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| insignia = Coat of arms of Malaysia.svg| insigniasize = 100| insigniacaption = Coat of arms of Malaysia| flag = | flagsize = | flagcaption = | incumbent = Ahmad Zahid HamidiFadillah Yusof| imagesize = | incumbentsince = 3 December 2022| department = Government of Malaysia(informal)}}Malay titles{{small>(formal)}}The Right Honourable{{smallExcellency>His Excellency{{small|(diplomatic)}}Cabinet of Malaysia>National Security Council (Malaysia)>House of Representatives}}Parliament of Malaysia>Parliament| seat = Perdana Putra, Putrajaya| residence = Sri Satria, PutrajayaPrime Minister of Malaysia>Prime Minister| appointer = Yang di-Pertuan Agong| appointer_qualified = | termlength = At the Prime Minister's pleasure| constituting_instrument = Abdul Razak HusseinMalaysian ringgit>RM18,168.15 monthlyHTTP://CPPS.ORG.MY/IMAGES/ARTICLES/FACT%20SHEET%20REMUNERATION%20OF%20ELECTED%20OFFICIALS%20IN%20MALAYSIA.PDF>TITLE=CPPS POLICY FACTSHEET: REMUNERATION OF ELECTED OFFICIALS IN MALAYSIAACCESS-DATE=11 MAY 2016ARCHIVE-DATE=11 MAY 2016, dead, | website = 150x150px) (File:Fadillah Yusof 2021.jpg|150x150px)}}{{Politics of Malaysia}}The deputy prime minister of Malaysia (; ) is the second-highest political office in Malaysia. There have been 15 officeholders since the office was created in 1957. The first prime minister of Malaysia, Tunku Abdul Rahman, started the convention of appointing a deputy prime minister, but some cabinets have opted not to appoint a deputy prime minister.

Appointment

{{see also|United Malays National Organisation#List of leaders}}Malaysia has always had a deputy prime minister for most of the time since independence. A prime minister may choose not to appoint a deputy prime minister. The office of deputy prime minister is not provided for in the constitution of Malaysia. At the same time, a prime minister could appoint more than one deputy prime minister, as has occurred before in Singapore.From August 1957 to May 2018, when the coalition government Barisan Nasional (BN), of which the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) was the main component party, was the only ruling coalition, and by practice, the UMNO deputy president was usually appointed the deputy prime minister by the prime minister, who was the UMNO president. In the organisational structure of BN, the president and deputy president of UMNO were automatically made the chairman and deputy chairman of BN.From May 2018 to February 2020, when Pakatan Harapan (PH), a political coalition of four parties, was the only ruling coalition, the holder of the position of deputy prime minister was decided upon by the presidential council of PH. Wan Azizah Wan Ismail, who was the first female holder of office, was the post holder. The position has vacant for 16 months since Muhyiddin Yassin was sworn in as prime minister in March 2020 after Perikatan Nasional (PN) was leading ruling coalition until July 2021 after Ismail Sabri Yaakob was appointed to the position. However, he briefly served for 40 days before taking over as prime minister is the shortest-serving officeholder in history.WEB,weblink Ismail Sabri appointed DPM, Hishammuddin now senior minister, 7 July 2021, Since August 2021, when BN is again the leading ruling coalition, there have again been no holders of the office of the deputy prime minister for 13 months before replacing by Ahmad Zahid Hamidi and Fadillah Yusof, first duo deputy prime minister in Malaysian history.

