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Minister Of Economy (Malaysia)
The current Malaysian Minister of Economy has been Rafizi Ramli since 3 December 2022. The minister is supported by Deputy Minister of Economy which is currently vacant. The Minister administers the portfolio through the Ministry of Economy. List of Ministers of Economic Affairs/Economy The following individuals have held office as Minister of Economic Affairs/Economy: Political Party: List of Ministers in the Prime Minister's Department (Economic Planning Unit) The following individuals have held office as the Minister in the Prime Minister's Department under the Economic Planning Unit (EPU) department: Political Party: See also * Ministry of Economy (Malaysia) * Minister of Finance (Malaysia) References External links * http://www.epu.gov.my/en {{Malaysian federal ministerial portfolios Lists of government ministers of Malaysia Malaysia Malaysia ( ; ) is a country in Southeast Asia. The federal constitutional monarchy consists of thirteen sta ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rafizi Ramli
Mohd Rafizi bin Ramli ( Jawi: ; born 14 September 1977) is a Malaysian politician who has served as the Minister of Economy in the Pakatan Harapan (PH) administration under Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim since December 2022 and the Member of Parliament (MP) for Pandan from May 2013 to May 2018 and again since November 2022. He is a member of the People's Justice Party (PKR), a component party of presently the PH and formerly the Pakatan Rakyat (PR) coalitions. He has also served as the 5th Deputy President of PKR since July 2022. He served as Vice-President of PKR from August 2014 to July 2022, Secretary-General of PKR from October 2014 to November 2016 and Strategic Director of PKR from December 2010 to October 2014. He is the founder of both the whistleblower organisation, National Oversight and Whistleblowers Centre (NOW) and the election volunteerism organisation, Invoke Malaysia (INVOKE). Early life and education Rafizi was born in Besut, Terengganu and was raised in K ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Barisan Nasional
The National Front ( ms, Barisan Nasional; abbrev: BN) is a political coalition of Malaysia that was founded in 1973 as a coalition of centre-right and right-wing political parties. It is also the third largest political coalition with 30 seats in the Dewan Rakyat after coalition Pakatan Harapan with 82 seats and the coalition Perikatan Nasional with 73 seats. The Barisan Nasional coalition employs the same inter-communal governing model of its predecessor the Alliance Party but on a wider scale, with up to 14 communal political parties involved in the coalition at one point. It dominated Malaysian politics for over thirty years after it was founded, but since 2008 has faced stronger challenges from opposition parties, notably the Pakatan Rakyat and later the Pakatan Harapan (PH) alliances. Taken together with its predecessor (Alliance), it had a combined period of rule from 1957 to 2018, and was considered the longest ruling coalition party in the democratic world. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Datuk Seri Panglima Abdul Rahman Dahlan
Datuk (or its variant Dato or Datu) is a Malay title commonly used in Brunei, Indonesia, and Malaysia, as well as a traditional title by Minangkabau people in West Sumatra, Indonesia. The title of the wife of Datuk is Datin. Origin The oldest historical records mentioning about the title ''datuk'' is the 7th century Srivijayan inscriptions such as Telaga Batu from Palembang, Indonesia, to describe lesser kings or vassalized kings. It was called ''dātu'' in Old Malay language to describe regional leader or elder, a kind of chieftain that rules of a collection of ''kampungs'' (villages) called Kedatuan. The Srivijaya empire was described as a network or mandala that consisted of settlements, villages, and ports each ruled by a datu that vowed their loyalty (''persumpahan'') to the central administration of Srivijayan Maharaja. Unlike the indianized title of raja and maharaja, the term datuk was also found in the Philippines as datu, which suggests its common native Austronesi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Second Najib Cabinet
Najib Razak formed the second Najib cabinet after being invited by Tuanku Abdul Halim Muadzam Shah to begin a new government following the 5 May 2013 general election in Malaysia. In order to be the Prime Minister, Najib sworn in before the Yang di-Pertuan Agong on 6 May 2013. Prior to the election, Najib led (as Prime Minister) the first Najib cabinet, a coalition government that consisted of members of the component parties of Barisan Nasional. A new Cabinet was announced by Prime Minister Mohd. Najib Abdul Razak on 15 May 2013. It was the 19th cabinet of Malaysia formed since independence. The ministers and deputy ministers were then sworn in before King Abdul Halim on the following day. Notably, the two main ethnic Chinese-majority parties in Barisan Nasional, the Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA) and Gerakan declined to join the cabinet due to their dismal performance in the election. On 25 June 2014, Prime Minister Najib Razak announced a cabinet reshuffle, w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abdul Wahid Omar
Abdul Wahid bin Omar ( Jawi: عبدالواحد بن عمر; born 1964) is the non-executive chairman of Bursa Malaysia since 1 May 2020. He is also the chairman of the board of directors of Universiti Kebangsaan Malaysia (UKM), one of Malaysia top universities, since 1 November 2018. He was the former Group Chairman of Permodalan Nasional Berhad (PNB), a Malaysia's government-linked investment company and one of the country's largest fund management company from August 2016 to June 2018. Previously, he was appointed as a Senator and Minister in the Prime Minister's Department in charge of Economic Planning, serving from June 2013 to June 2016. He is also known as the former President & CEO of Maybank from 2008 to 2013, Malaysia's largest public listed company and one of the leading financial services groups in Southeast Asia. His major contribution to corporate world is overseeing the turnaround of UEM Group, Telekom Malaysia and Maybank. Background Abdul Wahid was born i ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
First Najib Cabinet
