Onn Jaafar

Yang Berhormat Dato' Sir
Onn Jaafar
DK II (Johor) SPCM DPMJ KBE
Yang Berhormat Dato' Sir Onn Jaafar DK II (Johor) SPCM DPMJ KBE
عون جعفر‎
	Onn Jaafar, 1948.
7th Menteri Besar of Johor
	In office; 1 June 1947 – 18 May 1950
Preceded by	Ungku Abdul Aziz Abdul Majid
Succeeded by	Syed Abdul Kadir Mohamed
1st President of the United Malays National Organisation
	In office; 11 May 1946 – 25 August 1951
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Tunku Abdul Rahman
1st President of Independence of Malaya Party
	In office; 16 September 1951 – 16 March 1954
Preceded by	Position established
Succeeded by	Position abolished
2nd President of Parti Negara
	In office; 10 December 1955 – 19 January 1962
Preceded by	Hamzah Abdullah
Succeeded by	Baba Ludek
Member of the Malayan Parliament ; for Kuala Terengganu Selatan
	In office; 11 September 1959 – 19 January 1962
Preceded by	Constituency established
Succeeded by	Ismail Kassim
Majority	2,612 (1959)
Personal details
Born	Onn bin Jaafar; 12 February 1895; Bukit Gambir, Johor Bahru, Johor
Died	19 January 1962 (aged 66); Johor Bahru, Johor, Federation of Malaya (now Malaysia)
Resting place	Mahmoodiah Royal Mausoleum
Political party	United Malays National Organisation (1946–1951); Independence of Malaya Party (1951–1953); National Party (1954–1962);
Spouses	Rafeah Abdullah; Jamilah Osman; Che Kah; Halimah Hussein;
Relations	Onn Hafiz Ghazi (great-grandson); Hishammuddin Hussein (grandson); Abdul Rahman Mohamed Yassin (brother-in-law); Ungku Abdul Aziz (nephew); Syed Hussein Alatas (nephew); Syed Muhammad Naquib al-Attas (nephew);
Children	Hussein Onn
Parents	Jaafar Muhammad; Roquaiya Hanim;

Dato' Sir Onn bin Dato' Jaafar (Jawi: عون بن جعفر; 12 February 1895 – 19 January 1962) was a Malayan politician who served as the 7th Menteri Besar of Johor from 1947 to 1950. His organised opposition towards the creation of the Malayan Union (by the returning British colonial power after the end of the Japanese occupation of Malaya) led him to form the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) in 1946; he was UMNO's founder and its first president until his resignation in 1951. He was famously known as the pioneer of organised anti-imperialism and early Malay nationalism within Malaya, which eventually culminated with the Malayan independence from Britain. He was also responsible for the social and economic welfare of the Malays by setting up the Rural Industrial Development Authority (RIDA).

His son Hussein Onn was the third Prime Minister of Malaysia, his grandson, Hishammuddin Hussein is a senior UMNO politician, and his great-grandson Onn Hafiz Ghazi is the current Member of the Johor State Legislative Assembly for Layang-Layang and 19th Menteri Besar of Johor.