Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia

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Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia (Timbalan Perdana Menteri in Malay) is the second highest political post in Malaysia. Malaysia has so far nine persons appointed to the post. Although there has always been a Deputy Prime Minister since independence, there is nothing preventing a Prime Minister from not taking a Deputy, as the post itself is not mentioned in the Constitution of Malaysia. Likewise, it would not be impossible for there to be more than one Deputy Prime Minister, as has occurred before in Singapore. It was the first Prime Minister of Malaysia, Tunku Abdul Rahman, who started the convention of appointing a Deputy Prime Minister.

The official residence for Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia is Seri Satria in Putrajaya. Before Seri Satria, the first Deputy Prime Minister official residence is Seri Taman.

Malaysia's current Deputy Prime Minister is Dato' Sri Najib Tun Razak, son of the second Malaysian Prime Minister Tun Abdul Razak.

[edit] Trivia

• Malaysia's fourth Prime Minister, Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad had in total four deputies while he was in office.
• Tun Dr Ismail Abdul Rahman was the first to die in office.
• Dato' Seri Anwar Ibrahim was the first to be sacked in Malaysian history.

[edit] List of Deputy Prime Ministers of Malaysia

Name	Took Office	Left Office	Party
Tun Abdul Razak	1957	1970	UMNO of Barisan Nasional
Tun Dr Ismail Abdul Rahman	1970	1973	UMNO of Barisan Nasional
Tun Hussein Onn	1973	1976	UMNO of Barisan Nasional
Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad	1978	1981	UMNO of Barisan Nasional
Tun Musa Hitam	1981	1986	UMNO of Barisan Nasional
Tun Ghafar Baba	1986	1993	UMNO of Barisan Nasional
Dato' Seri Anwar Ibrahim	1993	1998	UMNO of Barisan Nasional
Dato' Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi	1999	2003	UMNO of Barisan Nasional
Dato' Sri Najib Tun Razak	2004	Present	UMNO of Barisan Nasional