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.
Tun Awang married Toh Puan Khadijah Abdul Rahman, sister of Tun Dr. Ismail Abdul Rahman, the 2nd Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia in 1936.[6] They had four sons and three daughters. In 1989, two years after Toh Puan Khadijah's death, Tun Awang married her younger sister-in-law, Toh Puan Dr. Zubaidah Abdul Rahman.[7]
Death
Tun Dr. Awang Hassan died on 12 September 1998 at the age of 87.[8] He was buried at the Mahmoodiah Royal Mausoleum in Johor Bahru.[9]
^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.
^Maktab Sultan Abu Bakar (English College) : Sejarah dan Biografi 100 Tokoh Melakar Kegemilangan. Kamdi Kamil (1st ed.). Johor Bahru: Percetakan Bumi Restu Sdn Bhd. 2014. p. 52. ISBN 978-983-42249-8-1. OCLC 892514524.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)
^Faridah Abdul Rashid (2012). Biography of the early Malay doctors 1900-1957 : Malaya and Singapore. Bloomington: Xlibris Corporation. p. 384. ISBN 978-1-4771-5995-8. OCLC 819718028.
^Tun Datuk Dr. Haji Awang bin Hassan Archived 16 April 2009 at the Wayback Machine. Governors of Penang.
^Faridah Abdul Rashid (2012). Biography of the early Malay doctors 1900-1957 : Malaya and Singapore. Bloomington: Xlibris Corporation. p. 385. ISBN 978-1-4771-5995-8. OCLC 819718028.
^"MUAR DOCTOR". Malaya Tribune. 10 March 1936. p. 2.
^Faridah Abdul Rashid (2012). Biography of the early Malay doctors 1900-1957 : Malaya and Singapore. Bloomington: Xlibris Corporation. p. 395. ISBN 978-1-4771-5995-8. OCLC 819718028.
^Faridah Abdul Rashid (2012). Biography of the early Malay doctors 1900-1957 : Malaya and Singapore. Bloomington: Xlibris Corporation. p. 396. ISBN 978-1-4771-5995-8. OCLC 819718028.
^"Former Yang di-Pertua Negeri of Penang dies". New Straits Times. 13 September 1998. p. 9.
^"SEMAKAN PENERIMA DARJAH KEBESARAN, BINTANG DAN PINGAT". Prime Minister's Department (Malaysia). Archived from the original on 12 December 2019. Retrieved 2 May 2021.
^"Senarai Penuh Penerima Darjah Kebesaran, Bintang dan Pingat Persekutuan Tahun 1982" (PDF). Archived (PDF) from the original on 1 October 2021.
^Pengemudi Bahtera Merdeka Johor (in Malay). Abu Bakar bin Abdul Hamid, Zam Ismail, 1943-, Kamdi Kamil, 1949- (1st ed.). Johor Bahru, Johor: Yayasan Warisan Johor. 2012. p. 192. ISBN 978-983-2440-46-8. OCLC 870691698.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: others (link)