Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia

Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia Timbalan Perdana Menteri Malaysia
Incumbent Ahmad Zahid Hamidi since 29 July 2015
Deputy Prime Minister's Office
Style	Yang Amat Berhormat (The Most Honourable)
Member of	Cabinet
Reports to	Parliament
Residence	Seri Satria
Seat	West Wing of Perdana Putra, Putrajaya
Nominator	Prime Minister of Malaysia
Appointer	Abdul Halim as Yang di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia
Term length	While during the pleasure of Yang di-Pertuan Agong
Inaugural holder	Tun Abdul Razak
Formation	31 August 1957 (1957-08-31)
Salary	MYR18,168.15 monthly
Website	www.pmo.gov.my/tpm/

The Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia (Malay: Timbalan Perdana Menteri Malaysia) is the second highest political office in Malaysia. There have been eleven 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 Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, who took office on 29 July 2015.

Official residence

The official residence for Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia is Sri Satria in Putrajaya. Before Sri Satria, the first Deputy Prime Minister official residence is Seri Taman.

Deputy Prime Minister appointment

See also: List of United Malays National Organisation leaders

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 past practice of the component parties of Barisan Nasional (the ruling coalition) of which the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) is the unofficial leader, the UMNO Deputy President is appointed Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia by the Prime Minister of Malaysia (who is the UMNO President). In the organisational structure of Barisan Nasional, the President and Deputy President of UMNO are automatically made the Chairman and Deputy Chairman of Barisan Nasional. This position, currently however, were filled by Dato' Seri Dr. Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, a Vice-President of UMNO. This is the second time the position were filled by a non-Deputy President of UMNO, the first time was when Tun Ghafar Baba held the office for a year as a Vice-President of UMNO (1986–1987).

Deaths, resignations and removals from office

Of the ten previous officeholders, five have gone on to become prime minister. Of the remaining, one died in office, two resigned, and two were removed from office by the sitting prime minister.

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 his defeat 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.

List of Deputy Prime Ministers of Malaysia

Colour key (for political parties)
Alliance Party   Barisan Nasional

№	Deputy Prime Minister				Term of Office			Prime Minister
	Portrait	Name (Birth–Death) Constituency	Political Party	State of residence	Took Office	Left Office	Days
1		Abdul Razak Hussein (1922–1976) MLC for Semantan, 1955–1959 MP for Pekan, 1959–1976	Alliance Party (UMNO)	Pahang	31 August 1957	22 September 1970			Tunku Abdul Rahman
2		Ismail Abdul Rahman (1915–1973) MLC for Johore Timor, 1955–1959 MP for Johore Timor, 1959–1973	Alliance Party (UMNO)	Johor	22 September 1970	2 August 1973			Abdul Razak Hussein
Vacant					2 August 1973	13 August 1973
3		Hussein Onn (1922–1990) MP for Johore Bahru Timor, 1971–1974 MP for Sri Gading, 1974–1981	Alliance Party (UMNO)	Johor	13 August 1973	15 January 1976
(3)			Barisan Nasional (UMNO)
Vacant					15 January 1976	5 March 1976			Hussein Onn
4		Mahathir Mohamad (1925–) MP for Kubang Pasu Barat, 1964–1969 MP for Kubang Pasu, 1974–2004	Barisan Nasional (UMNO)	Kedah	5 March 1976	16 July 1981
Vacant					16 July 1981	18 July 1981			Mahathir Mohamad
5		Musa Hitam (1934–) MP for Segamat Utara, 1968–1974 MP for Labis, 1974–1982 MP for Panti, 1982–1986	Barisan Nasional (UMNO)	Johor	18 July 1981	16 March 1986
Vacant					16 March 1986	10 May 1986
6		Abdul Ghafar Baba (1925–2006) MLC for Malacca Luar, 1955–1959 MP for Malacca Utara, 1971–1974 MP for Alor Gajah, 1974–1978 MP for Jasin, 1978–1999 MP for Batu Berendam, 1999–2004	Barisan Nasional (UMNO)	Negeri Sembilan	10 May 1986	15 October 1993
Vacant					15 October 1993	1 December 1993
7		Anwar Ibrahim (1947–) MP for Permatang Pauh, 1982–1999, 2008–2015	Barisan Nasional (UMNO)	Penang	1 December 1993	2 September 1998
Vacant					2 September 1998	8 January 1999
8		Abdullah Ahmad Badawi (1939–) MP for Kepala Batas, 1978–2013	Barisan Nasional (UMNO)	Penang	8 January 1999	31 October 2003
Vacant					31 October 2003	7 January 2004			Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
9		Najib Razak (1953–) MP for Pekan, 1976–1982, since 1986	Barisan Nasional (UMNO)	Johor	7 January 2004	3 April 2009
Vacant					3 April 2009	10 April 2009			Najib Razak
10		Muhyiddin Yassin (1947–) MP for Pagoh, 1978–1986, since 1995	Barisan Nasional (UMNO)	Johor	10 April 2009	29 July 2015
11		Ahmad Zahid Hamidi (1953–) MP for Bagan Datok, since 1995	Barisan Nasional (UMNO)	Perak	29 July 2015	Incumbent

Living former deputy prime ministers

Below are the living former deputy prime minister(s) who do not hold the position of prime minister.

• Living former Deputy Prime Ministers
• 

  Musa Hitam
  served 1981–1986
  born 1934 (age 90)

• 

  Anwar Ibrahim
  served 1993–1998
  born 1947 (age 76)

• 

  Muhyiddin Yassin
  served 2009–2015
  born 1947 (age 76)

See also

• Spouse of the Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia
• Official state car
• Air transports of heads of state and government