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. It was the 18th cabinet of Malaysia formed since independence. 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. Composition Full members The federal cabinet consisted ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Najib Razak
Dato' Sri Haji Mohammad Najib bin Tun Haji Abdul Razak ( ms, محمد نجيب بن عبد الرزاق, label= Jawi, script=arab, italic=unset, ; born 23 July 1953) is a Malaysian politician who served as the 6th prime minister of Malaysia from April 2009 to May 2018. In 2020, he was convicted of corruption in the 1Malaysia Development Berhad scandal, one of the largest money-laundering scandals in history. He is the son of former prime minister Abdul Razak Hussein. Najib Razak was the chairman of the Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition from April 2009 to May 2018 and the president of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) from November 2008 to May 2018, which had maintained control of Malaysia's government with a parliamentary majority for more than sixty years until the coalition's defeat in the 2018 general election. Najib was elected to the Parliament of Malaysia in 1976, at the age of 23, replacing his deceased father in the Pahang-based seat of Pekan. In t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tasek Gelugor (federal Constituency)
Tasek Gelugor is a federal constituency in North Seberang Perai District, Penang, Malaysia, that has been represented in the Dewan Rakyat The Dewan Rakyat (English: 'House of Representatives'; ) is the lower house of the bicameral Parliament, the federal legislature of Malaysia. The chamber and its powers are established by Article 44 of the Constitution of Malaysia. The Dewan ... since 1986. The federal constituency was created in the 1984 redistribution and is mandated to return a single member to the Dewan Rakyat under the first past the post voting system. Demographics History Polling districts According to the federal gazette issued on 31 October 2022, the Tasek Gelugor constituency is divided into 27 polling districts. Representation history State constituency Current state assembly members Local governments Election results Refe ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Nor Mohamed Yakcop
Tan Sri Nor Mohamed bin Yakcop ( Jawi: نور محمد بن يعقوب; born 24 August 1947) is a Malaysian politician who served as Minister in the Prime Minister's Department, in charge of Economic Planning Unit from 2009 to 2013. He had previously served as Minister of Finance II from 2004 to 2009. He is a member of the Executive Committee of the National Economic Advisory Council. Career He served with Bank Negara, the Malaysian central bank from 1968 to 2000. During his time in Bank Negara he was responsible for the implementation of a number of major projects, including * the implementation of Islamic banking in Malaysia * the setting-up of the bilateral payments mechanism between Bank Negara Malaysia and Central Banks of South-South countries * the setting-up of the Rating Agency Malaysia Berhad. He was also involved in a currency speculation scandal in the early 1990s, where Bank Negara lost up to RM30 billion. No action was taken as he moved on to hold important go ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Third Abdullah Cabinet
Abdullah Ahmad Badawi formed the third Abdullah cabinet after being invited by Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin to begin a new government following the 8 March 2008 general election in Malaysia. It was the 17th cabinet of Malaysia formed since independence. Prior to the election, Abdullah led (as Prime Minister) the second Abdullah cabinet, a coalition government that consisted of members of the component parties of Barisan Nasional. This is a list of the members of the third cabinet of the fifth Prime Minister of Malaysia, Abdullah Ahmad Badawi. Composition Full members The federal cabinet consisted of the following ministers: Deputy ministers See also * Members of the Dewan Rakyat, 12th Malaysian Parliament This is a list of the members of the Dewan Rakyat (House of Representatives) of the 12th Parliament of Malaysia, elected in 2008. Composition Seating arrangement This is the seating arrangement as of its last meeting on 29 No ... {{Malaysian cabi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
Tun Abdullah bin Ahmad Badawi ( Jawi: عبد الله بن احمد بدوي; born 26 November 1939) is a Malaysian politician who served as the 5th Prime Minister of Malaysia from October 2003 to April 2009. He was also the sixth president of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO), the largest political party (that time) in Malaysia, and led the governing Barisan Nasional (BN) parliamentary coalition. He is informally known as Pak Lah, ''Pak'' meaning 'Uncle', while ''Lah'' is taken from his name 'Abdullah'. He was also a Member of Parliament (MP) for Kepala Batas for eight consecutive terms, that was from 1978 to 2013. Currently, he serves as the Chancellor of Universiti Teknologi Petronas (UTP). Background, early life and education Abdullah was born in Bayan Lepas, Penang to a prominent religious family. Badawi's paternal grandfather, Syeikh Abdullah Badawi Fahim, was of Hadrami descent. Syeikh Abdullah was a well-respected religious leader and nationalist, wa ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United Malays National Organisation
The United Malays National Organisation ( Malay: ; Jawi: ; abbreviated UMNO () or less commonly PEKEMBAR), is a nationalist right-wing political party in Malaysia. As the oldest continuous national political party within Malaysia (since its inception in 1946), UMNO has once been called Malaysia's "Grand Old Party". UMNO is a founding and the principal dominant member of the Barisan Nasional (BN) coalition, which taken along with its predecessor Alliance, had been the main governing party of Malaysia from the independence of Malaya in 1957 until its defeat in the 2018 general election. From 1957 to 2018, every Prime Minister of Malaysia was also the President of UMNO. It has since returned to power twice as a result of the 2020-2022 Malaysian political crisis, firstly as a partner in a Perikatan Nasional-led government and subsequently as the leading party in a BN-led government with UMNO vice-president Ismail Sabri serving as Prime Minister. A race-focused party, UMN ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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