# Syed Hussein Alatas

> Syed Hussein Alatas bin Syed Ali Alatas was a Malaysian academic, sociologist, politician, and founder of social science organisations. He was Vice-Chancellor of the University of Malaya in the 1980s and formed the Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia (Gerakan). Syed Hussein wrote several books on corruption, multi-racialism, imperialism, and intellectual captivity as part of the colonial, and postcolonial, project, the most famous being The Myth of the Lazy Native.

*Malaysian politician*

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## Identity
- **Profile type:** Politician
- **Category:** Politicians
- **Born:** 1924-09-17
- **Died:** 2007-01-23
- **Status:** deceased
- **Gender:** male

## Bio

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## Fame
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