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==Government positions== Before becoming [[Malaysia]]'s fifth Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Home Affairs in 1981β1986, Musa held a number of key government posts, including * Chairman of the Federal Land Development Authority ([[FELDA]]) * Deputy Minister of Trade & Industry (1970β1974) * Minister of Primary Industries (1974β1978); and * Minister of Education (1978β1981). * Deputy Prime Minister (1981β1987) In September 1981, Musa Hitam served as Acting Prime Minister when [[Mahathir Mohamad]] went on a two-week vacation with his family to [[Spain]] and [[Portugal]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=1981-09-03 |title=Mahathir will miss C'wealth talks |url=https://eresources.nlb.gov.sg/newspapers/digitised/article/straitstimes19810903-1.2.3 |website=The Straits Times}}</ref> Musa retired and was replaced by [[Ghafar Baba]] as Deputy Prime Minister in 1986.
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