Ministry of Finance (Malaysia)
| Kementerian Kewangan | |
| Ministry overview | |
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| Formed | 31 August 1957 |
| Jurisdiction | Government of Malaysia |
| Headquarters | Ministry of Finance Complex, No. 5 Persiaran Perdana, Presint 2, 62592 Putrajaya |
| Ministers responsible | |
| Deputy Ministers responsible | |
| Ministry executive |
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| Website | www |
The Ministry of Finance (Malay: Kementerian Kewangan), abbreviated MOF, is cabinet-level ministry of Malaysia. It is headed by Najib Razak who is also the prime minister of Malaysia. Its headquarters is in Ministry of Finance Complex, Putrajaya.
The Finance Minister, as with other ministers in the Cabinet of Malaysia, is appointed by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong upon the advice of the Prime Minister.[1] Traditionally, the Finance Minister will be a person other than the Prime Minister, however the Finance portfolio was taken up by Mahathir Mohamad during his tenure as the fourth Prime Minister (1998-1999 and 2001-2003). Subsequent prime ministers, namely Abdullah Ahmad Badawi and Najib Razak, have followed this trend of taking up the Finance Minister portfolio.
List of Federal Minister of Finance[edit]
The following is a list of former and current Federal Minister of Finance.[2]
| № | Federal Minister of Finance | Term of Office | Prime Minister (Cabinet) |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) Constituency |
Political Party | Took Office | Left Office | ||
| 1 |  |
Henry Lee Hau Shik (1900–1988) |
Alliance (MCA) | 1957 | 1959 | Tunku Abdul Rahman (I) |
| 2 | Tan Siew Sin (1916–1988) MP for Malacca Tengah |
Alliance (MCA) | 1959 | 1969 | Tunku Abdul Rahman (II • III) |
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| 3 | .jpg) |
Abdul Razak Hussein (1922–1976) MP for Pekan |
Alliance (UMNO) | 1969 | 1970 | Tunku Abdul Rahman (IV) |
| (2) | Tan Siew Sin (1916–1988) MP for Malacca Tengah |
Alliance (MCA) | 1970 | 1974 | Abdul Razak Hussein (I) |
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| 4 | .jpg) |
Hussein Onn (1922–1990) MP for Sri Gading |
BN (UMNO) | 1974 | 1976 | Abdul Razak Hussein (II) |
| 5 |  |
Tengku Razaleigh Hamzah (b. 1937) MP for Ulu Kelantan |
BN (UMNO) | 1976 | 1984 | Hussein Onn (I • II) Mahathir Mohamad (I • II) |
| 6 | Daim Zainuddin (b. 1938) MP for Kuala Muda MP for Merbok |
BN (UMNO) | 1985 | 1991 | Mahathir Mohamad (II • III • IV) |
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| 7 |  |
Anwar Ibrahim (b. 1947) MP for Permatang Pauh |
BN (UMNO) | 1991 | 1998 | Mahathir Mohamad (IV • V) |
| 8 |  |
Mahathir Mohamad (b. 1925) MP for Kubang Pasu |
BN (UMNO) | 1998 | 1999 | Mahathir Mohamad (V) |
| 9 |  |
Mustapa Mohamed (b. 1950) MP for Jeli |
BN (UMNO) | 1998 | 1999 | Mahathir Mohamad (V) |
| (6) | Daim Zainuddin (b. 1938) MP for Merbok |
BN (UMNO) | 1999 | 2001 | Mahathir Mohamad (V • VI) |
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| (8) | |
Mahathir Mohamad (b. 1925) MP for Kubang Pasu |
BN (UMNO) | 2001 | 2003 | Mahathir Mohamad (VI) |
| 10 | Jamaluddin Jarjis (1951–2015) MP for Rompin |
BN (UMNO) | 2002 | 2004 | Mahathir Mohamad (VI) Abdullah Ahmad Badawi (I) |
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| 11 |  |
Abdullah Ahmad Badawi (b. 1939) MP for Kepala Batas |
BN (UMNO) | 2003 | 2008 | Abdullah Ahmad Badawi (I • II • III) |
| 12 | Nor Mohamed Yakcop (b. 1947) Senator MP for Tasek Gelugor |
BN (UMNO) | 2004 | 2009 | Abdullah Ahmad Badawi (II • III) |
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| 13 |  |
Najib Razak (b. 1953) MP for Pekan |
BN (UMNO) | 2008 | Incumbent | Abdullah Ahmad Badawi (III) Najib Razak (I • II) |
| 14 |  |
Ahmad Husni Hanadzlah (b. 1952) MP for Tambun |
BN (UMNO) | 2009 | Incumbent | Najib Razak (I • II) |
References[edit]
- ^ Article 43 of the Constitution of Malaysia
- ^ "Former Minister of Finance". Ministry of Finance, Malaysia. 17 August 2011. Retrieved 15 March 2012.
External links[edit]
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