First Hussein cabinet

Hussein Onn formed the first Hussein cabinet after being invited by Tuanku Yahya Petra to begin a new government following the death of the previous Prime Minister of Malaysia, Abdul Razak Hussein. Prior to his death, Razak led (as Prime Minister) the second Razak cabinet, a coalition government that consisted of members of the component parties of Barisan Nasional. It was the 7th cabinet of Malaysia formed since independence.

Head of state

Tuanku Yahya Petra

Head of government

Hussein Onn

Deputy head of government

Mahathir Mohamad

Member parties

Barisan Nasional

• • United Malays National Organisation
  • Malaysian Chinese Association
  • United Sabah National Organisation
  • Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (until December 1977)
  • Sarawak National Party
  • Malaysian People's Movement Party
  • United Traditional Bumiputera Party
  • Sarawak United Peoples' Party
  • Malaysian Indian Congress
  • People's Progressive Party
  • Sabah Chinese Association

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First Hussein cabinet
7th Cabinet of Malaysia
People and organisations
Head of state	Tuanku Yahya Petra
Head of government	Hussein Onn
Deputy head of government	Mahathir Mohamad
Member parties	Barisan Nasional United Malays National Organisation Malaysian Chinese Association United Sabah National Organisation Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (until December 1977) Sarawak National Party Malaysian People's Movement Party United Traditional Bumiputera Party Sarawak United Peoples' Party Malaysian Indian Congress People's Progressive Party Sabah Chinese Association
Status in legislature	Coalition government
Opposition parties	Democratic Action Party Malaysian Social Justice Party Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (from January 1978)
Opposition leader	Lim Kit Siang
History
Outgoing election	1978 Malaysian general election
Legislature term	4th Malaysian Parliament
Budgets	1977, 1978
Predecessor	Second Razak cabinet
Successor	Second Hussein cabinet

Close

A reshuffle of the cabinet was done on 31 December 1977, due to Parti Islam Se-Malaysia's expulsion from Barisan Nasional, resignation of Health Minister Lee Siok Yew, and the death of Minister of Agriculture Ali Ahmad from the plane crash at Tanjung Kupang.^[1][2]

This is a list of the members of the first cabinet of the third Prime Minister of Malaysia, Hussein Onn.