Dato onn jaafar biography of barack

Malayan politician

In this Malay name, there is no surname or family name. The name Jaafar is a patronymic, and the person should be referred to by their given name, Onn. The word "bin" or "binti"/"binte" means 'son of' or 'daughter of', respectively.

Dato'SirOnn bin Dato' Jaafar (Jawi: عون بن جعفر; 12 February – 19 January ) was a Malayan politician who served as the 7th Menteri Besar of Johor from to 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 ; he was UMNO's founder and its first president until his resignation in 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