Sixth Mahathir cabinet

Sixth Mahathir cabinet
14th Cabinet of Malaysia
People and organisations
Head of state	Tuanku Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah (1999–2001) Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin (2001–2003)
Head of government	Mahathir Mohamad
Deputy head of government	Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
Member parties	Barisan Nasional United Malays National Organisation Malaysian Chinese Association United Traditional Bumiputera Party Malaysian Indian Congress Malaysian People's Movement Party Sarawak Native People's Party Sarawak United Peoples' Party Sarawak National Party United Pasokmomogun Kadazandusun Murut Organisation Liberal Democratic Party Sabah Progressive Party United Sabah Party (from 2002) Sarawak Progressive Democratic Party (from 2002)
Status in legislature	UMNO led coalition majority government
Opposition parties	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party Democratic Action Party People's Justice Party United Sabah Party (1999–2002)
Opposition leader	Fadzil Noor (1999–2002) Abdul Hadi Awang (2002–2003)
History
Election(s)	Malaysian general election, 1999
Legislature term(s)	10th Malaysian Parliament
Budget(s)	2000, 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004
Incoming formation	Mahathir VI Cabinet formation, 1999
Outgoing formation	Abdullah I Cabinet formation, 2003
Predecessor	Fifth Mahathir cabinet
Successor	First Abdullah cabinet

Mahathir Mohamad formed the sixth Mahathir cabinet after being invited by Tuanku Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah to begin a new government following the 29 November 1999 general election in Malaysia. Prior to the election, Mahathir led (as Prime Minister) the fifth Mahathir cabinet, a coalition government that consisted of members of the component parties of Barisan Nasional.

This is a list of the members of the sixth cabinet of the fourth Prime Minister of Malaysia, Mahathir Mohamad.

Composition

Full members

The federal cabinet consisted of the following ministers:

Portfolio	Office Bearer	Party	Constituency	Term Start	Term End
Prime Minister	Mahathir Mohamad	UMNO	Kubang Pasu	15 December 1999	2 November 2003
Deputy Prime Minister	Abdullah Ahmad Badawi	UMNO	Kepala Batas	15 December 1999	2 November 2003
Minister in the Prime Minister's Department	Rais Yatim	UMNO	Jelebu	15 December 1999	2 November 2003
	Abdul Hamid Othman		Senator		29 September 2001
	Pandikar Amin Mulia	AKAR UMNO			1 July 2003
	Bernard Giluk Dompok	UPKO	Kinabalu		2 November 2003
	Abdul Hamid Zainal Abidin	UMNO	Senator	29 September 2001
	Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor			20 November 2002
Minister with Special Functions	Daim Zainuddin	UMNO	Merbok	15 December 1999	31 May 2001
Minister of Finance	Daim Zainuddin	UMNO	Merbok	15 December 1999	31 May 2001
	Mahathir Mohamad		Kubang Pasu	5 June 2001	2 November 2003
	Jamaluddin Jarjis		Rompin	20 November 2002
Minister of Defence	Mohd. Najib Abdul Razak	UMNO	Pekan	15 December 1999	2 November 2003
Minister of Home Affairs	Abdullah Ahmad Badawi	UMNO	Kepala Batas	15 December 1999	2 November 2003
Minister of International Trade and Industry	Rafidah Aziz	UMNO	Kuala Kangsar	15 December 1999	2 November 2003
Minister of Education	Musa Mohamad	UMNO	Senator	15 December 1999	2 November 2003
Minister of Lands and Co-operatives Development	Kasitah Gaddam	UMNO	Senator	15 December 1999	2 November 2003
Minister of Transport	Ling Liong Sik	MCA	Labis	15 December 1999	23 May 2003
	Chan Kong Choy		Selayang	1 July 2003	2 November 2003
Minister of Agriculture	Mohd Effendi Norwawi	PBB	Kuala Rajang	15 December 1999	2 November 2003
Minister of Health	Chua Jui Meng	MCA	Bakri	15 December 1999	2 November 2003
Minister of Culture, Arts and Tourism	Abdul Kadir Sheikh Fadzir	UMNO	Kulim-Bandar Baharu	15 December 1999	2 November 2003
Minister of Housing and Local Government	Ong Ka Ting	MCA	Pontian	15 December 1999	2 November 2003
Minister of Foreign Affairs	Syed Hamid Albar	UMNO	Kota Tinggi	15 December 1999	2 November 2003
Minister of Human Resources	Fong Chan Onn	MCA	Selandar	15 December 1999	2 November 2003
Minister of Domestic Trade and Consumerism	Muhyiddin Mohd. Yassin	UMNO	Pagoh	15 December 1999	2 November 2003
Minister of Entrepreneur Development	Mohamed Nazri Abdul Aziz	UMNO	Chenderoh	15 December 1999	2 November 2003
Minister of Rural Development	Azmi Khalid	UMNO	Padang Besar	15 December 1999	2 November 2003
Minister of Works	Samy Vellu	MIC	Sungai Siput	15 December 1999	2 November 2003
Minister of Science, Technology and Environment	Law Hieng Ding	SUPP	Sarikei	15 December 1999	2 November 2003
Minister of Energy, Water and Communications	Leo Moggie Irok	PBDS	Kanowit	15 December 1999	2 November 2003
Minister of Primary Industries	Lim Keng Yaik	Gerakan	Beruas	15 December 1999	2 November 2003
Minister of National Unity and Community Development	Siti Zaharah Sulaiman	UMNO	Paya Besar	15 December 1999	2 November 2003
Minister of Women and Family Development	Shahrizat Abdul Jalil	UMNO	Lembah Pantai	29 September 2001	2 November 2003
Minister of Youth and Sports	Hishammuddin Hussein	UMNO	Tenggara	15 December 1999	2 November 2003
Minister of Information	Mohd Khalil Yaakob	UMNO	Kuantan	15 December 1999	2 November 2003

