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Minister of Rural and Regional Development (Malaysia)

{{Short description|Ministry of the Government of Malaysia}}

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| incumbent = Ahmad Zahid Hamidi

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| department = Ministry of Rural and Regional Development

| style = Yang Amat Berhormat Menteri
(The Most Honourable Minister)

| member_of = Cabinet of Malaysia

| reports_to = Parliament of Malaysia

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| seat = Putrajaya

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| appointer = Yang di-Pertuan Agong on the recommendation of the Prime Minister of Malaysia

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| formation = 1957

| first = Abdul Razak Hussein
(Minister of National and Rural Development)

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| abbreviation = KKDW

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| deputy = Rubiah Wang

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| website = {{URL|http://www.rurallink.gov.my/}}

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The Minister of Rural and Regional Development has been Ahmad Zahid Hamidi since 3 December 2022. The minister is supported by Deputy Minister of Rural and Regional Development. The minister administers the portfolio through the Ministry of Rural and Regional Development.

List of ministers

=Rural development=

The following individuals have been appointed as Minister of Rural Development, or any of its precedent titles:

Political party:

{{legend2|{{party color|Barisan Nasional}}|Alliance/BN|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}

{{legend2|{{party color|Pakatan Harapan}}|PH|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}

{{legend2|{{party color|Perikatan Nasional}}|PN|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"

! colspan=2|Portrait

! Name
(Birth–Death)
Constituency

! Political party

! Title

! Took office

! Left office

!Deputy Minister

! Prime Minister
(Cabinet)

style="background:{{party color|Alliance Party (Malaysia)}}; color:white"|

| 100px

| Abdul Razak Hussein
(1922–1976)
MP for Semantan
(1957-1959)
MP for Pekan
(1959-1970)

| rowspan=2|Alliance (UMNO)

| rowspan=2|Minister of National and Rural Development

| 31 August 1957

| 22 September 1970

| rowspan="4" |Vacant

| Tunku Abdul Rahman
(I • II • III • IV)

style="background:{{party color|Alliance Party (Malaysia)}}; color:white"|

| rowspan=3|100px

| rowspan=3|Abdul Ghafar Baba
(1925–2006)
MP for Malacca Utara

| 1970

| 1973

| rowspan=2|Abdul Razak Hussein
(I)

style="background:{{party color|Barisan Nasional}}; color:white"|

| rowspan=3 | BN (UMNO)

| Minister of Rural Economy Development

| 1973

| 1974

style="background:{{party color|Barisan Nasional}}; color:white"|

| rowspan=2|Minister of Agriculture and Rural Development

| 1974

| 1976

| Abdul Razak Hussein
(II)

style="background:{{party color|Barisan Nasional}}; color:white"|

|

| Ali Ahmad
(1930–1977)
MP for Pontian

| 1976

| 1977

|Mustapha Abdul Jabar

| Hussein Onn
(I)

colspan="9" bgcolor="cccccc" |
style="background:{{party color|Barisan Nasional}}; color:white"|

|

| Sanusi Junid
(1943–2018)
MP for Jerlun-Langkawi

| rowspan=9 | BN (UMNO)

| rowspan=2|Minister of National and Rural Development

| 1981

| 1986

|Vacant {{Break}}{{Small|(1981–1984)}} {{Break}}Mohammad Yahya Lampong {{Break}}{{Small|(1984–1985)}} {{Break}}Abdillah Abdul Hamid {{Break}}{{Small|(1984–1985)}}

| Mahathir Mohamad
(I • II)

style="background:{{party color|Barisan Nasional}}; color:white"|

| rowspan=2|100px

| rowspan=2|Abdul Ghafar Baba
(1925–2006)
(Deputy Prime Minister)
MP for Jasin

| 1986

| 26 October 1990

|Tajol Rosli Mohd Ghazali {{Break}}{{Small|(1986–1990)}} {{Break}}Ng Cheng Kuai {{Break}}{{Small|(1984–1989)}}

| Mahathir Mohamad
(III)

