From 1955 to 1957
editChief ministers
editPortrait | Chief minister | Term of office | Mndt.[a] | Party[b] | Government | High Commissioner | ||
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Start | End | |||||||
His Highness Tunku Abdul Rahman تونکو عبد الرحمن MLC for Sungei Muda (1903–1990) |
1 August 1955 |
31 August 1957 |
1955 | Alliance–UMNO | Rahman I | Donald MacGillivray |
Since 1957
editPrime ministers
edit- Alliance Party (2)
- Barisan Nasional (6)
- Pakatan Harapan (2)
Portrait | Prime minister | Term of office | Mndt.[a] | Party[c] | Government | Monarch(s) | ||
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Start | End | |||||||
His Highness Tunku Abdul Rahman تونکو عبد الرحمن MP for Kuala Kedah (1903–1990) |
31 August 1957 |
22 September 1970 |
1959 | Alliance–UMNO | Rahman II | Abdul Rahman Hisamuddin Putra Ismail Nasiruddin Abdul Halim | ||
1964 | Rahman III | |||||||
1969 | Rahman IV | |||||||
Tun Haji Abdul Razak Hussein عبد الرزاق حسين MP for Pekan (1922–1976) |
22 September 1970 |
14 January 1976[d] |
– | Alliance–UMNO | Razak I | Abdul Halim Yahya Petra | ||
1974 | BN–UMNO | Razak II | ||||||
Tun Hussein Onn حسين عون MP for Sri Gading (1922–1990) |
15 January 1976 |
16 July 1981 |
– | BN–UMNO | Hussein I | Yahya Petra Ahmad Shah | ||
1978 | Hussein II | |||||||
Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad محاضير محمد MP for Kubang Pasu (b. 1925) |
16 July 1981 |
30 October 2003 |
— | BN–UMNO | Mahathir I | Ahmad Shah Iskandar Azlan Shah Ja'afar Salahuddin Sirajuddin | ||
1982 | Mahathir II | |||||||
1986 | Mahathir III | |||||||
1990 | Mahathir IV | |||||||
1995 | Mahathir V | |||||||
1999 | Mahathir VI | |||||||
Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi عبد الله احمد بدوي MP for Kepala Batas (b. 1939) |
31 October 2003 |
3 April 2009 |
— | BN–UMNO | Abdullah I | Sirajuddin Mizan Zainal Abidin | ||
2004 | Abdullah II | |||||||
2008 | Abdullah III | |||||||
Dato' Sri Haji Najib Razak نجيب رزاق MP for Pekan (b. 1953) |
3 April 2009 |
9 May 2018 |
— | BN–UMNO | Najib I | Mizan Zainal Abidin Abdul Halim Muhammad V | ||
2013 | Najib II | |||||||
Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad محاضير محمد MP for Langkawi (b. 1925) |
10 May 2018 |
24 February 2020 |
2018 | PH–BERSATU | Mahathir VII | Muhammad V Abdullah | ||
During this interval, prime minister Mahathir Mohamad was the interim prime minister. | Abdullah | |||||||
Tan Sri Dato' Haji Muhyiddin Yassin محيي الدين ياسين MP for Pagoh (b. 1947) |
1 March 2020 |
16 August 2021 |
— | PN–BERSATU | Muhyiddin | |||
During this interval, prime minister Muhyiddin Yassin was the caretaker prime minister. | ||||||||
Dato' Sri Ismail Sabri Yaakob اسماعيل صبري يعقوب MP for Bera (b. 1960) |
21 August 2021 |
24 November 2022 |
— | BN–UMNO | Ismail Sabri | |||
Dato' Sri Anwar Ibrahim انور ابراهيم MP for Tambun (b. 1947) |
24 November 2022 |
Incumbent | (2022) | PH–PKR | Anwar |
Timeline
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- ^ a b Legend for mandate portion of column:
- 1955a year
- indicates a general election won by the government or that led to the formation of a government (the year links to the election's article);
- (2022)a parenthesised year
- indicates an election resulting in no single party or coalition winning a parliamentary majority (the year links to the election's article);
- —a dash
- indicates the formation of a majority government without an election.
- ^ This column names only the Prime Minister's party. The government may be a complex coalition of several parties and independents; those are not listed here.
- ^ This column names only the Prime Minister's party. The government may be a complex coalition of several parties and independents; those are not listed here.
- ^ Died in office.
Length of tenure
editList of office holders by tenure
editNo. | Prime minister | Length | Terms | Coalition–Party | Start | End | Reasons of departure |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Mahathir Mohamad (1) | 22 years, 107 days | 6 | National Front | 1981 | 2003 | Resignation |
2 | Tunku Abdul Rahman | 13 years, 23 days | 3 | Alliance | 1957 | 1970 | Resignation |
3 | Najib Razak | 9 years, 37 days | 2 | National Front | 2009 | 2018 | Election |
4 | Hussein Onn | 5 years, 183 days | 2 | National Front | 1976 | 1981 | Resignation |
5 | Abdullah Ahmad Badawi | 5 years, 156 days | 3 | National Front | 2003 | 2009 | Resignation |
6 | Abdul Razak Hussein | 5 years, 115 days | 2 | National Front | 1970 | 1976 | Died in office |
7 | Mahathir Mohamad (2) | 1 year, 291 days | 1 | Alliance of Hope | 2018 | 2020 | Resignation |
8 | Muhyiddin Yassin | 1 year, 169 days | 1 | National Alliance | 2020 | 2021 | Resignation |
9 | Ismail Sabri Yaakob | 1 year, 96 days | 1 | National Front | 2021 | 2022 | Election |
10 | Anwar Ibrahim | 1 year, 276 days | 1 | Alliance of Hope | 2022 | – | In office |