Mahathir Mohamad formed the sixth Mahathir cabinet after being invited by
Tuanku Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah to begin a new government following the
29 November 1999 general election in
Malaysia
Malaysia ( ; ) is a country in Southeast Asia. The federation, federal constitutional monarchy consists of States and federal territories of Malaysia, thirteen states and three federal territories, separated by the South China Sea into two r ...
. Prior to the election, Mahathir led (as
Prime Minister
A prime minister, premier or chief of cabinet is the head of the cabinet and the leader of the ministers in the executive branch of government, often in a parliamentary or semi-presidential system. Under those systems, a prime minister i ...
) the
fifth Mahathir cabinet
Mahathir Mohamad formed the fifth Mahathir cabinet after being invited by Tuanku Jaafar to begin a new government following the 25 April 1995 general election in Malaysia. Prior to the election, Mahathir led (as Prime Minister) the fourth Mahath ...
, a
coalition government that consisted of members of the component parties of
Barisan Nasional
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. It was the 14th
cabinet of Malaysia
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formed since
independence
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.
This is a list of the members of the sixth cabinet of the fourth
Prime Minister of Malaysia
The prime minister of Malaysia ( ms, Perdana Menteri Malaysia; ms, ڤردان منتري مليسيا, label= Jawi, script=arab, italic=unset) is the head of government of Malaysia. The prime minister directs the executive branch of the fed ...
,
Mahathir Mohamad.
Composition
Full members
The federal cabinet consisted of the following ministers:
Deputy ministers
See also
*
Members of the Dewan Rakyat, 10th Malaysian Parliament
*
List of parliamentary secretaries of Malaysia#Sixth Mahathir cabinet
References
{{Malaysian cabinets
Cabinet of Malaysia
1999 establishments in Malaysia
2003 disestablishments in Malaysia
Cabinets established in 1999
Cabinets disestablished in 2003