Harun Idris

Yang Berbahagia Dato' Seri Haji Harun Idris SPMS SMS PPM
هارون إدريس‎
5th Youth Chief of the United Malays National Organisation
In office 1971–1976
President	Tunku Abdul Rahman Abdul Razak Hussein
Preceded by	Senu Abdul Rahman
Succeeded by	Syed Jaafar Albar
8th Menteri Besar of Selangor
In office 19 March 1964 – 24 March 1976
Preceded by	Abu Bakar Baginda
Succeeded by	Hormat Rafei
Member of the Selangor State Legislative Assembly for Morib
In office 25 April 1964 – 6 May 1978
Preceded by	Mohamed Tahir Abdul Majid (BN–UMNO)
Succeeded by	Ishak Pangat @ Shafaat
Personal details
Born	Harun bin Idris (1925-12-22)22 December 1925 Petaling mukim, Kuala Lumpur, Selangor, Federated Malay States, British Malaya (now Malaysia)
Died	19 October 2003(2003-10-19) (aged 77) Kuala Lumpur, Federal Territory, Malaysia
Resting place	Jalan Ampang Muslim Cemetery, Kuala Lumpur
Political party	United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) (1964–1987; 2000–2003) Semangat 46 (S46) (1988–1991)
Other political affiliations	Barisan Nasional (BN) (1964–1987; 2000–2003) Gagasan Rakyat (GR) (1990-1996) Angkatan Perpaduan Ummah (APU) (1990–1991)
Spouse	Salmah Sulaiman
Profession	Lawyer

Harun bin Idris (Jawi: هارون إدريس, Malay pronunciation: [harun]; 22 December 1925 – 19 October 2003) was a Malaysian politician and the 8th Menteri Besar of Selangor. Apart from his career in politics, Harun Idris (as he is informally known) was heavily involved in sports particularly organising the Muhammad Ali vs Joe Bugner fight in Kuala Lumpur as well as overseeing Malaysia and Selangor football teams' most successful periods. Harun was the president of the Football Association Selangor from 1961 to 1983 and was the manager of the Malaysian National team in the 1972 Olympics. Harun is widely acknowledged to be responsible for unearthing some of Malaysia’s best talents such as Santokh Singh, Soh Chin Ann and even the late Mokhtar Dahari.^[1][2]