First Hussein cabinet

Hussein Onn formed the first Hussein cabinet after being invited by Tuanku Yahya Petra to begin a new government following the death of the previous Prime Minister of Malaysia, Abdul Razak Hussein. Prior to the death, Razak led (as Prime Minister) the second Razak cabinet, a coalition government that consisted of members of the component parties of Barisan Nasional.

First Hussein cabinet
7th Cabinet of Malaysia
People and organisations
Head of state	Tuanku Yahya Petra
Head of government	Hussein Onn
Deputy head of government	Mahathir Mohamad
Member parties	Barisan Nasional United Malays National Organisation Malaysian Chinese Association United Sabah National Organisation Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party Sarawak National Party Malaysian People's Movement Party United Traditional Bumiputera Party Sarawak United Peoples' Party Malaysian Indian Congress People's Progressive Party Sabah Chinese Association
Status in legislature	UMNO led coalition majority government
Opposition parties	Democratic Action Party Malaysian Social Justice Party
Opposition leader	Lim Kit Siang
History
Election(s)	Malaysian general election, 1974
Outgoing election	Malaysian general election, 1978
Legislature term(s)	4th Malaysian Parliament
Budget(s)	1977, 1978
Incoming formation	Hussein I Cabinet formation, 1976
Outgoing formation	Hussein II Cabinet formation, 1978
Predecessor	Second Razak cabinet
Successor	Second Hussein cabinet

This is a list of the members of the first cabinet of the third Prime Minister of Malaysia, Hussein Onn.