Suhailah Noah

Yang Amat Berbahagia Tun
Suhailah Mohamed Noah
SSM SPMT
Yang Amat Berbahagia Tun Suhailah Mohamed Noah SSM SPMT
سهيلة محمد نوح‎
Spouse of the Prime Minister of Malaysia
	In role; 15 January 1976 – 16 July 1981
Monarchs	Yahya Petra; Ahmad Shah
Prime Minister	Hussein Onn
Preceded by	Rahah Noah
Succeeded by	Siti Hasmah Mohamad Ali
Spouse of the Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia
	In role; 13 August 1973 – 15 January 1976
Monarchs	Abdul Halim; Yahya Petra;
Prime Minister	Abdul Razak Hussein
Deputy	Hussein Onn
Preceded by	Norashikin Mohd Seth
Succeeded by	Siti Hasmah Mohamad Ali
Personal details
Born	26 October 1931; Muar, Johor, Unfederated Malay States, British Malaya (now Malaysia)
Died	4 October 2014 (aged 82); Damansara Utama, Petaling Jaya, Selangor
Resting place	Makam Pahlawan, Masjid Negara, Kuala Lumpur
Spouse	Hussein Onn (m. 1948; died 1990)
Children	6 (including Hishamuddin Hussein)
Parent(s)	Mohamed Noah Omar (father) ; Maimun Abdul Manaf (mother)
Relatives	Rahah Noah (sister)

Tun Suhailah binti Mohamed Noah (Jawi: سهيلة بنت محمد نوح; 26 October 1931 – 4 October 2014) was the widow of the 3rd Prime Minister of Malaysia 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 is the former Minister of Defence.^[1]

Death

Suhaila Noah died on 4 October 2014, at 12:30 a.m. in Damansara Specialist Hospital in Damansara Utama, Petaling Jaya, Selangor, at the age of 82. She had outlived her husband by 24 years.^[1] Her funeral and burial was held at the Makam Pahlawan (Heroes Mausoleum) in Masjid Negara, Kuala Lumpur.^[1] She was buried near the grave of her husband, Hussein Onn (inside dome) and the grave of her father, Mohamed Noah Omar.^[1] Prior to her death, she resided as well as spending her old age in Bukit Tunku, Kuala Lumpur, which was her family's residence in the Greater Kuala Lumpur area.^[1]

Honours

Honours of Malaysia

Malaysia:
- Grand Commander of the Order of Loyalty to the Crown of Malaysia (SSM) – Tun (1990)
Terengganu:
- Knight Grand Commander of the Order of the Crown of Terengganu (SPMT) – Dato' (1977)

References

^ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e "Tun Suhailah, widow of 3rd PM Tun Hussein Onn, dies at 82". The Malaysian Insider. 4 October 2014. Archived from the original on 23 October 2014. Retrieved 22 October 2014.

[malayinsider-1] "Tun Suhailah, widow of 3rd PM Tun Hussein Onn, dies at 82". The Malaysian Insider. 4 October 2014. Archived from the original on 23 October 2014. Retrieved 22 October 2014.

[1]