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 Malaysi ...

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

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. 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

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) the

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, a

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that consisted of members of the component parties of

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. A new Cabinet was announced by Prime Minister Mohd. Najib Abdul Razak on 15 May 2013. It was the 19th

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formed since

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. The ministers and deputy ministers were then sworn in before

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on the following day. Notably, the two main ethnic Chinese-majority parties in Barisan Nasional, the

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(MCA) and Gerakan declined to join the cabinet due to their dismal performance in the election. On 25 June 2014, Prime Minister

announced a

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, which saw the return of the MCA and Gerakan to the cabinet. This is a list of the members of the second cabinet of the sixth

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Composition

Official sources
Ministers of the Federal Government (No. 2) Order 2013 [P.U. (A) 184/2013]Ministers of the Federal Government (No. 2) (Amendment) Order 2003 [P.U. (A) 324/2013]Ministers of the Federal Government (No. 2) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2015 [P.U. (A) 154/2014]Ministers of the Federal Government (No. 2) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2014 [P.U. (A) 201/2014]Ministers of the Federal Government (No. 2) (Amendment) Order 2015 [P.U. (A) 60/2015]Ministers of the Federal Government (No. 2) (Amendment) (No. 2) Order 2015 [P.U. (A) 224/2015]

Full members

The federal cabinet consisted of the following ministers:

Deputy ministers

Notes

References

{{Malaysian cabinets Cabinet of Malaysia 2013 establishments in Malaysia Cabinets established in 2013

Composition

Full members

Deputy ministers

See also

Notes

References