style="background:{{party color|Barisan Nasional}}; color:white"|

| rowspan=3|Minister of Rural Development

| 27 October 1990

| 15 October 1993

|Mohd. Yasin Kamari

| Mahathir Mohamad
(IV)

style="background:{{party color|Barisan Nasional}}; color:white"|

|

| Annuar Musa
(b. 1956)
Senator{{Break}} (1990-1995)
MP for Peringat
(1995-1999)

| 1 December 1993

| 14 December 1999

|Mohd. Yasin Kamari {{Break}}{{Small|(1993–1995)}} {{Break}}K Kumaran {{Break}}{{Small|(1985–1999)}}

| Mahathir Mohamad
(IV • V)

style="background:{{party color|Barisan Nasional}}; color:white"|

|

| Azmi Khalid
(b. 1940)
MP for Padang Besar

| 15 December 1999

| 26 March 2004

|Palanivel Govindasamy

| Mahathir Mohamad
(VI)
Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
(I)

style="background:{{party color|Barisan Nasional}}; color:white"|

|

| Abdul Aziz Shamsuddin
(1938–2020)
MP for Shah Alam

| rowspan=4|Minister of Rural and Regional Development

| 27 March 2004

| 18 March 2008

|Awang Adek Hussin{{Break}}{{Small|(2004–2006)}} {{Break}}Tiki Lafe {{Break}}{{Small|(2004–2008)}} {{Break}}Zainal Abidin Zin {{Break}}{{Small|(2006–2008)}}

| Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
(II)

style="background:{{party color|Barisan Nasional}}; color:white"|

| 100px

| Muhammad Muhammad Taib
(b. 1945)
Senator

| 19 March 2008

| 9 April 2009

|Joseph Kurup {{Break}}Joseph Entulu Belaun

| Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
(III)

style="background:{{party color|Barisan Nasional}}; color:white"|

| 100px

| Shafie Apdal
(b. 1957)
MP for Semporna

| 10 April 2009

| 29 July 2015

|Hasan Malek {{Break}}{{Small|(2009–2013)}}{{Break}}Joseph Entulu Belaun {{Break}}{{Small|(2009–2013)}} {{Break}}Alexander Nanta Linggi {{Break}}{{Small|(2013–2018)}}

| Najib Razak
(I • II)

style="background:{{party color|Barisan Nasional}}; color:white"|

| 100px

| Ismail Sabri Yaakob
(b. 1960)
MP for Bera

| 29 July 2015

| 9 May 2018

|Alexander Nanta Linggi {{Break}}Ahmad Jazlan Yaakub

| Najib Razak
(II)

style="background:{{party color|Pakatan Harapan}}; color:white"|

| 134x134px

| Rina Harun
(b. 1973)
MP for Titiwangsa

| PH (BERSATU)

| rowspan=3|Minister of Rural Development

| 21 May 2018{{Cite web|url=https://www.theborneopost.com/2018/07/02/cabinet-malaysia-2018/|title=Cabinet Malaysia 2018|date=2018-07-02|website=Borneo Post Online|language=en-US|access-date=2020-02-25}}

| 24 February 2020

|Sivarasa Rasiah

| Mahathir Mohamad
(VII)

style="background:{{party color|Perikatan Nasional}}; color:white"|

|

| Dr. Abdul Latiff Ahmad
(b.1958)
MP for Mersing

| PN (BERSATU)

| 10 March 2020

| 16 August 2021

|Abdul Rahman Mohamad {{Break}}Henry Sum Agong

| Muhyiddin Yassin
(I)

style="background:{{party color|Barisan Nasional}}; color:white"|

|

| Mahdzir Khalid
(b. 1960)
MP for Padang Terap

| rowspan=2|BN (UMNO)

| 30 August 2021

| 24 November 2022

|Abdul Rahman Mohamad {{Break}}Hasbi Habibollah

| Ismail Sabri Yaakob
(I)

style="background:{{party color|Barisan Nasional}}; color:white"|

|

| Ahmad Zahid Hamidi
(b. 1953)
(Deputy Prime Minister)
MP for Bagan Datuk

| Minister of Rural and Regional Development

| 3 December 2022

| Incumbent

|Rubiah Wang

| Anwar Ibrahim
(I)

