| Portrait | Name
(Birth–Death)
Constituency | Political party | Title | Took office | Left office | Deputy Minister | Prime Minister
(Cabinet) |
|---|
| | Ali Ahmad
(1930–1977)
MP for Pontian Selatan
(1973-1974)
MP for Pontian
(1974-1976) | BN (UMNO) | Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports | 1973 | 1976 | Vacant
(1973–1976)
Neo Yee Pan
(1976)
Vacant
(1976) | Abdul Razak Hussein
(I • II)
Hussein Onn
(I) |
|---|
| | Abdul Samad Idris
(1923–2003)
MP for Jelebu | 1976 | 1980 | Mak Hon Kam
(1976–1978)
Chin Hon Ngian
(1978–1980) | Hussein Onn
(I • II) |
|---|
| | Mokhtar Hashim
(1942–2020)
MP for Tampin | 1980 | 1983 | Chin Hon Ngian
(1981–1982)
Rosemary Chow Poh Keng
(1982–1983) | Hussein Onn
(II)
Mahathir Mohamad
(I • II) |
|---|
|  | Anwar Ibrahim
(b. 1947)
MP for Permatang Pauh | 1983 | 1984 | Rosemary Chow Poh Keng | Mahathir Mohamad
(II) |
|---|
| | Sulaiman Daud
(1933–2010)
MP for Santubong | BN (PBB) | 1984 | 1986 | Vacant
(1984–1986)
Rosemary Chow Poh Keng
(1985–1986) | Mahathir Mohamad
(II) |
|---|
|  | Najib Razak
(b. 1953)
MP for Pekan | BN (UMNO) | 1986 | 1987 | Wang Choon Wing | Mahathir Mohamad
(III) |
|---|
| | Sabbaruddin Chik
(1941–2021)
MP for Temerloh | Minister of Culture, Arts and Tourism | 20 May 1987 | 7 January 1999 | Vacant
(1987–1989)
Ng Cheng Kuai
(1989–1990)
Chan Kong Choy
(1990–1995)
Teng Gaik Kuan
(1995–1999) | Mahathir Mohamad
(III • IV • V) |
|---|
| | Abdul Kadir Sheikh Fadzir
(b. 1939)
MP for Kulim-Bandar Baharu | 7 January 1999 | 26 March 2004 | Teng Gaik Kuan
(1999)
Fu Ah Kow
(1999–2004) | Mahathir Mohamad
(V • VI)
Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
(I) |
|---|
|  | Rais Yatim
(b. 1942)
MP for Jelebu | Minister of Arts, Culture and Heritage | 27 March 2004 | 18 March 2008 | Wong Kam Hoong | Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
(II) |
|---|
|  | Shafie Apdal
(b. 1956)
MP for Semporna | Minister of National Unity, Arts, Culture and Heritage | 19 March 2008 | 9 April 2009 | Teng Boon Soon | Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
(III) |
|---|
|  | Rais Yatim
(b. 1942)
MP for Jelebu | Minister of Information, Communications, Arts and Culture
Minister of Information, Communications and Culture | 10 April 2009 | 15 May 2013 | Heng Sai Kie
(2009–2010)
Joseph Salang Gandum
(2009–2013)
Maglin Dennis d'Cruz
(2010–2013) | Najib Razak
(I) |
|---|
|  | Mohamed Nazri Abdul Aziz
(b. 1954)
MP for Padang Rengas | Minister of Tourism and Culture | 16 May 2013 | 9 May 2018 | Vacant
(2013–2015)
Mas Ermieyati Samsudin
(2015–2018) | Najib Razak
(II) |
|---|
|  | Mohammadin Ketapi
(b. 1957)
MP for Lahad Datu | WARISAN | Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture | 2 July 2018 | 24 February 2020 | Muhammad Bakhtiar Wan Chik | Mahathir Mohamad
(VII) |
|---|
|  | Nancy Shukri
(b. 1961)
MP for Batang Sadong | GPS (PBB) | 10 March 2020 | 24 November 2022 | Jeffrey Kitingan
(2020)
Guan Dee Koh Hoi
(2020–2021)
Edmund Santhara Kumar Ramanaidu
(2021–2022) | Muhyiddin Yassin
(I)
Ismail Sabri Yaakob
(I) |
|---|
|  | Tiong King Sing
(b. 1961)
MP for Bintulu | GPS (PDP) | 3 December 2022 | Incumbent | Khairul Firdaus Akbar Khan | Anwar Ibrahim
(I) |
|---|
