The Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs (Malay: Timbalan Menteri Luar Negeri; ; Tamil: வெளியுறவுத்துறை துணை அமைச்சர்) is a non-Malaysian cabinet position serving as deputy head of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.
The Ministry of External Affairs was created in 1956 with the Independence of Malaya looming. It was not until 1965 when the ministry was renamed the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and relocated from the Sultan Abdul Samad Building in Kuala Lumpur to Wisma Putra in Putrajaya. Nevertheless, the position of deputy minister was only created in 1979 with only a full minister at the helm of the ministry previously.
List of deputy ministers The following individuals have been appointed as Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, or any of its precedent titles:FORMER DEPUTY FOREIGN MINISTERS
Colour key (for political coalition/parties): Coalition Component party Timeline 1973–present 1973–2018 1983–2004 2002–2018 1973–2018 1973–present 2017–2020 2020–present 2018–present
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs (1979–present) Portrait Name(Birth–Death)Constituency Political coalition Political party Took office Left office Prime Minister(Cabinet) Mokhtar Hashim BN UMNO19791983 Hussein OnnMahathir Mohamad Abdul Kadir Sheikh Fadzir BN UMNO 1983 1987 Mahathir Mohamad Abdullah Fadzil Che Wan BN UMNO 1987 1995 Mahathir Mohamad Leo Michael Toyad BN PBB 1995 2004 Mahathir MohamadAbdullah Ahmad Badawi Joseph Salang Gandum BN PBDS 2004 2008 Abdullah Ahmad Badawi Abdul Rahim Bakri BN UMNO 2008 2009 Abdullah Ahmad Badawi Lee Chee Leong BN MCA 2009 2010 Najib Razak Kohilan Pillay Appu BN Gerakan 2013 Richard Riot Jaem BN SUPP 2010 Hamzah Zainudin BN UMNO 2013 2015 Najib Razak Reezal Merican Naina Merican BN UMNO 2015 2018 Marzuki Yahya PH BERSATU 2018 2020 Mahathir Mohamad Kamarudin Jaffar PN BERSATU 2020 2022 Muhyiddin YassinIsmail Sabri Yaakob Mohamad Alamin BN UMNO 2022 2025Anwar Ibrahim Lukanisman Awang Sauni GPS PBB 2025Incumbent
See also Minister of Foreign Affairs (Malaysia)
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