Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia

Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia Timbalan Perdana Menteri Malaysia
Incumbent Ahmad Zahid Hamidi since 29 July 2015
Deputy Prime Minister's Office
Style	Yang Amat Berhormat (The Most Honourable)
Member of	Cabinet
Reports to	Parliament
Residence	Seri Satria
Seat	West Wing of Perdana Putra, Putrajaya
Nominator	Prime Minister of Malaysia
Appointer	Abdul Halim as Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia
Term length	While during the pleasure of Yang di-Pertuan Agong
Inaugural holder	Tun Abdul Razak
Formation	31 August 1957 (1957-08-31)
Salary	MYR18,168.15 monthly^[1]
Website	www.pmo.gov.my/tpm/

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The Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia (Malay: Timbalan Perdana Menteri Malaysia) is the second highest political office in Malaysia. There have been eleven deputy prime ministers 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.

The current Deputy Prime Minister is Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, who took office on 29 July 2015.

Official residence

The official residence for Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia is Sri Satria in Putrajaya. Before Sri Satria, the first Deputy Prime Minister official residence is Seri Taman.

Deputy Prime Minister appointment

Although Malaysia has always had a Deputy Prime Minister 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.

By the past practice of the component parties of Barisan Nasional (the ruling coalition) of which the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) is the unofficial leader, the UMNO Deputy President is appointed Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia by the Prime Minister of Malaysia (who is the UMNO President). In the organisational structure of Barisan Nasional, the President and Deputy President of UMNO are automatically made the Chairman and Deputy Chairman of Barisan Nasional. This position, currently however, were filled by Dato' Seri Dr. Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, a Vice-President of UMNO. This is the second time the position were filled by a non-Deputy President of UMNO, the first time was when Tun Ghafar Baba held the office for a year as a Vice-President of UMNO (1986–1987).

Deaths, resignations and removals from office

Of the ten previous officeholders, five have gone on to become prime minister. Of the remaining, one died in office, two resigned, and two were removed from office by the sitting prime minister.

Ismail Abdul Rahman died in office due to massive heart attack in 1973. 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 Prime Minister Najib Razak in a reshuffle in 2015.^[2]

List of Deputy Prime Ministers of Malaysia

Colour key (for political parties):
Alliance Party Barisan Nasional

Name (Birth–Death)		Political party	Term of office
	Abdul Razak Hussein (1922–1976)	Alliance (UMNO)	31 August 1957	22 September 1970	Tunku Abdul Rahman
	Ismail Abdul Rahman (1915–1973)	Alliance (UMNO)	22 September 1970	2 August 1973	Abdul Razak Hussein
Vacant			2 August 1973	13 August 1973
	Hussein Onn (1922–1990)	Alliance (UMNO)	13 August 1973	15 January 1976
	Hussein Onn (1922–1990)	BN (UMNO)	13 August 1973	15 January 1976
Vacant			15 January 1976	5 March 1976	Hussein Onn
	Mahathir Mohamad (b. 1925)	BN (UMNO)	5 March 1976	16 July 1981	Hussein Onn
Vacant			16 July 1981	18 July 1981	Mahathir Mohamad
	Musa Hitam (b. 1934)	BN (UMNO)	18 July 1981	16 March 1986
Vacant			16 March 1986	10 May 1986
	Abdul Ghafar Baba (1925–2006)	BN (UMNO)	10 May 1986	15 October 1993
Vacant			15 October 1993	1 December 1993
	Anwar Ibrahim (b. 1947)	BN (UMNO)	1 December 1993	2 September 1998
Vacant			2 September 1998	8 January 1999
	Abdullah Ahmad Badawi (b. 1939)	BN (UMNO)	8 January 1999	31 October 2003
Vacant			31 October 2003	7 January 2004	Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
	Najib Razak (b. 1953)	BN (UMNO)	7 January 2004	3 April 2009	Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
Vacant			3 April 2009	10 April 2009	Najib Razak
	Muhyiddin Yassin (b. 1947)	BN (UMNO)	10 April 2009	29 July 2015
	Ahmad Zahid Hamidi (b. 1953)	BN (UMNO)	29 July 2015	Incumbent

Living former deputy prime ministers

Below are the living former deputy prime minister(s) who do not hold the position of prime minister.

Living former Deputy Prime Ministers
Musa Hitam
served 1981–1986
born 1934 (age 82)
Anwar Ibrahim
served 1993–1998
born 1947 (age 69)
Muhyiddin Yassin
served 2009–2015
born 1947 (age 69)

References

↑ "CPPS Policy Factsheet: Remuneration of Elected Officials in Malaysia" (PDF). Centre for Public Policy Studies. Archived from the original (PDF) on 11 May 2016. Retrieved 11 May 2016.
↑ "Muhyiddin terima penggugurannya dengan hati terbuka" (in Malay). Utusan Malaysia. 28 July 2015. Retrieved 11 May 2016.

External links

Deputy Prime Ministers of Malaysia

Abdul Razak Hussein Ismail Abdul Rahman Hussein Onn Mahathir Mohamad Musa Hitam Ghafar Baba Anwar Ibrahim Abdullah Ahmad Badawi Najib Razak Muhyiddin Yassin Ahmad Zahid Hamidi

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