Monarch Yahya Petra
Ahmad Shah Name Suhaila Noah Siblings Rahah Noah Religion Islam Children Hishammuddin Hussein | Preceded by Tun Rahah Noah Parents Mohamad Noah Omar Prime Minister Hussein Onn Role Hussein Onn's wife | |
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Succeeded by Tun Dr. Siti Hasmah Mohd Ali Born 26 October 1931
Muar, Johor, British Malaya ( 1931-10-26 ) Resting place Makam Pahlawan, Masjid Negara, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia Died October 4, 2014, Damansara Utama, Malaysia Spouse Hussein Onn (m. 1948–1990) Similar People Mohamad Noah Omar, Rahah Noah, Hussein Onn, Hishammuddin Hussein, Onn Jaafar | ||
Toh Puan 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.
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Life
Suhaila Noah was born on 24 October 1931, in Muar, Johor, British Malaya. Her father, Mohamad Noah Omar, became the first Speaker of the Dewan Rakyat (1959–1964). 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.
Suhaila married Hussein Onn in 1948. They had six children, including their fourth child, Hishammuddin Hussein. All of their children are maternal cousins of Malaysia's present Prime Minister Najib Razak. Their eldest daughter, Datin Roquaiya Hanim, died from breast cancer in 2005.
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. Her husband died on 29 May 1990.
She was awarded the title of "Tun" by the Federal Government of Malaysia in 1990.
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. Her funeral and burial was held at the Makam Pahlawan (Heroes Mausoleum) in Masjid Negara, Kuala Lumpur. She was buried near the grave of her husband, Hussein Onn, (inside dome) and the grave of her father, Mohamad Noah Omar. Noah had resided at the family home in Bukit Tunku, Kuala Lumpur.