Dato' Seri Utama Rais Yatim
Minister for Information, Communication and Culture
Assumed office
10 April 2009
MonarchsAbdul Halim
Mizan Zainal Abidin
Prime MinisterNajib Razak
DeputyJoseph Salang Gandum
Puan Heng Seai Kie
Preceded byAhmad Shabery Cheek
(Minister for Information)
Shafie Apdal
(Minister for Culture, Arts and Heritage)
Minister for Foreign Affairs
In office
19 March 2008 – 9 April 2009
MonarchMizan Zainal Abidin
Prime MinisterAbdullah Ahmad Badawi
DeputyAbdul Rahim Bakri
Preceded bySyed Hamid Albar
Succeeded byAnifah Aman
Minister for Culture, Arts and Heritage
In office
March 2004 – March 2008
MonarchsMizan Zainal Abidin
Sirajuddin
Prime MinisterAbdullah Ahmad Badawi
Preceded byposition established
Succeeded byShafie Apdal
(Minister for National Unity, Culture, Arts and Heritage)
Minister for Foreign Affairs
In office
1986–1987
MonarchIskandar
Prime MinisterMahathir Mohamed
Preceded byAhmad Rithauddeen Ismail
Succeeded byAbu Hassan Omar
Member of Parliament
for Jelebu
Assumed office
28 April 2008
Personal details
Born (1942-04-15) 15 April 1942 (age 82)
Kampung Gagu, Jelebu, Negeri Sembilan
Political partyUnited Malays National Organization
Barisan Nasional
SpouseMasnah Rais
Children4
Residence(s)Ampang Jaya, Kuala Lumpur
Alma materUniversity of Singapore (1973)
King's College London (1994)
WebsitePersonal website