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Minister of Transport
Incumbent
Wee Ka Siong
since 10 March 2020 (2020-03-10)
Ministry of Transport
StyleYang Berhormat Menteri
(The Honourable Minister)
Member ofCabinet of Malaysia
Reports toParliament of Malaysia
SeatPutrajaya
AppointerYang di-Pertuan Agong on the recommendation of the Prime Minister of Malaysia
Formation1955 (1955)
First holderH. S. Lee
DeputyHasbi Habibollah
Websitewww.mot.gov.my

The latest Malaysian Minister of Transport is Wee Ka Siong, since 10 March 2020. The minister is supported by Deputy Minister of Transport which is Hasbi Habibollah. The Minister administers the portfolio through the Ministry of Transport and is usually a MP from MCA.

List of ministers of transport

The following individuals have been appointed as Minister of Transport, or any of its precedent titles:[1]

Political Party:   Alliance/BN   PH

Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)
Constituency
Political Party Title Took Office Left Office Prime Minister
(Cabinet)
style="background:Template:Alliance Party (Malaysia)/meta/color; color:white"| H. S. Lee
(1900–1988)
Alliance (MCA) Minister of Transport 1955 1957 Chief Minister of the
Federation of Malaya

Tunku Abdul Rahman
style="background:Template:Alliance Party (Malaysia)/meta/color; color:white"| Abdul Rahman Talib
(1916–1968)
Alliance (UMNO) 31 August 1957 7 October 1959 Tunku Abdul Rahman
(I)
style="background:Template:Alliance Party (Malaysia)/meta/color; color:white"| Sardon Jubir
(1917–1985)
MP for Pontian Utara
18 November 1959 4 December 1968 Tunku Abdul Rahman
(II • III)
style="background:Template:Alliance Party (Malaysia)/meta/color; color:white"| V. Manickavasagam
(1926–1979)
MP for Klang
Alliance (MIC) 4 June 1969 20 September 1970 Tunku Abdul Rahman
(IV)
style="background:Template:Alliance Party (Malaysia)/meta/color; color:white"| Abdul Ghani Gilong
(b. 1932)
MP for Kinabalu
Alliance (USNO) 23 September 1970 9 February 1971 Abdul Razak Hussein
(I)
style="background:Template:Barisan Nasional/meta/color; color:white"| V. Manickavasagam
(1926–1979)
MP for Pelabuhan Kelang
BN (MIC) Minister of Works and Transport 5 September 1974 1976 Abdul Razak Hussein
(II)
style="background:Template:Barisan Nasional/meta/color; color:white"| Minister of Transport 1978 15 September 1979 Hussein Onn
(II)
style="background:Template:Barisan Nasional/meta/color; color:white"| Lee San Choon
(b. 1935)
MP for Segamat
MP for Seremban
BN (MCA) 1 November 1979 31 March 1983 Hussein Onn
(II)
Mahathir Mohamad
(I • II)
style="background:Template:Barisan Nasional/meta/color; color:white"| Chong Hon Nyan
(b. 1924)
MP for Batu Berendam
2 June 1983 6 January 1986 Mahathir Mohamad
(II)
style="background:Template:Barisan Nasional/meta/color; color:white"| Ling Liong Sik
(b. 1943)
MP for Mata Kuching
MP for Labis
7 January 1986 25 May 2003 Mahathir Mohamad
(II • III • IV • V • VI)
style="background:Template:Barisan Nasional/meta/color; color:white"| Chan Kong Choy
(b. 1955)
MP for Selayang
1 July 2003 9 March 2008 Mahathir Mohamad
(VI)
Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
(I • II)
style="background:Template:Barisan Nasional/meta/color; color:white"| Ong Tee Keat
(b. 1956)
MP for Pandan
18 March 2008 3 June 2010 Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
(III)
Najib Razak
(I)
style="background:Template:Barisan Nasional/meta/color; color:white"| Kong Cho Ha
(b. 1950)
MP for Lumut
4 June 2010 5 May 2013 Najib Razak
(I)
style="background:Template:Barisan Nasional/meta/color; color:white"| Hishammuddin Hussein
(b. 1961)
MP for Sembrong
Acting
BN (UMNO) 16 May 2013 24 June 2014 Najib Razak
(II)
style="background:Template:Barisan Nasional/meta/color; color:white"| Liow Tiong Lai
(b. 1961)
MP for Bentong
BN (MCA) 27 June 2014 10 May 2018
style="background:Template:Pakatan Harapan/meta/color; color:white"| Anthony Loke Siew Fook
(b. 1977)
MP for Seremban
PH (DAP) 21 May 2018 24 February 2020 Mahathir Mohamad
(VII)
style="background:Template:Barisan Nasional/meta/color; color:white"| File:Datuk Seri Ir Dr Wee Ka Siong.png Wee Ka Siong
(b. 1968)
MP for Ayer Hitam
BN (MCA) 10 March 2020 Incumbent Muhyiddin Yassin
(I)

References

  1. ^ "Former Minister of Transport". Ministry of Transport, Malaysia. Retrieved 17 August 2015.