| Portrait | Name
(Birth–Death)
Constituency | Political party | Title | Took office | Left office | Deputy Minister | Prime Minister
(Cabinet) |
|---|
|  | Tunku Abdul Rahman
(1903–1990)
(Prime Minister)
MP for Sungei Muda | Alliance (UMNO) | Minister of External Affairs | 31 August 1957 | 2 February 1959 | Vacant | Tunku Abdul Rahman
(I) |
|---|
|  | Ismail Abdul Rahman
(1915–1973)
MP for Johore Timor | 3 February 1959 | 31 August 1960 | Tunku Abdul Rahman
(II) |
|---|
| | Tunku Abdul Rahman
(1903–1990)
MP for Kuala Kedah | Alliance (UMNO) | Minister of Foreign Affairs | 1 September 1960 | 22 September 1970 | Vacant | Tunku Abdul Rahman
(II · III · IV) |
|---|
| | Abdul Razak Hussein
(1922–1976)
MP for Pekan | 23 September 1970 | 12 August 1975 | Abdul Razak Hussein
(I · II) |
|---|
| BN (UMNO) |
|---|
| | Tengku Ahmad Rithauddeen Tengku Ismail
(1928–2022)
MP for Kota Bharu | 13 August 1975 | 16 July 1981 | Abdul Razak Hussein
(II)
Hussein Onn
(I · II) |
|---|
|  | Ghazali Shafie
(1922–2010)
MP for Lipis | 17 July 1981 | 16 July 1984 | Vacant
(1981–1983)
Abdul Kadir Sheikh Fadzir
(1983–1986) | Mahathir Mohamad
(I · II) |
|---|
| | Tengku Ahmad Rithauddeen Tengku Ismail
(1928–2022)
MP for Kota Bharu | 17 July 1984 | 10 August 1986 | Abdul Kadir Sheikh Fadzir | Mahathir Mohamad
(II) |
|---|
|  | Rais Yatim
(b. 1942)
MP for Jelebu | 11 August 1986 | 7 May 1987 | Mahathir Mohamad
(III) |
|---|
| | Abu Hassan Omar
(1940–2018)
MP for Kuala Selangor | 20 May 1987 | 14 March 1991 | Abdullah Fadzil Che Wan | Mahathir Mohamad
(III · IV) |
|---|
|  | Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
(1939–2025)
MP for Kepala Batas | 15 March 1991 | 8 January 1999 | Abdullah Fadzil Che Wan
(1991–1995)
Leo Michael Toyad
(1995–1999) | Mahathir Mohamad
(IV · V) |
|---|
|  | Syed Hamid Albar
(b. 1944)
MP for Kota Tinggi | 9 January 1999 | 18 March 2008 | Leo Michael Toyad
(1995–2004)
Joseph Salang Gandum
(2004–2008) | Mahathir Mohamad
(VI)
Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
(I · II) |
|---|
| | Rais Yatim
(b. 1942)
MP for Jelebu | 19 March 2008 | 8 April 2009 | Abdul Rahim Bakri | Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
(III) |
|---|
|  | Anifah Aman
(b. 1953)
MP for Kimanis | 10 April 2009 | 9 May 2018 | A. Kohillan Pillay
(2009–2013)
Lee Chee Leong
(2009–2010)
Richard Riot Jaem
(2010–2013)
Hamzah Zainuddin
(2013–2015)
Reezal Merican Naina Merican
(2015–2018) | Najib Razak
(I · II) |
|---|
|  | Saifuddin Abdullah
(b. 1961)
MP for Indera Mahkota | PH (PKR) | 2 July 2018 | 24 February 2020 | Marzuki Yahya | Mahathir Mohamad
(VII) |
|---|
|  | Hishammuddin Hussein
(b. 1961)
(Senior Minister)
MP for Sembrong | BN (UMNO) | 10 March 2020 | 7 July 2021 | Kamarudin Jaffar | Muhyiddin Yassin
(I) |
|---|
| Senior Minister of Foreign Affairs | 7 July 2021 | 16 August 2021 |
|---|
|  | Saifuddin Abdullah
(b. 1961)
MP for Indera Mahkota | PN (BERSATU) | Minister of Foreign Affairs | 30 August 2021 | 24 November 2022 | Ismail Sabri Yaakob
(I) |
|---|
|  | Zambry Abdul Kadir
(b. 1962)
Senator | BN (UMNO) | 3 December 2022 | 12 December 2023 | Mohamad Alamin | Anwar Ibrahim
(I) |
|---|
|  | Mohamad Hasan
(b. 1956)
MP for Rembau | 12 December 2023 | Incumbent | Mohamad Alamin
(2023–2025)
Lukanisman Awang Sauni
(2025–present) |
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