Awang Hassan | |
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| اواڠ حسن | |
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| 5th Yang di-Pertua Negeri of Penang | |
| In office 1 May 1981 – 30 April 1989 | |
| Chief Minister | Lim Chong Eu |
| Preceded by | Sardon Jubir |
| Succeeded by | Hamdan Sheikh Tahir |
| 7th Malaysian High Commissioner to Australia | |
| In office 1973–1980 | |
| Monarchs | Abdul Halim Yahya Petra Ahmad Shah |
| Preceded by | Fuad Stephens |
| Succeeded by | Lim Taik Choon |
| Member of the Malaysian Parliament for Muar Selatan (Parliament suspended 13 May 1969 – 20 February 1971) | |
| In office 1963–1974 | |
| Preceded by | Suleiman Abdul Rahman |
| Succeeded by | Constituency abolished |
| Personal details | |
| Born | 9 November 1910 Muar, Johor, Malaya (now Malaysia) |
| Died | 12 September 1998 (aged 87) Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia |
| Resting place | Mahmoodiah Royal Mausoleum |
| Spouses | Khadijah Abdul Rahman
(m. 1936; died 1987)Zubaidah Abdul Rahman
(m. 1989) |
| Relations | Abdul Rahman Mohamed Yassin (father-in-law) Ismail Abdul Rahman (brother-in-law) Suleiman Abdul Rahman (brother-in-law) Abu Bakar Suleiman (nephew) |
| Children | 7 (including Yahya Awang) |
| Alma mater | King Edward VII College of Medicine |
Tun Dr. Awang bin Hassan (Jawi: اواڠ بن حسن; 9 November 1910 – 12 September 1998)[1] was a Malaysian politician who served as the 5th Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) of Penang from 1981 until his retirement in 1989. He had previously served as the 7th Malaysian High Commissioner to Australia from 1973 to 1980.
- ^ Faridah Abdul Rashid (2012). Biography of the early Malay doctors 1900-1957 : Malaya and Singapore. Bloomington: Xlibris Corporation. p. 383. ISBN 978-1-4771-5995-8. OCLC 819718028.