Fatimah Hashim

Fatimah Hashim
فاطمة هاشم
Personal details
Born(1924-12-25)25 December 1924
Muar, Johor, Unfederated Malay States, British Malaya (now Malaysia)
Died9 January 2010(2010-01-09) (aged 85)
Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia
Resting placeMakam Pahlawan, Masjid Negara, Kuala Lumpur
Political partyUnited Malays National Organisation (UMNO)
Other political
affiliations
Barisan Nasional (BN)
Spouse
(m. 1943; died 1992)

Tun Fatimah binti Hashim (Jawi: فاطمة بنت هاشم; 25 December 1924[1] – 9 January 2010[2])[3][4] was a Malaysian freedom fighter who later served as a minister in the Malaysian cabinet. Along with her husband, Tan Sri Abdul Kadir Yusof, they were the first and only couple to both be ministers in the Malaysian cabinet.

  1. ^ Wanita Umno page Archived 16 November 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "First Woman Minister Tun Fatimah Dies". Bernama. 10 January 2010. Retrieved 10 January 2010.
  3. ^ "Tun Fatimah Bt Haji Hashim". National Archives of Malaysia. Retrieved 2 October 2018.
  4. ^ "Tun Fatimah Bt Haji Hashim". National Archives of Malaysia. Retrieved 2 October 2018. (in Malay)