Deaths, resignations and removals from office

Of the thirteen previous officeholders, eight have stepped up to become Prime Ministers. Of the remaining, one died in office, two resigned, two were removed from office (both who later became Prime Ministers) by the sitting Prime Minister, and two disqualified from office due to defeat in the 2018 general election and collapse of the federal administration in 2020 political crisis.Ismail Abdul Rahman died in office due to massive heart attack in 1973.WEB, Tun Ismail bin Datoʿ Abdul Rahman {{!, Malay politician|url=https://www.britannica.com/biography/Tun-Ismail-bin-Dato-Abdul-Rahman|access-date=2021-08-24|website=Encyclopedia Britannica|language=en}} Musa Hitam resigned from second Mahathir cabinet over differences with Prime Minister over government policy in 1986. Ghafar Baba resigned from his portfolio following UMNO grassroots lost confidence in his leadership and his position as Deputy President of UMNO was challenged by Anwar Ibrahim in the UMNO's top leadership election. Anwar Ibrahim was the first deputy prime minister to be sacked after being accused and subsequently charged with corruption and sodomy in 1998. Muhyiddin Yassin was the second DPM to be removed from office after being dropped from the Cabinet by former Prime Minister Najib Razak in a reshuffle in 2015.WEB,weblink Muhyiddin terima penggugurannya dengan hati terbuka, ms, Utusan Malaysia, 28 July 2015, 11 May 2016, He later was sacked from his party.WEB,weblink UMNO sacks former Malaysian DPM Muhyiddin Yassin and Mukhriz Mahathir, Channel NewsAsia, 24 June 2018, 12 July 2018, 16 February 2017,weblink" title="web.archive.org/web/20170216165713weblink">weblink dead, Wan Azizah Wan Ismail's role as deputy prime minister ended when the seventh Mahathir cabinet was dissolved following Prime Minister Mahathir's resignation in 2020.

List of deputy prime ministers of Malaysia

Colour key (for political parties):{{legend2|{{party color|Alliance Party (Malaysia)}}|Alliance Party|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}{{legend2|{{party color|Barisan Nasional}}|Barisan Nasional|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}{{legend2|{{party color|Pakatan Harapan}}|Pakatan Harapan|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}{{legend2|{{party color|Gabungan Parti Sarawak}}|Gabungan Parti Sarawak|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"! rowspan=2 |#! rowspan=2 | Portrait! rowspan=2 |Name{{small|(Birth–Death)Constituency}}! colspan=3 |Term of office! rowspan=2 style="font-size:90%; line-height:normal" scope="col" |Ministerial offices held as Deputy Prime Minister! colspan=2 rowspan=2 |Political party! rowspan=2 |Prime Minister!|Took office!|Left office!|Time in office! 1100px)Tun}}Abdul Razak Hussein}}{{smallPekan (federal constituency)>Pekan}}|31 August 1957|22 September 19701957319df=y|duration=on}}|

• Minister of National and Rural Development {{small|(1957–1970)}}
• Minister of Defence {{small|(1957–1970)}}
• Minister of Home Affairs {{small|(1967–1969)}}
• Minister of Finance {{small|(1969–1970)}}

Alliance Party (Malaysia) (United Malays National Organisation>UMNO)| Tunku Abdul Rahman! 2100px)Tun Dr.}}Ismail Abdul Rahman}}{{smallJohore Timor (federal constituency)>Johore Timor (1959–1973)}} (Died in office)|22 September 1970|2 August 19731970228df=y|duration=on}}|

• Minister of Home Affairs {{small|(1969–1973)}}
• Minister of Trade and Industry {{small|(1973–1973)}}

Abdul Razak Hussein! rowspan=2| 3(File:Tun Hussein Onn (MY 3rd PM).jpg|100px){{smallHussein Onn}}{{small>(1922–1990)MP for Johore Bahru Timor (federal constituency) (1971–1974)MP for Sri Gading (federal constituency)>Sri Gading (1974–1981)}}13 August 197315 January 1976{{age in years and days8197615duration=on}}

• Minister of Education {{small|(1970–1973)}}
• Minister of Trade and Industry {{small|(1973–1974)}}
• Minister of Finance {{small|(1974–1976)}}

Barisan Nasional (United Malays National Organisation>UMNO)! 4100px)Dato' Seri}}Mahathir Mohamad}}{{smallKubang Pasu (federal constituency)>Kubang Pasu}}|5 March 1976|16 July 1981197657df=y|duration=on}}|

