ABOUT TUN MUSA HITAM (personality profile)

hye everyone this is about my third assignment from miss mimi.  i wanted to share with everyone about one political person in Malaysia which is Tun Musa Hitam

 Tun Musa bin Hitam (born 18 April 1934), 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.  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. They had 3 children which is Mariana, Carlos Abdul Rashid and Rosana. Tun Musa is now married to Zulaikha Sheardin, with whom he has one son, Hanif.   Tun Musa has three grandchildren which is Marisa, Lara and Kaelen.

PERSONAL HISTORY ABOUT TUN MUSA HITAM

           Tun Musa Hitam obtained a Bachelor of Arts Degree from the University of Malaya and a Masters Degree from the University of Sussex. He was a Fellow of CFIA Harvard University. He also holds Honorary Doctorates from Sussex University, University of Malaya and the University of Malaysia Sabah. He is a Fellow of the Malaysian Institute of Management, and Member of the Advisory Board of the Malaysian Journal of Diplomacy and Foreign Relations.  Tun Musa Hitam has held various international posts. These included Chairman of the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association, Member of the Board of UNESCO, Leader of the Commonwealth Missions to Malawi, Pakistan and Fiji, and Member of the Commonwealth Ministers Delegations to Nigeria, Sierra Leone, the Gambia and Pakistan. Before becoming Malaysia’s fifth Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Home Affairs in 1981 – 1986, Tun Musa Hitam held a number of key government posts, including Chairman of Federal Land Development Authority (FELDA), Deputy Minister of Trade & Industry, Minister of Primary Industries and Minister of Education.  Between 1990 and 1991, he was Malaysia’s Special Envoy to the United Nations and from 1995 to 2002 the Prime Minister’s Special Envoy to the Commonwealth Ministerial Action Group (CMAG). 
            He was leader of the Malaysian delegation to the UN Commission on Human Rights from 1993 to 1998 and Chairman of the 52nd Session of the Commission in 1995. For his services he was given awards by various State governments in Malaysia and he was awarded his country’s highest title by the Yang Di Pertuan Agong (King), which makes him a “Tun”.  Tun Musa Hitam is currently Chairman of three publicly listed companies, Joint Chairman of the Malaysia-China Business Council, Chairman of the World Islamic Economic Forum, Chairman of the Eminent Persons Group on the ASEAN Charter and Special Envoy to the Commonwealth Secretary General of the Maldives.

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