Suhaila Noah

This is a Malay name; the name Noah is a patronymic, not a family name, and the person should be referred to by the given name, Suhaila.
Yang Amat Berbahagia Tun
Suhaila Noah
Spouse of the Prime Minister of Malaysia
In office
15 January 1976 – 16 July 1981
Monarch Yahya Petra
Ahmad Shah
Prime Minister Hussein Onn
Preceded by Tun Rahah Noah
Succeeded by Tun Dr. Siti Hasmah Mohd Ali
Personal details
Born (1931-10-26)26 October 1931
Muar, Johor, British Malaya
Died 4 October 2014(2014-10-04) (aged 82)
Damansara Utama, Selangor, Malaysia
Resting place Makam Pahlawan, Masjid Negara, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Spouse(s) Tun Hussein Onn
Children 6 (including Hishamuddin Hussein)
Religion Islam

Tun Suhaila binti Tan Sri Mohammad Noah (26 October 1931 – 4 October 2014) was the widow of the late Malaysian Prime Minister Tun Hussein Onn and the Spouse of the Prime Minister of Malaysia from 15 January 1976, until 16 July 1981. She was the mother of Hishammuddin Hussein, who has served as Minister of Defence since 2013 and the Minister of Home Affairs from 2009 to 2013.[1]

Life

Suhaila Noah was born on 26 October 1931, in Muar, Johor, British Malaya.[1] Her father, Mohamad Noah Omar, became the first Speaker of the Dewan Rakyat (1959–1964).[1] Suhaila Noah's sister, Rahah Noah, is the widow of another former Malaysian Prime Minister, Abdul Razak Hussein, and the mother of present Prime Minister Najib Razak.[1][2]

Suhaila married Hussein Onn in 1948.[1] They had six children, including their fourth child, Hishammuddin Hussein.[1] All of their children are maternal cousins of Malaysia's present Prime Minister Najib Razak.[1] Their eldest daughter, Datin Roquaiya Hanim, died from breast cancer in 2005.[1]

Hussein Onn served as Prime Minister from 1976 to 1981, making Suhaila the Spouse of the Prime Minister of Malaysia. In 1977, Suhaila Noah founded the Welfare Association of Wives of Ministers and Deputy Ministers (Bakti), which she headed until 1981.[1] Her husband died on 29 May 1990.[1]

She was awarded the title of "Tun" by the Federal Government of Malaysia in 1990.[1]

Suhaila Noah died on 4 October 2014, at 12:30 a.m. in Damansara Specialist Hospital in Damansara Utama, Selangor, at the age of 82.[1] Her funeral and burial was held at the Makam Pahlawan (Heroes Mausoleum) in Masjid Negara, Kuala Lumpur.[1] She was buried near the grave of her husband, Hussein Onn, (inside dome) and the grave of her father, Mohamad Noah Omar.[1] Noah had resided at the family home in Bukit Tunku, Kuala Lumpur.[1]

See also

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 "Tun Suhailah, widow of 3rd PM Tun Hussein Onn, dies at 82". The Malaysian Insider. 4 October 2014. Retrieved 22 October 2014.
  2. ↑ "Najib's three beloved 'swans'". The Malaysian Insider. 31 May 2010.


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