| Cabinet Name: | First Hussein cabinet |
| Jurisdiction: | Malaysia |
| Cabinet Number: | 7th |
| Flag: | Flag of Malaysia.svg |
| Government Head: | Hussein Onn |
| Deputy Government Head: | Mahathir Mohamad |
| State Head: | Tuanku Yahya Petra |
| Legislature Status: | Coalition government |
| Opposition Parties: | Democratic Action Party Malaysian Social Justice Party Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party (from January 1978) |
| Opposition Leader: | Lim Kit Siang |
| Last Election: | 1978 Malaysian general election |
| Legislature Term: | 4th Malaysian Parliament |
| Budget: | 1977, 1978 |
| Previous: | Second Razak cabinet |
| Successor: | Second 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 his death, Razak led (as Prime Minister) the second Razak cabinet, a coalition government that consisted of members of the component parties of Barisan Nasional. It was the 7th cabinet of Malaysia formed since independence.
A reshuffle of the cabinet was done on 31 December 1977, due to Parti Islam Se-Malaysia's expulsion from Barisan Nasional, resignation of Health Minister Lee Siok Yew, and the death of Minister of Agriculture Ali Ahmad from the plane crash at Tanjung Kupang.[1] [2]
The federal cabinet consisted of the following ministers: