Onn Hafiz Ghazi | |
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| عون حفيظ غازي | |
 Onn Hafiz in 2022 | |
| 19th Menteri Besar of Johor | |
| Assumed office 15 March 2022 | |
| Monarch | Ibrahim Iskandar |
| Preceded by | Hasni Mohammad |
| Constituency | Machap |
| Member of the Johor State Executive Council | |
| (Tourism, Youth & Sports) | |
| In office 6 March 2020 – 15 March 2022 | |
| Monarch | Ibrahim Iskandar |
| Menteri Besar | Hasni Mohammad |
| Preceded by | Liow Cai Tung (Tourism) Sheikh Umar Bagharib Ali (Youth & Sports) |
| Succeeded by | Raven Kumar Krishnasamy (Tourism) Mohd Hairi Mad Shah (Youth & Sports) |
| Constituency | Layang-Layang |
| State Chairman of Barisan Nasional ofJohor | |
| Assumed office 5 February 2024 | |
| National Chairman | Ahmad Zahid Hamidi |
| Preceded by | Mohamed Khaled Nordin |
| State Chairman of the United Malays National Organisation of Johor | |
| Assumed office 7 December 2023 | |
| President | Ahmad Zahid Hamidi |
| Deputy | Ahmad Maslan |
| Preceded by | Mohamed Khaled Nordin |
| Member of theJohor State Legislative Assembly forMachap | |
| Assumed office 12 March 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Abdul Taib Abu Bakar (BN–UMNO) |
| Majority | 6,543 (2022) |
| Member of theJohor State Legislative Assembly forLayang-Layang | |
| In office 9 May 2018 – 12 March 2022 | |
| Preceded by | Abd Mutalip Abd Rahim (BN–UMNO) |
| Succeeded by | Abd Mutalip Abd Rahim (BN–UMNO) |
| Majority | 364 (2018) |
| Faction represented in the Johor State Legislative Assembly | |
| 2018– | Barisan Nasional |
| Personal details | |
| Born | Onn Hafiz bin Ghazi (1979-03-02)2 March 1979 (age 46) Simpang Renggam,Kluang,Johor,Malaysia |
| Political party | United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) (since 2006) |
| Other political affiliations | Barisan Nasional (BN) (since 2006) |
| Spouse | Sharmin Fazlina Mohd Shukor |
| Relations | Jaafar Muhammad (Great-great-grandfather) Onn Jaafar (Great-grandfather) Mohamed Noah Omar (Great-grandfather) Hussein Onn (Maternal Grandfather) Suhailah Noah (Maternal Grandmother) Rahah Noah (Maternal Grandaunt) Hishammuddin Hussein (Maternal Uncle) Yahya Awang (Maternal Uncle-in-law) Najib Razak (First Cousin once removed) Nazir Razak (First Cousin once removed) Nizar Najib (Second Cousin) Nazifuddin Najib (Second Cousin) |
| Children | 4 |
| Parent(s) | Ghazi Ishak(died 2021) Roquaiya Hanim Hussein(died 2006) |
| Education | Royal Military College |
| Alma mater | University of Hertfordshire (BA) |
| Occupation | Politician |
| Profession | Accountant |
Onn Hafiz binGhazi (Jawi:عون حفيظ بن غازي; born 2 March 1979) is aMalaysianpolitician who has served as the 19thMenteri Besar of Johor and Member of theJohor State Legislative Assembly (MLA) forMachap since March 2022.[1] He previously served as MLA forLayang-Layang from May 2018 to March 2022. From March 2020 to his promotion to Menteri Besarship in March 2022, he served as Member of theJohor State Executive Council (EXCO) in theBarisan Nasional (BN) state administration under former Menteri BesarHasni Mohammad.[2] He is a member and the Division Chief ofSimpang Renggam of theUnited Malays National Organisation (UMNO), a component party of the BN coalition. He has also served as the State Chairman of BN and UMNO ofJohor since February 2024 and December 2023 respectively.
Onn Hafiz was born inSimpang Renggam,Kluang,Johor to Dato' Ghazi Ishak (1943–2021) and Datin Roquaiya Hanim Hussein (1949–2006),Hussein Onn's eldest child. He comes from an impressive political pedigree. He is the great-great-grandson of the firstMenteri Besar of JohorJaafar Muhammad, great-grandson of seventh and former Menteri Besar of Johor, first and former President of UMNOOnn Jaafar, grandson of third and formerPrime Minister of MalaysiaHussein Onn, and nephew of formerMinister of DefenceHishammuddin Hussein.
Onn Hafiz went toRoyal Military College. He receivedBachelor of Arts (BA) inAccounting fromUniversity of Hertfordshire.
Onn Hafiz was an EXCO of theUMNO Youth in 2013-2018 under the leadership ofKhairy Jamaluddin. In the2018 election, he was chosen as the candidate for theLayang-Layang[3] seat and won it with a small majority of only 364 against candidates from PKR and PAS. In the2022 election, Onn Hafiz switched constituencies toMachap and won it with a majority of 6,543 against 3 candidates including a candidate fromPEJUANG,Shahruddin Md Salleh.[4]
On 15 March 2022, Onn Hafiz was officially sworn in as the new and 19thMenteri Besar of Johor, the 4th officeholder in just a single term ofParliament of Malaysia. Initially after the2022 Johor state election, BN Chairman and UMNO PresidentAhmad Zahid Hamidi revealed that he would submit the name of his predecessor and caretaker Menteri Besar Hasni Mohammad to theSultan of Johor for Hasni to be reappointed to the position after BN gained landslide victory in the election. BN previously also picked Hasni as its Menteri Besar candidate before BN returned to power. However a day before his appointment, Hasni suddenly announced his withdrawal from the running for the position and that he would pave way and endorse a younger candidate to lead the state government citing long term development for Johor and Onn Hafiz was instead appointed the next day.
In April 2019, Onn Hafiz was a witness in former prime ministerNajib Razak’s corruption trial, which involved millions of ringgit linked to state fund1Malaysia Development Berhad (1MDB). He testified to the Kuala Lumpur High Court that his company Vital Spire received a cheque for RM240,000 from Najib to launch the Malaysian Digest portal.[5]
| Year | Constituency | Candidate | Votes | Pct | Opponent(s) | Votes | Pct | Ballots cast | Majority | Turnout | ||
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| 2018 | N27Layang-Layang | Onn Hafiz Ghazi (UMNO) | 7,449 | 46.93% | Murugan Muthu Samy (PKR) | 7,085 | 44.63% | 16,257 | 364 | 81.90% | ||
| Mohd Jubri Selamat (PAS) | 1,339 | 8.44% | ||||||||||
| 2022 | N26Machap | Onn Hafiz Ghazi (UMNO) | 11,029 | 56.64% | Azlisham Azhar (PAS) | 4,486 | 23.04% | 19,473 | 6,543 | 57.67% | ||
| Sangaran Rawisandran (MUDA) | 3,493 | 17.94% | ||||||||||
| Shahruddin Md Salleh (PEJUANG) | 465 | 2.39% | ||||||||||
Federal Territory (Malaysia) :
Commander of theOrder of the Territorial Crown (PMW) –Datuk (2018)[9]
Johor :
Grand Knight of theOrder of Sultan Ibrahim of Johor (SMIJ) –Dato' (2023)[10]| Political offices | ||
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| Preceded by | 19thMenteri Besar of Johor 2022 – present | Incumbent |
