Saturday, October 22, 2022

Onn Hafiz bin Dato' Ghazi 翁哈菲兹

 

Early life, family and education[edit]

Onn Hafiz was born in Simpang RenggamKluangJohor to Dato' Ghazi Ishak (1948-2021) and Datin Roquaiya Hanim Hussein (1950-2006), Hussein Onn's eldest child.[3][4] He is the great-great-grandson of first and former Menteri Besar of Johor Jaafar Muhammad, great-grandson of seventh and former Menteri Besar of Johor cum founder, first and former President of UMNO, Onn Jaafar, grandson (from the maternal line) of third former Prime Minister of MalaysiaHussein Onn and also nephew of senior cabinet minister, Hishammuddin Hussein (mother's younger brother) as well as former Prime Minister cum long-serving cabinet member as well as former Menteri Besar of PahangNajib Razak and banker, Nazir Razak (mother's maternal first cousins).

Onn Hafiz went to Royal Military College. He received Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Accounting from University of Hertfordshire.

Political career[edit]

Onn Hafiz was the Exco of the UMNO Youth Movement in 2013-2018. In the 2018 election, he was chosen as the candidate for the Layang-Layang[5] and won it with a small majority of only 364 against candidates from PKR and PAS. In the 2022 election, Onn Hafiz switched constituencies to Machap and won it with a majority of 6,543 against 3 candidates including a candidate from PEJUANGShahruddin Md Salleh.[6]

On 15 March 2022, Onn Hafiz was officially sworn in as the new and 19th Menteri Besar of Johor, the 4th officeholder in just a single term of parliament of malaysia. Initially after the 2022 Johor state election, BN Chairman and UMNO President Ahmad Zahid Hamidi revealed that he would submit the name of his predecessor and caretaker menteri besar Hasni Mohammad to Sultan of Johor for Hasni to be reappointed to the position after BN gained landslide victory in the election. BN previously also picked Hasni as its menteri besar candidate before BN returned to power. However a day before his appointment, Hasni suddenly announced his withdrawal from the running for the position and that he would pave way and endorse a younger candidate to lead the state government citing long term development for Johor and Onn Hafiz was instead appointed the next day.


Onn Hafiz Ghazi - Wikipedia

翁哈菲兹 - 维基百科,自由的百科全书 (wikipedia.org)


Onn Hafiz Ghazi - Wikipedia Bahasa Melayu, ensiklopedia bebas

Early life, family and education[edit]

Onn Hafiz was born in Simpang RenggamKluangJohor to Dato' Ghazi Ishak (1948-2021) and Datin Roquaiya Hanim Hussein (1950-2006), Hussein Onn's eldest child.[3][4] He is the great-great-grandson of first and former Menteri Besar of Johor Jaafar Muhammad, great-grandson of seventh and former Menteri Besar of Johor cum founder, first and former President of UMNO, Onn Jaafar, grandson (from the maternal line) of third former Prime Minister of MalaysiaHussein Onn and also nephew of senior cabinet minister, Hishammuddin Hussein (mother's younger brother) as well as former Prime Minister cum long-serving cabinet member as well as former Menteri Besar of PahangNajib Razak and banker, Nazir Razak (mother's maternal first cousins).

Onn Hafiz went to Royal Military College. He received Bachelor of Arts (BA) in Accounting from University of Hertfordshire.

Political career[edit]

Onn Hafiz was the Exco of the UMNO Youth Movement in 2013-2018. In the 2018 election, he was chosen as the candidate for the Layang-Layang[5] and won it with a small majority of only 364 against candidates from PKR and PAS. In the 2022 election, Onn Hafiz switched constituencies to Machap and won it with a majority of 6,543 against 3 candidates including a candidate from PEJUANGShahruddin Md Salleh.[6]

On 15 March 2022, Onn Hafiz was officially sworn in as the new and 19th Menteri Besar of Johor, the 4th officeholder in just a single term of parliament of malaysia. Initially after the 2022 Johor state election, BN Chairman and UMNO President Ahmad Zahid Hamidi revealed that he would submit the name of his predecessor and caretaker menteri besar Hasni Mohammad to Sultan of Johor for Hasni to be reappointed to the position after BN gained landslide victory in the election. BN previously also picked Hasni as its menteri besar candidate before BN returned to power. However a day before his appointment, Hasni suddenly announced his withdrawal from the running for the position and that he would pave way and endorse a younger candidate to lead the state government citing long term development for Johor and Onn Hafiz was instead appointed the next day.

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