Deputy Minister of Plantation and Commodities (Malaysia)

The Deputy Minister of Plantation and Commodities (Malay: Timbalan Menteri Perladangan dan Komoditi; Chinese: 种植园及商品部副部长; Tamil: பெருந்தோட்ட மற்றும் பொருட்கள் பிரதி அமைச்சர்) is a Malaysian cabinet position serving as deputy head of the Ministry of Plantation and Commodities.

Deputy Minister of Plantation and Commodities
Timbalan Menteri Perladangan dan Komoditi
Incumbent
Chan Foong Hin
since 12 December 2023 (2023-12-12)
Ministry of Plantation and Commodities
StyleYang Berhormat
Member ofCabinet of Malaysia
Reports toPrime Minister
Minister of Plantation and Commodities
SeatPutrajaya
AppointerYang di-Pertuan Agong
on advice of the Prime Minister
Term lengthNo fixed term
Inaugural holderYusof Rawa (as Deputy Minister of Primary Industries)
Formation1974

List of Deputy Ministers of Plantation and Commodities edit

The following individuals have been appointed as Deputy Minister of Plantation and Commodities, or any of its precedent titles:[1][2][3][4][5][6][7]

Colour key (for political coalition/parties):

Coalition Component party Timeline
  Barisan Nasional (BN)   United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) 1973–present
  Malaysian Chinese Association (MCA) 1973–present
  Malaysian Indian Congress (MIC) 1973–present
  Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS) 1973–1977
  Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia (Gerakan) 1973–2018
  Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB) 1973–2018
  Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) 2018–present
  Pakatan Harapan (PH)   People's Justice Party (PKR) 2015–present
  Democratic Action Party (DAP)
  Perikatan Nasional (PN)   Malaysian United Indigenous Party (BERSATU) 2020–present

Deputy Minister of Primary Industries edit

Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)
Constituency
Political coalition Political party Took office Left office Prime Minister
(Cabinet)
Yusof Rawa
(1922–2000)
MP for Kota Star Selatan
BN PAS 1974 1976 Abdul Razak Hussein
(I)
Paul Leong Khee Seong
(b.1939)
MP for Taiping
BN Gerakan 1976 1978 Abdul Razak Hussein
(II)
Hussein Onn
(I)
Bujang Ulis
(b.?)
MP for Simunjan
BN PBB 1978 16 July 1984 Hussein Onn
(II)
Mahathir Mohamad
(III)
Megat Junid Megat Ayub
(1942–2008)
MP for Hilir Perak
BN UMNO 16 July 1984 10 August 1986 Mahathir Mohamad
(II)
Mohd Radzi Sheikh Ahmad
(b.1942)
MP for Kangar
BN UMNO 11 August 1986 20 May 1987 Mahathir Mohamad
(III)
Alias Md. Ali
(1939–2014)
MP for Hulu Terengganu
BN UMNO 20 May 1987 26 October 1990
Tengku Mahmud Tengku Mansor
(?–?)
MP for Setiu
BN UMNO 27 October 1990 3 May 1995 Mahathir Mohamad
(IIII)
Siti Zainaboon Abu Bakar
(?–?)
MP for Tebrau
BN UMNO 8 May 1995 12 November 1996 Mahathir Mohamad
(V)
  Hishammuddin Hussein
(b.1961)
MP for Tenggara
BN UMNO 12 November 1996 14 December 1999
  Anifah Aman
(b.1953)
MP for Beaufort
BN UMNO 15 December 1999 26 March 2004 Mahathir Mohamad
(VI)
Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
(I)
Shamsul Iskandar Md. Akin
(b.1974)
MP for Hang Tuah Jaya
PH PKR 2 July 2018 24 February 2020 Mahathir Mohamad
(VII)
Post renamed into Deputy Minister of Plantation Industries and Commodities

Deputy Minister of Plantation Industries and Commodities edit

Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)
Constituency
Political coalition Political party Took office Left office Prime Minister
(Cabinet)
  Anifah Aman
(b.1953)
MP for Kimanis
BN UMNO 27 March 2004 18 March 2008 Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
(II)
A. Kohillan Pillay
(b.1953)
Senator
BN Gerakan 19 March 2008 9 April 2009 Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
(III)
Hamzah Zainudin
(b.1957)
MP for Larut
BN UMNO 10 April 2009 15 May 2013 Najib Razak
(I)
Palanivel Govindasamy
(b.1949)
Senator
BN MIC 4 June 2010 9 August 2011
Noriah Kasnon
(1964–2016)
MP for Sungai Besar
BN UMNO 16 May 2013 5 May 2016 Najib Razak
(II)
Datu Nasrun Datu Mansur
(b.?)
MP for Silam
BN UMNO 27 June 2016 9 May 2018
Willie Mongin
(b.?)
MP for Puncak Borneo
PN BERSATU 10 March 2020 16 August 2021 Muhyiddin Yassin
(I)
Wee Jeck Seng
(b.1964)
MP for Tanjung Piai
BN MCA
Wee Jeck Seng
(b.1964)
MP for Tanjung Piai
BN MCA 30 August 2021 24 November 2022 Ismail Sabri Yaakob
(I)
Willie Mongin
(b.?)
MP for Puncak Borneo
GPS PBB
Post renamed into Deputy Minister of Plantation and Commodities

Deputy Minister of Plantation and Commodities edit

Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)
Constituency
Political coalition Political party Took office Left office Prime Minister
(Cabinet)
Siti Aminah Aching
(b.1964)
MP for Beaufort
BN UMNO 10 December 2022 12 December 2023 Anwar Ibrahim
(I)
  Chan Foong Hin
(b.1978)
MP for Kota Kinabalu
PH DAP 12 December 2023 Incumbent

See also edit

References edit

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