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Tun Musa Hitam is a Malaysian who is well known he is loved by his family and his people of Malaysia. He was the fifth Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Home Affairs under Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamed.Tun Musa held a number of key government posts, including

• Chairman of the Federal Land Development Authority
• Deputy Minister of Trade & Industry
• Minister of Primary Industries (1974-1978); and
• Minister of Education (1978-1981).

He also served as a Minister twice (Primary Industries and Education) before being chosen to be the DPM (Deputy Prime Minister) in 1981.

Tun Musa Hitam was born on April 18, 1934 in state of Johor in the southern tip of Malaysia. He did his university studies in the University of Malaya then in Singapore. When he was expelled from UMNO in 1969 for going against the then Prime Minister Tunku Abdul Rahman.

The second Prime Minister, Tun Abdul Razak, readmitted him to UMNO in 1971. He served under Tun Abdul Razak in various positions even as the Deputy Whip of the Alliance (a coalition of the three main parties - UMNO, MCA and MIC).

After his resignation from the government in 1986, Tun Musa Hitam held several positions for the government. He was the Special Envoy to the United Nations and has been the Special Envoy of the Prime Minister to the Commonwealth Ministers Action Group. Tun Musa Hitam also served as the head of the Malaysian group to the UN Human Rights Commission from 1993 for 5 years.

He now serves on the boards of several public listed companies including Sime Darby Berhad, the largest plantation conglomerate in the country.

For his service to the nation, he was bestowed the title 'Tun" by the 12th Yang DiPertuan Agong ( He who is made lord) or the King Of Malaysia

*Personal life

"Tun Musa was born to a Malay father and a mother of Chinese descent, who was adopted by and grew up in Malay that time over the British household at the age of five. Tun Musa was married to Datin Ines Maria Reyna, a Peruvian of Spanish decent, whom he first met at Lima, Peru in 1959 as an international student. They had 3 children: Mariana, Carlos Abdul Rashid and Rosana. Carlos was killed together with Rozita Datuk abu Bakar during the collapse of the Highland Towers in December 1993.Tun Musa is now married to Zulaikha Sheardin, with whom he has one son, Hanif. Tun Musa has three grandchildren: Marisa, Lara and Kaelen."

(*From Wikipedia)