Prime Minister of Malaysia

Prime Minister of Malaysia
Incumbent Najib Razak since 3 April 2009
Style	Yang Amat Berhormat (The Most Honourable)
Residence	Seri Perdana
Appointer	Mizan Zainal Abidin as Yang di-Pertuan Agong
Term length	While commanding the confidence of the House of Representatives
Inaugural holder	Abdul Rahman
Formation	31 August 1957
Deputy	Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia
Website	PM's official website

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The Prime Minister of Malaysia is the indirectly elected head of government (executive) of Malaysia. He is officially appointed by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong, the head of state, who in HM's judgment is likely to command the confidence of the majority of the members of that House of Representatives (Dewan Rakyat), the elected lower house of Parliament. He heads the Cabinet, whose members are appointed by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong on the prime minister's advice. The Prime Minister and his Cabinet shall be collectively responsible to Parliament. The Prime Minister's Department (sometimes referred to as the Prime Minister's Office) is the body and ministry in which the Prime Minister exercises its functions and powers.

The current prime minister is Najib Razak.

Requirements for taking office

According to the constitution, the Prime Minister must be a member of the House of Representatives and command the confidence of the majority members of Dewan Rakyat; citizen of Malaysia but not by naturalization.

The Prime Minister and his cabinet ministers shall take and subscribe in the presence of Yang di-Pertuan Agong the oath of office and allegiance and the oath of secrecy before exercise the functions of the office. The Prime Minister and his cabinet ministers shall not be a member of legislative assembly of any state. The Cabinet shall be collectively responsible to Parliament.

Although statutory states that the Yang di-Pertuan Agong has his discretion in the appointment of the prime minister, the appointment is invariably given to the chief of the dominant party which commanding the most seats in lower house of parliament.

If the Prime Minister ceases to command the confidence of the majority of the members of the House of Representatives, then, unless at his request the Yang di-Pertuan Agong dissolves Parliament, the Prime Minister shall tender the resignation of the Cabinet.

List of Prime Ministers of Malaysia

      United Malays National Organisation (UMNO)       Alliance Party (AP)       National Front (BN)

Term	No.	Name (Constituency)	Picture	Took Office	Left Office	Party	Coalition
01	1	Abdul Rahman MP for Kuala Muda		31 August 1957	19 August 1959	UMNO	AP
02				19 August 1959	10 May 1969
03				10 May 1969	22 September 1970
	2	Abdul Razak MP for Pekan		22 September 1970	24 August 1974	UMNO	AP
04				24 August 1974	14 January 1976		BN
	3	Hussein Onn MP for Johol Timur		14 January 1976	8 July 1978	UMNO	BN
05				8 July 1978	16 July 1981
	4	Mahathir Mohamad MP for Kubang Pasu		16 July 1981	10 May 1982	UMNO	BN
06				10 May 1982	3 August 1986
07				3 August 1986	October 1990
08				October 1990	24 April 1995
09				24 April 1995	29 November 1999
10				29 November 1999	31 October 2003
	5	Abdullah Ahmad Badawi MP for Kepala Batas		31 October 2003	21 March 2004	UMNO	BN
11				21 March 2004	8 March 2008
12				8 March 2008	3 April 2009
	6	Najib Razak MP for Pekan		3 April 2009	Incumbent	UMNO	BN

Trivia

The prime minister has been from the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) since independence. It is the largest component party of the Barisan Nasional (National Front), which formerly known as the Perikatan (Alliance Party) until the 1969 general election, which forms the government (executive) since independence.

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