)
    • MY-PEN Order of the Defender of State - Knight Grand Commander - DUPN.svg Knight Grand Commander (DUPN) with title Dato' Seri Utama
    • MY-PEN Order of the Defender of State - Knight Grand Commander - DUPN.svg Grand Master of the Order of the Defender of State

Honours of Malaysia[]

Places named after him[]

Several projects and institutions were named after him, including:

See also[]

References[]

  1. ^ Faridah Abdul Rashid (2012). Biography of the early Malay doctors 1900-1957 : Malaya and Singapore. [Bloomington, IN]: Xlibris Corporation. p. 383. ISBN 978-1-4771-5995-8. OCLC 819718028.
  2. ^ Faridah Abdul Rashid (2012). Biography of the early Malay doctors 1900-1957 : Malaya and Singapore. [Bloomington, IN]: Xlibris Corporation. p. 384. ISBN 978-1-4771-5995-8. OCLC 819718028.
  3. ^ Tun Datuk Dr. Haji Awang bin Hassan Archived 16 April 2009 at the Wayback Machine. Governors of Penang.
  4. ^ Faridah Abdul Rashid (2012). Biography of the early Malay doctors 1900-1957 : Malaya and Singapore. [Bloomington, IN]: Xlibris Corporation. p. 385. ISBN 978-1-4771-5995-8. OCLC 819718028.
  5. ^ "MUAR DOCTOR". eresources.nlb.gov.sg. Singapore: Malaya Tribune. 10 March 1936. OCLC 499947354. Retrieved 13 March 2021.
  6. ^ Faridah Abdul Rashid (2012). Biography of the early Malay doctors 1900-1957 : Malaya and Singapore. [Bloomington, IN]: Xlibris Corporation. p. 395. ISBN 978-1-4771-5995-8. OCLC 819718028.
  7. ^ Faridah Abdul Rashid (2012). Biography of the early Malay doctors 1900-1957 : Malaya and Singapore. [Bloomington, IN]: Xlibris Corporation. p. 396. ISBN 978-1-4771-5995-8. OCLC 819718028.
  8. ^ "SEMAKAN PENERIMA DARJAH KEBESARAN, BINTANG DAN PINGAT". Prime Minister's Department (Malaysia). Archived from the original on 12 December 2019. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
  9. ^ "Senarai Penuh Penerima Darjah Kebesaran, Bintang dan Pingat Persekutuan Tahun 1982" (PDF). Prime Minister's Department (Malaysia). Archived from the original (PDF) on 31 July 2020. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
  10. ^ Pengemudi Bahtera Merdeka Johor (in Malay). Abu Bakar bin Abdul Hamid, Zam Ismail, 1943-, Kamdi Kamil, 1949- (1st ed.). Johor Bahru, Johor: Yayasan Warisan Johor. 2012. p. 192. ISBN 978-983-2440-46-8. OCLC 870691698.CS1 maint: others (link)
Preceded by
Sardon Jubir 		Yang di-Pertua Negeri of Penang
1981–1989 		Succeeded by
Hamdan Sheikh Tahir
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