Editing Musa Hitam (section)

{{short description|Malaysian politician}}
{{Use Malaysian English|date=October 2014}}
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{{Malay name|Musa|Hitam|note=on}}
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| honorific-prefix    = [[Malay styles and titles#Honorary styles|Yang Amat Berbahagia]] [[Malay styles and titles#Tun|Tun]]
| honorific-suffix    = {{post-nominals|country=MYS|size=100|SSM|PMN|SPMJ|SPMS|SPNS|SPDK|DUNM|SSIJ|PIS}}
| image               = 
| name                = Musa Hitam
| native_name         = {{lang|ms|{{Script|Arab|موسى هيتم}}}}
| order               = 5th
| office              = Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia
| monarch             = [[Ahmad Shah of Pahang|Ahmad Shah]]<br />[[Iskandar of Johor|Iskandar]]
| term_start          = 18 July 1981
| constituency        = [[Labis (federal constituency)|Labis]]
| primeminister       = [[Mahathir Mohamad]]
| term_end            = 16 March 1986
| predecessor         = Mahathir Mohamad
| successor           = [[Ghafar Baba]]
| office2             = [[Minister of Home Affairs (Malaysia)|Minister of Home Affairs]]
| primeminister2      = Mahathir Mohamad
| term_start2         = 18 July 1981
| term_end2           = 16 March 1986
| constituency2       = Labis
| deputy2             = [[Abdul Rahim Thamby Chik]]<br />Mohd Kassim Ahmed
| monarch2            = Ahmad Shah<br />Iskandar
| predecessor2        = [[Ghazali Shafie]]
| successor2          = Mahathir Mohamad
| office3             = [[Minister of Education (Malaysia)|Minister of Education]]
| primeminister3      = [[Hussein Onn]]
| predecessor3        = Mahathir Mohamad
| successor3          = [[Sulaiman Daud]]
| term_start3         = 1976
| term_end3           = 1981
| monarch3            = [[Yahya Petra of Kelantan|Yahya Petra]]<br />Ahmad Shah
| constituency3       = Labis
| deputy3             = Chan Siang Sun<br />Salleh Jafaruddin<br />[[Najib Razak|Mohammad Najib Abdul Razak]]
| office4             = [[Minister of Primary Industries (Malaysia)|Minister of Primary Industries]]
| primeminister4      = [[Abdul Razak Hussein]]<br />Hussein Onn
| deputy4             = [[Paul Leong Khee Seong]]
| monarch4            = [[Abdul Halim of Kedah|Abdul Halim]]<br />Yahya Petra
| term_start4         = 1974
| term_end4           = 1976
| predecessor4        = [[Abdul Taib Mahmud]]
| successor4          = Abdul Taib Mahmud
| constituency4       = Labis
| office5             = [[Ministry of International Trade and Industry (Malaysia)|Deputy Minister of Commerce and Industry]]
| primeminister5      = [[Tunku Abdul Rahman]]<br/>[[Abdul Razak Hussein]]
| minister5           = [[Khir Johari]]
| constituency5       = [[Segamat Utara (federal constituency)|Segamat Utara]]
| monarch5            = [[Ismail Nasiruddin of Terengganu|Ismail Nasiruddin]]<br/>Abdul Halim
| term_start5         = 1969
| term_end5           = 1974
| predecessor5        = 
| successor5          = 
| birth_name          = 
| birth_date          = {{birth date and age|1934|4|18|df=yes}}
| birth_place         = [[Johor Bahru]], [[Johor]], [[British Malaya]] (now Malaysia)
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| alma_mater          = [[University of Malaya]] ([[Bachelor of Arts|BA]]) <br /> [[University of Sussex]] ([[Master of Arts|MA]])
| party               = [[United Malays National Organisation]] (UMNO) (until 1988)
| otherparty          = [[Barisan Nasional]] (BN)
| spouse              = Zulaikha Sheardin
| occupation          = 
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'''Musa bin Hitam''' ([[Jawi alphabet|Jawi]]: موسى بن هيتم; born 18 April 1934) is a [[Malaysia]]n retired politician who served as the [[Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia]] from 1981 to 1986, serving under [[Mahathir Mohamad]].<ref>{{cite web | last=Crossette | first=Barbara  | title=MALAYSIA LEADER FACING MAJOR REVOLT IN HIS PARTY | website=[[The New York Times]] | date=1987-03-28 | url=https://www.nytimes.com/1987/03/28/world/malaysia-leader-facing-major-revolt-in-his-party.html | access-date=2018-02-16}}</ref> He was the chairman of [[Sime Darby]] Berhad.