Date formed 10 April 2009 Head of government Najib Razak Deputy head of government Muhyiddin Yassin | Date dissolved 16 May 2015 Head of government's history Najib Government | |
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Head of state Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin (2009–2011)
Tuanku Abdul Halim Muadzam Shah (2011–2013) | ||
Najib Razak formed the first Najib cabinet after being invited by Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin to begin a new government following the resignation of the previous Prime Minister of Malaysia, Abdullah Ahmad Badawi. Prior to the resignation, Abdullah led (as Prime Minister) the third Abdullah cabinet, a coalition government that consisted of members of the component parties of Barisan Nasional.
Najib announced his inaugural Cabinet on 9 April 2009. Former Malaysia Airlines chief executive officer and managing director Idris Jala was added to the line-up on 28 August 2009.
Najib streamlined the Cabinet to 28 members from 32 in the previous Abdullah Ahmad Badawi administration. His new line-up came under criticism from previous Prime Minister Tun Dr. Mahathir.
This is a list of the members of the first cabinet of the sixth Prime Minister of Malaysia, Najib Razak.
Full members
The federal cabinet consisted of the following ministers: