Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia

The deputy prime minister of Malaysia (Malay: Timbalan Perdana Menteri Malaysia) is the second highest political office in Malaysia. There have been 14 officeholders since the office was created in 1957.

Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia Timbalan Perdana Menteri Malaysia
Incumbent Ahmad Zahid Hamidi Fadillah Yusof since 3 December 2022
Deputy Prime Minister's Office
Style	Yang Amat Berhormat (The Most Honourable) unless otherwise specified
Member of	Cabinet National Security Council House of Representatives
Reports to	Parliament
Residence	Sri Satria, Putrajaya
Seat	Perdana Putra, Putrajaya
Nominator	Prime Minister
Appointer	Yang di-Pertuan Agong
Term length	5 years, renewable. Depended on the Prime Minister
Inaugural holder	Abdul Razak Hussein
Formation	31 August 1957 (1957-08-31)
Salary	MYR18,168.15 monthly
Website	www.pmo.gov.my/tpm

List of deputy prime ministers of Malaysia

Colour key (for political parties):
  Alliance Party   Barisan Nasional   Pakatan Harapan

Portrait		Name (Birth–Death)	Term of office			Political party		Prime Minister
1		Abdul Razak Hussein عبدالرزاق حسين (1922–1976)	31 August 1957	22 September 1970	13 years, 22 days		Alliance Party (UMNO)	Tunku Abdul Rahman
2		Ismail Abdul Rahman إسماعيل عبدالرحمن (1915–1973) (Died in office)	22 September 1970	2 August 1973	2 years, 314 days			Abdul Razak Hussein
3		Hussein Onn حسين عون (1922–1990)	13 August 1973	15 January 1976	2 years, 155 days
							Barisan Nasional (UMNO)
4		Mahathir Mohamad محضير محمد (b. 1925)	5 March 1976	16 July 1981	5 years, 133 days			Hussein Onn
5		Musa Hitam موسى هيتم‎ (b. 1934)	18 July 1981	16 March 1986	4 years, 241 days			Mahathir Mohamad
6		Abdul Ghafar Baba عبدالغفار باب‎ (1925–2006)	10 May 1986	15 October 1993	7 years, 158 days
7		Anwar Ibrahim أنوار إبراهيم‎ (b. 1947)	1 December 1993	2 September 1998	4 years, 275 days
8		Abdullah Ahmad Badawi عبدالله أحمد بداوي (b. 1939)	8 January 1999	31 October 2003	4 years, 296 days
9		Mohd Najib Abdul Razak محمد نجيب عبدالرزاق (b. 1953)	7 January 2004	3 April 2009	5 years, 86 days			Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
10		Muhyiddin Yassin محي الدين ياسين (b. 1947)	10 April 2009	29 July 2015	6 years, 110 days			Mohd Najib Abdul Razak
11		Ahmad Zahid Hamidi احمد زاهد حميدي (b. 1953)	29 July 2015	9 May 2018	2 years, 284 days
12		Wan Azizah Wan Ismail وان عزيزة وان إسماعيل‎ (b. 1952)	21 May 2018	24 February 2020	1 year, 279 days		Pakatan Harapan (PKR)	Mahathir Mohamad
13		Ismail Sabri Yaakob إسماعيل صبري يعقوب‎ (b. 1960)	7 July 2021	16 August 2021	40 days		Barisan Nasional (UMNO)	Muhyiddin Yassin
14		Ahmad Zahid Hamidi احمد زاهد حميدي (b. 1953)	3 December 2022	Incumbent	1 year, 365 days		Barisan Nasional (UMNO)	Anwar Ibrahim
		Fadillah Yusof فضيلة يوسف‎ (b. 1962)					GPS (PBB)

Living former deputy prime ministers

• Living former deputy prime ministers
• 
  Mahathir Mohamad
  served 1976–1981
  (age 99)
• 
  Anwar Ibrahim
  served 1993–1998
  (age 77)
• 
  Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
  served 1999–2003
  (age 85)
• 
  Mohd Najib Abdul Razak
  served 2004–2009
  (age 71)
• 
  Muhyiddin Yassin
  served 2009–2015
  (age 77)
• 
  Wan Azizah Wan Ismail
  served 2018–2020
  (age 71)
• 
  Ismail Sabri Yaakob
  served 2021
  (age 64)