Prime Minister of Malaysia

Name
Portrait Term of office Coalition (Party) Duration
(birth and
death) Constituency

31 August 1957 22 September 1970

Alliance Party (UMNO) 13 years, 22 days
1955, 1959, 1964, 1969
Tunku Abdul First Malayan Five-Year Plan; Malayan Emergency; Second Malayan Five-Year Plan; National Education Policy; Indonesia–
Malaysia confrontation; Malaysia Agreement; PAP–UMNO relations; Independence of Singapore Agreement 1965; 1966 Sarawak
Rahman
Emergency; First Malaysia Plan; Association of Southeast Asian Nations; Organisation of Islamic Cooperation; 13 May Incident;
(1903–1990) Served as Minister of Home Affairs, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Minister of External Affairs, Minister of Information and
1 MLC for Sungei Muda, Broadcasting, Minister of Youth, Culture and Sports. He is often referred to as Father of Independence (Bapa Kemerdekaan) and
1955–1959 Father of Malaysia (Bapa Malaysia).
MP for Kuala Kedah,
1959–1973

Alliance Party (UMNO)

22 September 1970 14 January 1976
Abdul Razak 5 years, 114 days
Hussein BN (UMNO)
1974
(1922–1976)
MLC for Semantan, Razak Report; National Operations Council; 1971 constitutional amendments; Zone of Peace, Freedom and Neutrality; National
2 1955–1959 Culture Policy; National Energy Policy; National Petroleum Policy; Second Malaysia Plan; Malaysian New Economic Policy; The
MP for Pekan, 1959– youngest to be elected in the office, at the age of 48. Served as Minister of Education, Minister of Defence, Minister of Rural
1976 Development,Minister of National and Rural Development, Minister of Lands and Mines, Minister of Home Affairs, Minister of
Foreign Affairs, Minister of Finance. He is referred to as Father of Development (Bapa Pembangunan).
(Died in office)
 14 January 1976 16 July 1981
BN (UMNO) 5 years, 183 days
1978
Hussein Onn
(1922–1990)
MP for Johore Bahru Third Malaysia Plan; 1977 Kelantan Emergency; Malaysian Technical Corporation Plan; Fourth Malaysia Plan. Served as Minister
3 of Education, Minister of Commerce and Industry, Minister of Finance, Minister of Coordination of Public Corporations, Minister of
Timor, 1971–1974
MP for Sri Gading, Defence,Minister of Federal Territories. He is referred to as Father of Unity (Bapa Perpaduan).
1974–1981

16 July 1981 31 October 2003

BN (UMNO) 22 years, 107 days
1982, 1986, 1990, 1995, 1999
Mahathir
Mohamad
(b. 1925) Clean, Fair and Trustworthy; Look East Policy; Privatisation Policy; Malaysia Incorporated Policy; Buy British Last; Leadership by
4 MP for Kota Star Example; 70 Million Population Policy; Heavy Industry Policy; Application of Islamic Values Policy; 1983 constitutional
Selatan, 1964–1969 amendments; Fifth Malaysia Plan; 1986 Sabah Emergency; Operation Lalang; 1988 constitutional amendments; Vision 2020; Sixth
MP for Kubang Pasu, Malaysia Plan; 1993 constitutional amendments; Seventh Malaysia Plan; Eighth Malaysia Plan; He is the longest-serving Prime
1974–2004 Minister of Malaysia. He led the BN into 5 consecutive election victories. Served as Minister of Education, Minister of Commerce
and Industry, Minister of Defence, Minister of Home Affairs, Minister of Finance. He is referred to as Father of Modernisation
(Bapa Pemodenan).

31 October 2003 3 April 2009

BN (UMNO) 5 years, 154 days
2004, 2008
Abdullah Ahmad
Badawi
5 (b. 1939) Ninth Malaysia Plan. Served as Minister without Portfolio, Minister in the Prime Minister's Department, Minister of
MP for Kepala Batas, Education, Minister of Defence, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Minister of Home Affairs, Minister of Finance, Minister of Internal
1978–2013 Security. He is referred to as Father of Human Capital Development (Bapa Pembangunan Modal Insan).
 3 April 2009 10 May 2018
BN (UMNO) 9 years, 37 days
2013
Najib Razak
(b. 1953)
6
MP for Pekan, Pahang,
1974-1982 1986- 1MDB; Tenth Malaysia Plan; Eleventh Malaysia Plan; Prior to his appointment as PM, he served as Minister of Culture, Youth and
Sports,Minister of Youth and Sports, Minister of Defence, Minister of Education, Minister of Finance.

10 May 2018 Incumbent

PH (PPBM) Until Now
2018
Mahathir This is his second appointment as Prime Minister, 15 years after his retirement from politics. He was the fourth Prime Minister of
Malaysia from 1981 to 2003 and referred as Father of Modernisation (Bapa Pemodenan). He is the only person to hold the position
Mohamad
for two opposing political parties. He is the oldest Prime Minister to be elected at the age of 92.
7 (b. 1925)
MP for Langkawi, since
2018