Ya Jafar

Dato Sir Onn bin Dato Jaafar (Jawi; 12 ga watan Fabrairun shekarar 1895 - 19 ga watan  

Janairun shekarar 1962) ɗan siyasan Malaysia ne wanda ya yi aiki a matsayin Babban Minista na 7 na Johor daga shekarar 1947 zuwu shekarar 1950, sannan kasar Malaya (yanzu Malaysia). Kungiyar adawarsa game da kirkirar Tarayyar Malayan (ta hanyar dawowar rikon mulkin mallaka na Burtaniya bayan ƙarshen mamayar Japan a Malaya) ya jagoranci shi ya kafa Ƙungiyar Ƙungiyar Malayan ta Ƙasa (UMNO) a  shekarar 1946; shi ne wanda ya kafa UMNO kuma shugabanta na farko har sai da ya yi murabus a shekarar 1951. An san shi da saninsa a matsayin mai gabatarwa na shirya adawa da mulkin mallaka da kuma farkon kishin kasa na Malay a cikin dukan Malaya, wanda daga ƙarshe ya ƙare da 'yancin Malayan daga Burtaniya. Ya kuma kasance da alhakin jin dadin jama'a da tattalin arziki na kasar Malays ta hanyar kafa Hukumar Raya Masana'antu ta Karkara (RIDA).

Jikansa shine babban dan siyasa na UMNO, Hishammuddin Hussein, kuma jikansa shi ne Onn Hafiz Ghazi, memba na yanzu na Majalisar Dokokin Jihar Johor na Layang-Layang da kuma 19th Menteri Besar na Johor.

 Shekarun farko 
Mahaifin Onn shine Jaafar Muhammad, tsohon Babban Ministan Johor. Mahaifiyarsa Roquaiya Hanim (wanda aka rubuta Rogayah Hanim ko Rukiye Hanım; shekarar 1864-1904), wanda ya fito ne daga yankin Caucasus na Daular Ottoman (akwai ra'ayoyi daban-daban game da kabilinta). Wataƙila kotun Ottoman ta gabatar da ita a matsayin ƙwaraƙwarar (duba kyawawan Circassian) ga sultan na Johor . Mahaifiyarsa ta yi aure sau uku kuma karo na karshe ya kasance tare da mahaifinsa. Kamar yadda dangin Onn Jaafar ke da dangantaka ta kusa da fadar Johor, Sultan Ibrahim ya bi da shi a matsayin ɗa mai ɗa. Ya fara karatunsa a makarantar Malay a Johor Bahru . A shekara ta 1904, ya tafi Ingila don halartar makarantar Aldeburgh Lodge, makarantar mai zaman kanta a Suffolk, tare da Tunku Mahkota na Johor har zuwa shekarar 1910. Ya yi fice a wasanni kuma ya jagoranci kungiyoyin wasan kurket da kwallon kafa na makarantar.

Ya koma Malaya kuma ya shiga Kwalejin Malay Kuala Kangsar (MCKK) inda ya yi karatu a can na tsawon shekaru biyu daga shekarar 1910 zuwa shekarar 1911. A cewar mai ba da labari Ramlah Adam, daya daga cikin manyan dalilan da ya sa ya yi rajista a MCKK shine buƙatar inganta ƙwarewar yaren Malay wanda ya raunana sosai bayan lokacinsa a kasar Ingila.

Bayan kammala karatunsa daga MCKK, ya yi aiki a matsayin magatakarda mai horo a ofishin Sakataren Gwamnatin Johor kuma an sanya shi magatakarda na dindindin bayan shekara guda. Ya yi aiki a wannan matsayin a cikin sassan da yawa kafin ya shiga Sojojin Johor a shekarar 1917 tare da matsayi na lieutenant. Shekaru biyu bayan haka, ya koma aikin gwamnati. Ba da daɗewa ba, ya sami kansa cikin matsala tare da fadar Johor bayan ya nuna rashin jin daɗinsa game da sayar da gidan kakanninsa. Gidan sarauta bai ɗauki batun da alheri ba kuma ya dakatar da hidimarsa a watan Yunin shekarar 1920. Ya sake komawa aikin a 1921 a matsayin Mataimakin Mai Karɓar Haraji na Kasa.Aristocrat who spoke his mind . 18 June 2007. The Star.

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