Deputy ministers

Portfolio	Office Bearer	Party	Constituency	Term Start	Term End
Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister's Department	Tengku Azlan Sultan Abu Bakar	UMNO	Jerantut	15 December 1999	2 November 2003
	Shahrizat Abdul Jalil		Lembah Pantai		29 September 2001
	Douglas Uggah Embas	PBB	Betong
	Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor	UMNO	Senator	29 September 2001	20 November 2002
Deputy Minister of Finance	Shafie Salleh	UMNO	Kuala Langat	15 December 1999	2 November 2003
	Chan Kong Choy	MCA	Selayang		1 July 2003
	Ng Yen Yen		Raub	1 July 2003	2 November 2003
Deputy Minister of Defence	Shafie Apdal	UMNO	Semporna	15 December 1999	2 November 2003
Deputy Minister of Home Affairs	Zainal Abidin Zin	UMNO	Bagan Serai	15 December 1999	2 November 2003
Deputy Minister of International Trade and Industry	Kerk Choo Ting	Gerakan	Taiping	15 December 1999	2 November 2003
Deputy Minister of Education	Abdul Aziz Shamsuddin	UMNO	Senator	15 December 1999	2 November 2003
	Han Choon Kim	MCA	Seremban
Deputy Minister of Lands and Co-operatives Development	Tan Kee Kwong	Gerakan	Segambut	15 December 1999	2 November 2003
Deputy Minister of Transport	Ramli Ngah Talib	UMNO	Pasir Salak	15 December 1999	2 November 2003
	Douglas Uggah Embas	PBB	Betong	29 September 2001
Deputy Minister of Agriculture	Mohd Shariff Omar	UMNO	Tasek Gelugor	15 December 1999	2 November 2003
Deputy Minister of Health	Suleiman Mohamed	UMNO	Titiwangsa	15 December 1999	2 November 2003
Deputy Minister of Culture, Arts and Tourism	Fu Ah Kiow	MCA	Mentakab	15 December 1999	2 November 2003
Deputy Minister of Housing and Local Government	Peter Chin Fah Kui	SUPP	Miri	15 December 1999	2 November 2003
	M. Kayveas	PPP	Senator	29 September 2001
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs	Leo Michael Toyad	PBB	Mukah	15 December 1999	2 November 2003
Deputy Minister of Human Resources	Abdul Latiff Ahmad	UMNO	Mersing	15 December 1999	2 November 2003
Deputy Minister of Domestic Trade and Consumerism	Subramaniam Sinniah	MIC	Segamat	15 December 1999	2 November 2003
Deputy Minister of Entrepreneur Development	Mohd. Khalid Mohd. Yunos	UMNO	Jempol	20 November 2002	2 November 2003
Deputy Minister of Rural Development	Palanivel Govindasamy	MIC	Hulu Selangor	15 December 1999	2 November 2003
Deputy Minister of Works	Mohamed Khaled Nordin	UMNO	Johor Bahru	15 December 1999	2 November 2003
Deputy Minister of Science, Technology and Environment	Zainal Dahlan	UMNO	Sabak Bernam	15 December 1999	2 November 2003
Deputy Minister of Energy, Water and Communications	Tan Chai Ho	MCA	Bandar Tun Razak	15 December 1999	2 November 2003
Deputy Minister of Primary Industries	Anifah Aman	UMNO	Beaufort	15 December 1999	2 November 2003
Deputy Minister of National Unity and Community Development	Tiki Lafe	SNAP	Mas Gading	15 December 1999	2 November 2003
Deputy Minister of Youth and Sports	Ong Tee Keat	MCA	Ampang Jaya	15 December 1999	2 November 2003
Deputy Minister of Information	Mohd. Khalid Mohd. Yunos	UMNO	Jempol	15 December 1999	20 November 2002
	Zainuddin Maidin		Senator	20 November 2002	2 November 2003

See also

• Members of the Dewan Rakyat, 10th Malaysian Parliament
• List of Parliamentary Secretaries of Malaysia#Sixth Mahathir cabinet