The Deputy Minister of Health (Malay: Timbalan Menteri Kesihatan; ; Tamil: சுகாதார பிரதி அமைச்சர்) is a Malaysian cabinet position serving as deputy head of the Ministry of Health.
Post: | Deputy Minister |
Body: | Health |
Native Name: | Timbalan Menteri Kesihatan |
Insignia: | Coat of arms of Malaysia.svg |
Insigniacaption: | Coat of Arms of Government of Malaysia |
Incumbent: | Lukanisman Awang Sauni |
Department: | Ministry of Health |
Style: | Yang Berhormat |
Member Of: | Cabinet of Malaysia |
Reports To: | Prime Minister Minister of Health |
Seat: | Putrajaya |
Appointer: | Yang di-Pertuan Agong |
Appointer Qualified: | on advice of the Prime Minister |
Inaugural: | Abdul Rahman Talib (as Assistant Minister of Health) |
The following individuals have been appointed Deputy Minister of Health, or any of its precedent titles:[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7]
Colour key (for political coalition/parties):
Coalition | Component party | Timeline | |
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align=center | 1955–1973 | ||
align=center | 1973–present | ||
align=center | 1973–2018 | ||
align=center | 1974–1977 | ||
align=center | 1973–present | ||
align=center | 2015–present | ||
align=center | 2020–present | ||
align=center | 2018–present | ||
align=center | 2018–present | ||
Assistant Minister of Health | ||||||||
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Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) Constituency | Political coalition | Political party | Took office | Left office | Prime Minister (Cabinet) | ||
Abdul Rahman Talib | Alliance | UMNO | 1955 | 31 August 1957 | Tunku Abdul Rahman | |||
post was renamed to Deputy Minister of Health | ||||||||
Deputy Minister of Health | ||||||||
Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) Constituency | Political coalition | Political party | Took office | Left office | Prime Minister (Cabinet) | ||
Abu Bakar Umar | BN | PAS | 1974 | 31 December 1977 | Abdul Razak Hussein Hussein Onn | |||
Sulaiman Daud | BN | PBB | 1 January 1978 | 16 July 1981 | Hussein Onn | |||
K. Pathmanaban | BN | MIC | 17 July 1981 | 20 May 1987 | Mahathir Mohamad | |||
Mohamed Farid Ariffin | BN | UMNO | 20 May 1987 | 3 May 1995 | Mahathir Mohamad | |||
Siti Zaharah Sulaiman | BN | UMNO | 8 May 1995 | 12 November 1996 | Mahathir Mohamad | |||
Mohd Ali Rustam | BN | UMNO | 12 November 1996 | 14 December 1999 | ||||
Suleiman Mohamed | BN | UMNO | 15 December 1999 | 26 March 2004 | Mahathir Mohamad Abdullah Ahmad Badawi | |||
Abdul Latiff Ahmad | BN | 27 March 2004 | 9 April 2009 | Abdullah Ahmad Badawi | ||||
Rosnah Abdul Rashid Shirlin | BN | UMNO | 10 April 2009 | 15 May 2013 | Najib Razak | |||
Hilmi Yahaya | BN | UMNO | 16 May 2013 | 9 May 2018 | Najib Razak | |||
Lee Boon Chye | PH | PKR | 2 July 2018 | 24 February 2020 | Mahathir Mohamad | |||
Noor Azmi Ghazali | PN | BERSATU | 10 March 2020 | 24 November 2022 | Muhyiddin Yassin Ismail Sabri Yaakob | |||
Aaron Ago Dagang | GPS | PRS | ||||||
Lukanisman Awang Sauni | GPS | PBB | 10 December 2022 | Incumbent | Anwar Ibrahim | |||