• Minister of Education {{small|(1976–1978)}}
• Minister of Trade and Industry {{small|(1978–1981)}}

Hussein Onn! 5| Dato'}}Musa Hitam}}{{smallLabis (federal constituency)>Labis (1978–1982)MP for Panti (1982–1986)}}|18 July 1981|16 March 19861981183df=y|duration=on}}|

• Minister of Home Affairs {{small|(1981–1986)}}

Mahathir Mohamad! 6100px)Abdul Ghafar Baba}}{{small>(1925–2006)MP for Jasin}}|10 May 1986|15 October 199319861010df=y|duration=on}}|

• Minister of National and Rural Development {{small|1986–1990)}}
• Minister of Rural Development {{small|1990–1993)}}

! 7100px)Dato' Seri}}Anwar Ibrahim}}{{smallPermatang Pauh (federal constituency)>Permatang Pauh}}|1 December 1993|2 September 1998199319df=y|duration=on}}|

• Minister of Finance {{small|(1993–1998)}}

! 8100px)Dato' Seri}}Abdullah Ahmad Badawi}}{{smallKepala Batas (federal constituency)>Kepala Batas}}|8 January 1999|31 October 20031999810df=y|duration=on}}|

• Minister of Home Affairs {{small|(1999–2003)}}

! 9100px)Dato' Sri Haji}}Najib Razak}}{{smallPekan (federal constituency)>Pekan}}|7 January 2004|3 April 2009200474df=y|duration=on}}|

• Minister of Defence {{small|(2003–2008)}}
• Minister of Finance {{small|(2008–2009)}}

Abdullah Ahmad Badawi! 10100px)Tan Sri Dato' Haji}}Muhyiddin Yassin}}{{smallPagoh (federal constituency)>Pagoh}}|10 April 2009|29 July 20152009107df=y|duration=on}}|

• Minister of Education {{small|(2009–2015)}}

Najib Razak! 11100px)Dato' Seri Dr.}}Ahmad Zahid Hamidi}}{{smallBagan Datuk (federal constituency)>Bagan Datok}}|29 July 2015|9 May 20182015295df=y|duration=on}}|

• Minister of Home Affairs {{small|(2013–2018)}}

! 12100px)Dato' Seri}}Wan Azizah Wan Ismail}}{{smallPandan (federal constituency)>Pandan}}|21 May 2018|24 February 20202018212df=y|duration=on}}|

• Minister of Women, Family and Community Development {{small|(2018–2020)}}

Pakatan Harapan>PH (PKR)| Mahathir Mohamad! 13100px)Dato' Sri}}Ismail Sabri Yaakob}}{{smallBera (federal constituency)>Bera}}|7 July 2021|16 August 2021202178df=y|duration=on}}|

• Minister of Defence {{small|(2020-2021)}}

Barisan Nasional (United Malays National Organisation>UMNO)| Muhyiddin Yassin! rowspan=2|14100px)Dato' Seri Dr.}}Ahmad Zahid Hamidi}}{{smallBagan Datuk (federal constituency)>Bagan Datuk}}|3 December 2022|Incumbent {{age in years and days12df=y|duration=on}}|

• Minister of Rural and Regional Development {{small|(since 2022)}}

Anwar Ibrahim100px)Dato Sri Haji}}Fadillah Yusof}}{{smallPetra Jaya (federal constituency)>Petra Jaya}}|3 December 2022|Incumbent|

• Minister of Plantation and Commodities {{small|(2022–2023)}}
• Minister of Energy Transition and Public Utilities {{small|(since 2023)}}

Gabungan Parti Sarawak>GPS (PBB)

Timeline

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See also

• Senior Minister of Malaysia
• Spouse of the Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia
• Official state car
• Air transports of heads of state and government

References

{{Deputy Prime Ministers of Malaysia}}{{Federal Government of Malaysia}}{{Malaysian federal ministerial portfolios}}