The Deputy Minister of Education (Malay: Timbalan Menteri Pendidikan; ; Tamil: கல்வி பிரதி அமைச்சர் ) is a Malaysian cabinet position serving as deputy head of the Ministry of Education.
The officeholder, if, of Chinese ethnicity, is often considered the representative of the Chinese in advancing their interests in education, such as protecting the Chinese vernacular schools, recognising the Unified Examination Certificate (UEC) of the Chinese independent high school, resolving the shortage of Chinese teachers and so on.
List of Deputy Ministers of Education The following individuals have been appointed as Deputy Minister of Education, or any of its precedent titles:
Colour key (for political coalition/parties): Coalition Component party Timeline 1955–1973 1973–present 1973–present 1973–2018 1973–present 2015–present 2020–present
Assistant Minister of Education (1961–1962;1964–1969) Portrait Name(Birth–Death)Constituency Political coalition Political party Took office Left office Prime Minister(Cabinet) Abdul Hamid Khan Alliance UMNO 1961 1962 Tunku Abdul Rahman Lee Siok Yew Alliance MCA 1964 1969 Tunku Abdul RahmanInitially the post Deputy Minister of Education was created, after it was downgraded to Assistant Minister of Education, subsequently changed to Deputy Minister of Education Deputy Minister of Education (1955–1957;1974–present) Portrait Name(Birth–Death)Constituency Political coalition Political party Took office Left office Prime Minister(Cabinet) Too Joon Hing Alliance MCA 1955 1957 Tunku Abdul Rahman Chan Siang Sun BN MCA 1974 1982 Abdul Razak HusseinHussein OnnMahathir Mohamad Salleh Jafaruddin BN PBB Hussein Onn Najib Razak BN UMNO Hussein Onn Suhaimi Kamaruddin BN UMNO 1981 1982 Mahathir Mohamad Tan Tiong Hong BN MCA30 April 198216 July 1984Mahathir Mohamad Mohd Khalil Yaakob BN UMNO Rosemary Chow Poh Kheng BN MCA16 July 1984 25 March 1985 Bujang Ulis BN PBB 10 August 1986 Ling Liong Sik BN MCA 25 March 1985 7 January 1986 Ng Cheng Kiat BN MCA 7 January 1986 10 August 1986 Woon See Chin BN MCA11 August 1986 26 October 1990Mahathir Mohamad Bujang Ulis BN PBB 20 May 1987 Leo Michael Toyad BN PBB 20 May 1987 26 October 1990 Fong Chan Onn BN MCA27 October 19904 May 1995Mahathir Mohamad Leo Michael Toyad BN PBB Mohd. Khalid Mohd. Yunos BN UMNO8 May 199514 December 1999Mahathir Mohamad Fong Chan Onn BN MCA Abdul Aziz Shamsuddin BN UMNO15 December 199926 March 2004Mahathir MohamadAbdullah Ahmad Badawi Han Choon Kim BN MCA Mahadzir Mohd Khir BN UMNO27 March 2004 14 February 2006Abdullah Ahmad Badawi Han Choon Kim BN MCA18 March 2008 Noh Omar BN UMNO 14 February 2006 Razali Ismail BN UMNO19 March 2008 17 January 2009Abdullah Ahmad Badawi Wee Ka Siong BN MCA 9 April 2009 Mohd Puad Zarkashi BN UMNO10 April 200915 May 2013Najib Razak Wee Ka Siong BN MCA Kamalanathan Panchanathan BN MIC16 May 2013 9 May 2018Najib Razak Mary Yap Kain Ching BN PBS 29 July 2015 Chong Sin Woon BN MCA 29 July 2015 9 May 2018 Teo Nie Ching PH DAP 2 July 2018 24 February 2020 Mahathir Mohamad Muslimin Yahaya PN BERSATU10 March 202016 August 2021Muhyiddin Yassin Mah Hang Soon BN MCA Mah Hang Soon BN MCA 30 August 202124 November 2022Ismail Sabri Yaakob Mohamad Alamin BN UMNO 11 September 2021 Lim Hui Ying PH DAP 10 December 2022 12 December 2023Anwar Ibrahim Wong Kah Woh PH DAP 12 December 2023 Incumbent
See also Minister of Education (Malaysia)
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