Minister of Defence (Malaysia)

Minister of Defence
Incumbent Mohamad Sabu since 21 May 2018 (2018-05-21)
Ministry of Defence
Style	Yang Berhormat Menteri (The Honourable Minister)
Member of	Cabinet of Malaysia
Reports to	Parliament of Malaysia
Seat	Kuala Lumpur
Appointer	Yang di-Pertuan Agong on the recommendation of the Prime Minister of Malaysia
Formation	31 August 1957 (1957-08-31)
First holder	Abdul Razak Hussein
Deputy	Liew Chin Tong
Website	www.mod.gov.my

The Minister of Defence of Malaysia is Mohamad Sabu, announced by the Prime Minister’s Office on 12 May 2018 and inaugurated on 21 May 2018. The Minister administers the portfolio through the Ministry of Defence.

List of ministers of defence

The following individuals have been appointed as Minister of Defence, or any of its precedent titles:

Political Party:   Alliance Party/Barisan Nasional   Pakatan Harapan

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"|		Abdul Razak Hussein (1922–1976) MP for Pekan	Alliance (UMNO)	Minister of Defence	31 August 1957	22 September 1970	Tunku Abdul Rahman (I • II • III • IV)
style="background:Template:Alliance Party (Malaysia)/meta/color; color:white"|		Hamzah Abu Samah (1924–2012) MP for Raub	Alliance (UMNO)		1973	1974	Abdul Razak Hussein (I)
style="background:Template:Barisan Nasional/meta/color; color:white"|		Mustapha Harun (1918–1995) MP for Marudu	BN (USNO)		1974	1974	Abdul Razak Hussein (II)
style="background:Template:Barisan Nasional/meta/color; color:white"|		Abdul Razak Hussein (1922–1976) MP for Pekan	BN (UMNO)		1974	1976	Abdul Razak Hussein (II)
style="background:Template:Barisan Nasional/meta/color; color:white"|		Hussein Onn (1922–1990) MP for Sri Gading	BN (UMNO)		1976	1978	Hussein Onn (I)
style="background:Template:Barisan Nasional/meta/color; color:white"|		Abdul Taib Mahmud (b. 1936) MP for Samarahan	BN (UMNO)		1978	1979	Hussein Onn (II)
style="background:Template:Barisan Nasional/meta/color; color:white"|		Hussein Onn (1922–1990) MP for Sri Gading	BN (UMNO)		1979	1981	Hussein Onn (II)
style="background:Template:Barisan Nasional/meta/color; color:white"|		Mahathir Mohamad (b. 1925) MP for Kubang Pasu	BN (UMNO)		1981	1986	Mahathir Mohamad (I • II)
style="background:Template:Barisan Nasional/meta/color; color:white"|		Abdullah Ahmad Badawi (b. 1939) MP for Kepala Batas	BN (UMNO)		1986	1987	Mahathir Mohamad (III)
style="background:Template:Barisan Nasional/meta/color; color:white"|		Najib Razak (b. 1953) MP for Pekan	BN (UMNO)		1990	1995	Mahathir Mohamad (IV)
style="background:Template:Barisan Nasional/meta/color; color:white"|		Syed Hamid Albar (b. 1944) MP for Kota Tinggi	BN (UMNO)		1995	1999	Mahathir Mohamad (V)
style="background:Template:Barisan Nasional/meta/color; color:white"|		Najib Razak (b. 1953) MP for Pekan	BN (UMNO)		1999	2008	Mahathir Mohamad (VI) Abdullah Ahmad Badawi (I • II)
style="background:Template:Barisan Nasional/meta/color; color:white"|		Abdullah Ahmad Badawi (b. 1939) MP for Kepala Batas	BN (UMNO)		2008	2009	Abdullah Ahmad Badawi (III)
style="background:Template:Barisan Nasional/meta/color; color:white"|		Ahmad Zahid Hamidi (b. 1953) MP for Bagan Datoh	BN (UMNO)		2009	2013	Najib Razak (I)
style="background:Template:Barisan Nasional/meta/color; color:white"|		Hishammuddin Hussein (b. 1961) MP for Sembrong	BN (UMNO)		2013	2018	Najib Razak (II)
style="background:Template:Pakatan Harapan/meta/color; color:white"|		Mohamad Sabu (b. 1954) MP for Kota Raja	PH (AMANAH)		21 May 2018	Incumbent	Mahathir Mohamad (VII)