Najib Razak Mohammad Najib bin Abdul Razak (, ; born 23 July 1953) is a Malaysian politician who served as the sixth Prime Minister of Malaysia from 2009 to 2018. In 2020, he was convicted of corruption in the 1Malaysia Development Berhad scandal, on ...

formed the second Najib cabinet after being invited by Tuanku Abdul Halim Muadzam Shah to begin a new government following the 5 May 2013 general election in

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. In order to be the Prime Minister, Najib sworn in before the Yang di-Pertuan Agong on 6 May 2013. Prior to the election, Najib led (as

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) the first Najib cabinet, a

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that consisted of members of the component parties of

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. A new Cabinet was announced by Najib on 15 May 2013. It was the 19th

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formed since

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. The ministers and deputy ministers were then sworn in before

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on the following day. Notably, the two main ethnic Chinese-majority parties in Barisan Nasional, the

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(MCA) and Gerakan declined to join the cabinet due to their dismal performance in the election. On 25 June 2014, Najib announced a

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, which saw the return of the MCA and Gerakan to the cabinet. After the

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occurred in 2015, Deputy Prime Minister

Muhyiddin Yassin Mahiaddin bin Md Yasin (born 15 May 1947), commonly known as Muhyiddin bin Mohd Yassin (; ), is a Malaysian politician who served as the eighth Prime Minister of Malaysia from 2020 to 2021. Appointed as prime minister amid a 2020–2022 Malay ...

, who criticized this issue, was removed from his position by Prime Minister Najib. Najib faced public demands for resignation amid allegations of corruption.

Composition

Official sources
Ministers of the Federal Government (No. 2) Order 2013 [P.U. (A) 184/2013]Ministers of the Federal Government (No. 2) (Amendment) Order 2003 [P.U. (A) 324/2013]Ministers of the Federal Government (No. 2) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2015 [P.U. (A) 154/2014]Ministers of the Federal Government (No. 2) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2014 [P.U. (A) 201/2014]Ministers of the Federal Government (No. 2) (Amendment) Order 2015 [P.U. (A) 60/2015]Ministers of the Federal Government (No. 2) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2015 [P.U. (A) 224/2015]

Full members

The federal cabinet consisted of the following ministers:

Deputy ministers

Notes

References

{{Malaysian cabinets Cabinet of Malaysia 2013 establishments in Malaysia Cabinets established in 2013

Composition

Full members

Deputy ministers

See also

Notes

References