Cabinet of Malaysia/Earlier cabinets

Cabinet of Malaysia/Earlier cabinets

= Cabinet in 1955 =

The cabinet of Malaysia traces its history back to 1955 when the first interim cabinet of Malaya was formed to serve temporarily before Malaya's independence in 1957.

*Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra - Chief Minister
*Tun Abdul Razak Hussein - Education
*Tun Dr Ismail Datuk Abdul Rahman - Natural Resources
*Tun Henry Lee Hau Shik - Transport
*Tun Leong Yew Koh - Health and Social Welfare
*Tun Omar Yoke Lin Ong - Posts and Telecoms
*Tun V.T. Sambanthan - Labour
*Tan Sri Haji Sardon Jubir - Works
*Datuk Suleiman Abdul Rahman - Housing, Local Government and Town Planning
*Abdul Aziz Ishak - Agriculture and Cooperative

Cabinet in 1957

Following the independence of Malaya in 1957, a new, independent cabinet was formed with additional positions added.
*Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra - Prime Minister, Defence, Foreign Affairs
*Tun Abdul Razak Hussein - Deputy Prime Minister, Defence (1958)
*Abdul Aziz Ishak - Agriculture and Cooperative
*Tun Dr Ismail Datuk Abdul Rahman - Security/ External affair (1959)
*Tun Henry Lee Hau Shik - Finance
*Tun Omar Yoke Lin Ong - Labour and Social Welfare
*Tun V.T. Sambanthan - Health
*Tan Sri Haji Sardon Jubir - Works, Posts and Telecoms
*Datuk Suleiman Datuk Abdul Rahman -- Natural Resources and Local Government
*Abdul Rahman Talib - Transport (1958)
*Tun Leong Yew Koh - Justice (1960)
*Tan Sri Mohamad Khir Johari - Education (1958)
*Tun Tan Siew Sin - Trade and Industry (1958), Finance (1960)

Cabinet from March 2004 to March 2008


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