Hussein Onn formed the second Hussein cabinet after being invited by
Tuanku Yahya Petra to begin a new government following the
8 July 1978 general election in
Malaysia
Malaysia ( ; ) is a country in Southeast Asia. The federation, federal constitutional monarchy consists of States and federal territories of Malaysia, thirteen states and three federal territories, separated by the South China Sea into two r ...
. Prior to the election, Hussein led (as
Prime Minister
A prime minister, premier or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. Under those systems, a prime minister i ...
) the
first Hussein cabinet, a
coalition government that consisted of members of the component parties of
Barisan Nasional
The National Front ( ms, Barisan Nasional; abbrev: BN) is a political coalition of Malaysia that was founded in 1973 as a coalition of centre-right and right-wing political parties. It is also the third largest political coalition with 30 ...
. It was the 8th
cabinet of Malaysia
The Cabinet of Malaysia ( Malay: ''Jemaah Menteri Malaysia'') is the executive branch of the Government of Malaysia. Led by the Prime Minister, the cabinet is a council of ministers who are accountable collectively to the Parliament. According ...
formed since
independence
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.
This is a list of the members of the second cabinet of the third
Prime Minister of Malaysia
The prime minister of Malaysia ( ms, Perdana Menteri Malaysia; ms, ڤردان منتري مليسيا, label= Jawi, script=arab, italic=unset) is the head of government of Malaysia. The prime minister directs the executive branch of the fed ...
,
Hussein Onn.
Composition
Full members
The federal cabinet consisted of the following ministers:
Deputy ministers
Composition before cabinet dissolution
Full members
Deputy ministers
See also
*
Members of the Dewan Rakyat, 5th Malaysian Parliament
*
References
{{Malaysian cabinets
Cabinet of Malaysia
1978 establishments in Malaysia
1981 disestablishments in Malaysia
Cabinets established in 1978
Cabinets disestablished in 1981