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Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia Timbalan Perdana Menteri Malaysia
Incumbent Wan Azizah Wan Ismail since 21 May 2018
Deputy Prime Minister's Office
Style	Yang Amat Berhormat (The Most Honourable)
Member of	Cabinet
Reports to	Parliament
Residence	Seri Satria
Seat	Perdana Putra, Putrajaya
Nominator	Prime Minister
Appointer	Yang di-Pertuan Agong
Term length	5 years, renewable. Depended on the Prime Minister
Inaugural holder	Tun Abdul Razak
Formation	31 August 1957; 60 years ago (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 twelve 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 Wan Azizah Wan Ismail, who took office on 10 May 2018, she is the first female to hold office.

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 practice of the past ruling coalition Barisan Nasional, where the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) was the unofficial leader, 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 Barisan Nasional, the President and Deputy President of UMNO were automatically made the Chairman and Deputy Chairman of Barisan Nasional.

In the current ruling coalition - Pakatan Harapan, a coalition of four equal partner parties, the holder of the position of Deputy Prime Minister is decided upon by the coalition's Presidential Council. The current postholder is Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah binti Wan Ismail, who is the first female holder of post.

Deaths, resignations and removals from office

Of the eleven previous officeholders, five have gone on to become prime minister. Of the remaining, one died in office, two resigned, two were removed from office by the sitting prime minister, and one disqualified from office due to lost in 14th General Election.

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] He later was sacked from his party.^[3]

List of Deputy Prime Ministers of Malaysia

Colour key (for political parties):
  Alliance
  Barisan Nasional
  Pakatan Harapan

Portrait		Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office			Political Party
1		Abdul Razak Hussein (1922–1976)	31 August 1957	22 September 1970	13 years, 22 days		Alliance (UMNO)
2		Ismail Abdul Rahman (1915–1973)	22 September 1970	2 August 1973	2 years, 314 days
3		Hussein Onn (1922–1990)	13 August 1973	15 January 1976	2 years, 155 days
							Barisan Nasional (UMNO)
4		Mahathir Mohamad (b. 1925)	5 March 1976	16 July 1981	5 years, 133 days
5		Musa Hitam (b. 1934)	18 July 1981	16 March 1986	4 years, 241 days
6		Abdul Ghafar Baba (1925–2006)	10 May 1986	15 October 1993	7 years, 158 days
7		Anwar Ibrahim (b. 1947)	1 December 1993	2 September 1998	4 years, 275 days
8		Abdullah Ahmad Badawi (b. 1939)	8 January 1999	31 October 2003	4 years, 296 days
9		Najib Razak (b. 1953)	7 January 2004	3 April 2009	5 years, 86 days
10		Muhyiddin Yassin (b. 1947)	10 April 2009	29 July 2015	6 years, 110 days
11		Ahmad Zahid Hamidi (b. 1953)	29 July 2015	10 May 2018	2 years, 285 days
12		Wan Azizah Wan Ismail (b. 1952)	21 May 2018	Incumbent	87 days		Pakatan Harapan (PKR)

Living former deputy prime ministers

• Living former Deputy Prime Ministers


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  Mahathir Mohamad
  served 1976–1981
  born 1925 (age 93)
  

  
  

  
  


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  Musa Hitam
  served 1981–1986
  born 1934 (age 84)
  

  
  

  
  


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  Anwar Ibrahim
  served 1993–1998
  born 1947 (age 71)
  

  
  

  
  


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  Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
  served 1999–2003
  born 1939 (age 78)
  

  
  

  
  


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  Najib Razak
  served 2004–2009
  born 1953 (age 65)
  

  
  

  
  


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  Muhyiddin Yassin
  served 2009–2015
  born 1947 (age 71)
  

  
  

  
  


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  Ahmad Zahid Hamidi
  served 2015–2018
  born 1953 (age 65)
  

  
  

  
  

See also

• Spouse of the Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia


• Official state car


• Air transports of heads of state and government

References