=Regional development=

The following individuals have been appointed as Minister of Regional Development, or any of its precedent titles:

Political party:

{{legend2|{{party color|Barisan Nasional}}|BN|border=1px solid #AAAAAA}}

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center;"

! colspan=2|Portrait

! Name
(Birth–Death)
Constituency

! Political party

! Title

! Took office

! Left office

!Deputy Minister

! Prime Minister
(Cabinet)

style="background:{{party color|Barisan Nasional}}; color:white"|

|

| Asri Muda
(1923–1992)
MP for Nilam Puri

| BN (PAS)

| rowspan=3|Minister of Land and Regional Development

| 1976

| 1977

|Sulaiman Daud

| Hussein Onn
(I)

style="background:{{party color|Barisan Nasional}}; color:white"|

|

| Abdul Kadir Yusuf
(1917–1992)
MP for Tenggaroh

| rowspan=6 | BN (UMNO)

| 1977

| 1980

|Vacant{{Break}}{{Small|(1977–1978)}} {{Break}}Zainal Abidin Zin {{Break}}{{Small|(1978–1980)}}

| Hussein Onn
(I • II)

style="background:{{party color|Barisan Nasional}}; color:white"|

|

| Shariff Ahmad
(1915–2003)
MP for Jerantut

| 1980

| 1982

|Sanusi Junid {{Break}}{{Small|(1977–1978)}} {{Break}}Vacant {{Break}}{{Small|(1981–1982)}}

| Hussein Onn
(II)
Mahathir Mohamad
(I)

style="background:{{party color|Barisan Nasional}}; color:white"|

|

| Abdul Aziz Shamsuddin
(1938–2020)
MP for Shah Alam

| rowspan=4|Minister of Rural and Regional Development

| 27 March 2004

| 18 March 2008

|Awang Adek Hussin{{Break}}{{Small|(2004–2006)}} {{Break}}Tiki Lafe {{Break}}{{Small|(2004–2008)}} {{Break}}Zainal Abidin Zin {{Break}}{{Small|(2006–2008)}}

| Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
(II)

style="background:{{party color|Barisan Nasional}}; color:white"|

| 93x93px

| Muhammad Muhammad Taib
(b. 1945)
Senator

| 19 March 2008

| 9 April 2009

|Joseph Kurup {{Break}}Joseph Entulu Belaun

| Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
(III)

style="background:{{party color|Barisan Nasional}}; color:white"|

| 146x146px

| Shafie Apdal
(b. 1957)
MP for Semporna

| 10 April 2009

| 29 July 2015

|Hasan Malek {{Break}}{{Small|(2009–2013)}}{{Break}}Joseph Entulu Belaun {{Break}}{{Small|(2009–2013)}} {{Break}}Alexander Nanta Linggi {{Break}}{{Small|(2013–2018)}}

| Najib Razak
(I • II)

style="background:{{party color|Barisan Nasional}}; color:white"|

| 111x111px

| Ismail Sabri Yaakob
(b. 1960)
MP for Bera

| 29 July 2015

| 9 May 2018

|Alexander Nanta Linggi {{Break}}Ahmad Jazlan Yaakub

| Najib Razak
(II)

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style="background:{{party color|Barisan Nasional}}; color:white"|

|

| Ahmad Zahid Hamidi
(b. 1953)
(Deputy Prime Minister)
MP for Bagan Datuk

| BN (UMNO)

| Minister of Rural and Regional Development

| 3 December 2022

| Incumbent

|Rubiah Wang

| Anwar Ibrahim
(I)

References

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{{Malaysian federal ministerial portfolios}}

Category:Ministry of Rural Development (Malaysia)

Category:Lists of government ministers of Malaysia

Category:Land ministers of Malaysia