Profile
Musa Hitam
Politician + Deputy + President
Male
Born
Apr 18, 1934
Age
79
Hometown
Johor Bahru
Musa bin Hitam, is a Malaysian politician and a former Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia, serving under Mahathir bin Mohamad. He was born in Johor Bahru, Johor in 1934. He is currently the chairman of Sime Darby Berhad.
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Timeline
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CHILDHOOD
TWENTIES
1959
25 Years Old
Tun Musa was born to a Malay father and a mother of Chinese descent, who was adopted by and grew up in a Malay household at the age of five. Tun Musa was married to Datin Ines Maria Reyna, a Peruvian of Spanish descent, whom he first met at Lima, Peru in 1959 as an international student.
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THIRTIES
1971
37 Years Old
In 1971, he was readmitted to UMNO under the Tunku's successor, Tun Abdul Razak.
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FORTIES
1981
47 Years Old
Before becoming Malaysia's fifth Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Home Affairs in 1981-1986, Tun Musa held a number of key government posts, including
FIFTIES
Musa was replaced by Tun Ghafar Baba as Deputy Prime Minister in 1987. In 1987, Tengku Razaleigh challenged Mahathir for the presidentship of UMNO.
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1989
55 Years Old
Tengku Razaleigh at the same time went on his own path and found a new political party called Semangat 46 in 1989.
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1990
56 Years Old
Between 1990 and 1991, he was Malaysia's Special Envoy to the United Nations, and since 1995 he has been the Prime Minister's Special Envoy to the Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group (CMAG).
Tan Sri Musa also led the Malaysian delegation to the UN Commission on Human Rights from 1993 to 1998 and was elected Chairman of the 52nd Session of the Commission in 1995.
LATE ADULTHOOD
1999
65 Years Old
He also served as the Chairman of Suhakam, the Malaysian Human Rights Commission, from 1999 till 2002.
2006
72 Years Old
On June 3, 2006, he was conferred with the Seri Setia Mahkota, which carries the title of Tun by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong ke-12 Malaysia.
2007
73 Years Old
In 2007, Musa became the chairman of Synergy Drive Berhad, the entity which arose out of the newly formed merger between Sime Darby, Guthrie, and Golden hope Plantations.
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