| Honorific-Prefix: | Yang Amat Berbahagia Tun Dr. |
| Awang Hassan | |
| Honorific-Suffix: | SMN DUPN SPMJ |
| Native Name: | Malay: {{Script|Arab|اواڠ حسن |
| Order: | 5th Yang di-Pertua Negeri of Penang |
| 1Blankname: | Chief Minister |
| 1Namedata: | Lim Chong Eu |
| Term Start: | 1 May 1981 |
| Term End: | 30 April 1989 |
| Predecessor: | Sardon Jubir |
| Successor: | Hamdan Sheikh Tahir |
| Order2: | 7th Malaysian High Commissioner to Australia |
| Monarch2: | Abdul Halim Yahya Petra Ahmad Shah |
| Predecessor2: | Fuad Stephens |
| Successor2: | Lim Taik Choon |
| Term Start2: | 1973 |
| Term End2: | 1980 |
| Constituency Mp3: | Muar Selatan |
| Parliament3: | Malaysian |
| Term Start3: | 1963 |
| Term End3: | 1974 |
| Predecessor3: | Suleiman Abdul Rahman |
| Successor3: | Constituency abolished |
| Birth Date: | 9 November 1910 |
| Birth Place: | Muar, Johor, Malaya (now Malaysia) |
| Death Place: | Johor Bahru, Johor, Malaysia |
| Resting Place: | Mahmoodiah Royal Mausoleum |
| Spouse: | |
| Children: | 7 (including Yahya Awang) |
| Alma Mater: | King Edward VII College of Medicine |
| Relations: | Abdul Rahman Mohamed Yassin (father-in-law) Ismail Abdul Rahman (brother-in-law) Suleiman Abdul Rahman (brother-in-law) Abu Bakar Suleiman (nephew) |
Tun Dr. Awang bin Hassan (Malay: اواڠ بن حسن|label=[[Jawi alphabet|Jawi]]|script=arab|italic=unset; 9 November 1910 – 12 September 1998)[1] was a Malaysian politician who served as the 5th Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) of Penang from 1981 until his retirement in 1989. He had previously served as the 7th Malaysian High Commissioner to Australia from 1973 to 1980.
He received his early education at Sekolah Bukit Zahrah in Johor Bahru and later at the English College Johore Bahru.[2] Awang began attendance at the King Edward VII College of Medicine (now the Yong Loo Lin School of Medicine of the National University of Singapore) and graduated with a Licentiate in Medicine and Surgery (LMS) in 1934. He worked as a specialist in Kandang Kerbau Hospital in Singapore before opening his own clinic.[3]
Awang joined politics and was made Deputy Speaker of Dewan Rakyat and Member of Parliament for Muar Selatan. He was later appointed as the 7th Malaysian High Commissioner to Australia from 1973 to 1980, after which he became the 5th Yang di-Pertua Negeri (Governor) of Penang, Malaysia from 1981 to 1989.[4] Awang also played a part in the formation of United Malays National Organisation together with his brother-in-laws, Suleiman Abdul Rahman and Ismail Abdul Rahman.[5]
Tun Awang married Toh Puan Khadijah Abdul Rahman, sister of Tun Dr. Ismail Abdul Rahman, the 2nd Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia in 1936.[6] They had four sons and three daughters. In 1989, two years after Toh Puan Khadijah's death, Tun Awang married her younger sister-in-law, Toh Puan Dr. Zubaidah Abdul Rahman.[7]
Tun Dr. Awang Hassan died on 12 September 1998 at the age of 87.[8] He was buried at the Mahmoodiah Royal Mausoleum in Johor Bahru.[9]
Malaysia :Several projects and institutions were named after him, including: