Minister of Health (Malaysia)

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Minister of Health
Menteri Kesihatan
Coat of arms of Malaysia.svg
DS Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad.jpg
Incumbent
Dzulkefly Ahmad
since 12 December 2023 (2023-12-12)
Ministry of Health
Style Yang Berhormat Menteri
(The Honourable Minister)
AbbreviationMOH/KKM
Member of Cabinet of Malaysia
Reports to Parliament of Malaysia
Seat Putrajaya
Appointer Yang di-Pertuan Agong on the recommendation of the Prime Minister of Malaysia
Formation1955 (1955)
First holder Leong Yew Koh
Deputy Hanifah Hajar Taib
Website www.moh.gov.my

The Minister of Health (Malay: Menteri Kesihatan; Jawi: منتري كصيحتن) of Malaysia has been Dzulkefly Ahmad since 12 December 2023. [1] The minister is supported by Deputy Minister of Health Hanifah Hajar Taib, since 17 December 2025. The Minister administers the portfolio through the Ministry of Health.

List of ministers of health

The following individuals have held office as Minister of Health, or any of its precedent titles:

Political party:   Alliance/BN    PH

PortraitName
(Birth–Death)
Constituency
Political partyTitleTook officeLeft officeDeputy Minister Prime Minister
(Cabinet)
Leong Yew Koh.jpg Leong Yew Koh
(1888–1963)
MP for Ipoh-Menglembu
Alliance (MCA)Minister of Health19551956VacantChief Minister of the
Federation of Malaya

Tunku Abdul Rahman
(I)
Minister of Health and Social Welfare195631 August 1957
Tun VT Sambanthan.png V. T. Sambanthan
(1919–1979)
MP for Kinta Utara
Alliance (MIC)Minister of Health19571959 Tunku Abdul Rahman
(I)
Omar Ong Yoke Lin.jpg Omar Ong Yoke Lin
(1917–2010)
MP for Ulu Selangor
Alliance (MCA)Minister of Health and Social Welfare19591960 Tunku Abdul Rahman
(II)
Aziz ishak.jpg Abdul Aziz Ishak
(1914–1999)
MP for Kuala Langat
Alliance (UMNO)19601962
Lim Swee Aun (1966).jpg Lim Swee Aun
(1915–1977)
MP for Larut Selatan
Alliance (MCA)1 August 196210 October 1962
Abdul Rahman Talib
(1916–1968)
MP for Kuantan
Alliance (UMNO)Minister of Health19621964
Bahaman Samsudin
(1906–1995)
MP for Kuala Pilah
19641968 Tunku Abdul Rahman
(III)
Abdul Hamid Khan
(1900–?)
MP for Batang Padang
19681969
Sardon-jubir.jpg Sardon Jubir
(1917–1985)
MP for Pontian Utara
Alliance (UMNO)4 June 19691 January 1972 Tunku Abdul Rahman
(IV)
Abdul Razak Hussein
(I)
Lee Siok Yew
(1923–2001)
MP for Ulu Langat
BN (MCA)19721978Vacant
(1972–1974)
Abu Bakar Umar
(1974–1978)
Abdul Razak Hussein
(I · II)
Hussein Onn
(I)
Chong Hon Nyan
(1924–2020)
MP for Batu Berendam
19781983 Sulaiman Daud
(1978–1981)
Vacant
(1981)
K. Pathmanaban
(1981–1982)
Hussein Onn
(II)
Mahathir Mohamad
(I · II)
Chin Hon Ngian
(b. unknown)
MP for Renggam
19831986 K. Pathmanaban Mahathir Mohamad
(II)
Mak Hon Kam
(1939–2015)
MP for Tanjong Malim
19861986
Chan Siang Sun
(b. unknown)
MP for Bentong
19871989 Mahathir Mohamad
(III)
Ng Cheng Kiat
(b. unknown)
MP for Klang
19891990Mohamed Farid Ariffin
Lee Kim Sai
(1937–2019)
MP for Hulu Langat
19901995 Mahathir Mohamad
(IV)
Chua Jui Meng
(1943–2023)
MP for Bakri
8 May 199526 March 2004 Siti Zaharah Sulaiman
(1995–1996)
Mohd Ali Rustam
(1996–1999)
Suleiman Mohamed
(1999–2004)
Mahathir Mohamad
(V · VI)
Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
(I)
Chua Soi Lek (cropped).jpg Chua Soi Lek
(b. 1947)
MP for Labis
20042008 Abdul Latiff Ahmad Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
(II)
Ong Ka Ting
(b. 1956)
MP for Tanjong Piai

Acting
20082008
Liow Tiong Lai in London - 2017 (24850080538) (cropped).jpg Liow Tiong Lai
(b. 1961)
MP for Bentong
20082013 Abdul Latiff Ahmad
(2008–2009)
Rosnah Shirlin
(2009–2013)
Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
(III)
Najib Razak
(I)
Datuk Dr.S.Subramaniam.jpg Subramaniam Sathasivam
(b. 1953)
MP for Segamat
BN (MIC)16 May 20139 May 2018 Hilmi Yahaya Najib Razak
(II)
DS Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad.jpg Dzulkefly Ahmad
(b. 1956)
MP for Kuala Selangor
PH (AMANAH)21 May 201824 February 2020 Lee Boon Chye Mahathir Mohamad
(VII)
Rafael Mariano Grossi meeting Dato' Sri Dr. Adham Baba (0111119393) (cropped).jpg Adham Baba
(b.1962)
MP for Tenggara
BN (UMNO)10 March 202016 August 2021 Noor Azmi Ghazali
Aaron Ago Dagang
Muhyiddin Yassin
(I)
Khairy Jamaluddin visiting US Embassy KL (cropped).jpg Khairy Jamaluddin
(b. 1976)
MP for Rembau
30 August 202124 November 2022 Ismail Sabri Yaakob
(I)
Dr Zaliha Mustafa 2023 (cropped).jpg Zaliha Mustafa
(b. 1964)
MP for Sekijang
PH (PKR)3 December 202212 December 2023 Lukanisman Awang Sauni Anwar Ibrahim
(I)
DS Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad.jpg Dzulkefly Ahmad
(b. 1956)
MP for Kuala Selangor
PH (AMANAH)12 December 2023Incumbent Lukanisman Awang Sauni
(2023–2025)
Hanifah Hajar Taib
(2025–present)

References

  1. "First-Term MP Dr Zaliha Mustafa Appointed Health Minister". codeblue.galencentre.org/. December 2, 2022. Retrieved 2022-12-02.