First Rahman cabinet
First Rahman cabinet | |
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1st Cabinet of Malaya | |
People and organisations | |
Head of state | Tuanku Abdul Rahman |
Head of government | Tunku Abdul Rahman |
Deputy head of government | Abdul Razak Hussein |
Member parties | Alliance Party
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Status in legislature | UMNO led coalition majority government 53 / 98 |
Opposition party | Pan-Malayan Islamic Party |
History | |
Election(s) | Malayan general election, 1955 |
Outgoing election | Malayan general election, 1959 |
Incoming formation | Rahman I Cabinet formation, 1955 |
Outgoing formation | Rahman II Cabinet formation, 1959 |
Successor | Second Rahman cabinet |
Tunku Abdul Rahman formed the first Rahman cabinet after being invited to begin a new government following the 27 July 1955 general election in Malaysia. Upon receiving the assent of the Rulers of the Malay States, the composition of the cabinet was announced by the High Commissioner of the Federation of Malaya, Donald MacGillivray, from King's House on 4 August 1955. The cabinet was sworn on 9 August 1955, by the Chief Justice of Malaya, Prethaser.
The swearing in of this cabinet marked the first time the majority of the Executive were members directly elected by Malayans and this was also the last cabinet to hold office under the British protectorate. Only four portfolios, the Chief Secretary to the Government, Secretary of Finance, Attorney General and the Secretary of State, remained directly appointed by High Commissioner and were helmed by British officials.[1]
The tenure of the cabinet extended beyond the independence of Malaya on 31 August 1957, although it was reshuffled with the addition of new portfolios following independence and was only dissolved with the first post-independence general elections was called on 19 August 1959.
This is a list of the members of the first cabinet of the first Prime Minister of the Federation of Malaya (then Chief Minister of the Federation of Malaya), Tunku Abdul Rahman.
Composition[]
Full members[]
The federal cabinet consisted of the following ministers:[2][3]
Portfolio | Office Bearer | Party | Constituency | Term Start | Term End | |
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Chief Minister | Tunku Abdul Rahman | UMNO | 1955 | 1957 | ||
Prime Minister | Tunku Abdul Rahman | UMNO | 1957 | 1959 | ||
Deputy Prime Minister | Abdul Razak Hussein | UMNO | Semantan | 1957 | 1959 | |
Minister of Home Affairs | Tunku Abdul Rahman | UMNO | 1955 | 1957 | ||
Minister of Foreign Affairs | Tunku Abdul Rahman | UMNO | 1957 | 1959 | ||
Minister of Education | Abdul Razak Hussein | UMNO | Semantan | 1955 | 1957 | |
Mohd Khir Johari | UMNO | 1957 | 1959 | |||
Minister of Defence | Abdul Razak Hussein | UMNO | Semantan | 1957 | 1959 | |
Minister of Interior and Justice | Suleiman Abdul Rahman | UMNO | Johor Bahru | 1957 | 1959 | |
Minister of Finance | H. S. Lee | MCA | Nominated | 1957 | 1959 | |
Minister of Natural Resources | Ismail Abdul Rahman | UMNO | 1955 | 1957 | ||
UMNO | Telok Anson | 1957 | 1959 | |||
Minister of Transport | H. S. Lee | MCA | Nominated | 1955 | 1957 | |
Abdul Rahman Talib | UMNO | 1957 | 1959 | |||
Minister of Agriculture and Co-operatives | Abdul Aziz Ishak | UMNO | 1955 | 1959 | ||
Minister of Health | Leong Yew Koh | MCA | Ipoh-Menglembu | 1955 | 1957 | |
V. T. Sambanthan | MIC | 1957 | 1959 | |||
Minister of Works | Sardon Jubir | UMNO | Segamat | 1955 | 1957 | |
Minister of Works, Posts and Telecommunications | Sardon Jubir | UMNO | Segamat | 1957 | 1959 | |
Minister of Labour | V. T. Sambanthan | MIC | 1955 | 1957 | ||
Minister of Labour and Social Welfare | Ong Yoke Lin | MCA | 1957 | 1959 | ||
Minister of Local Government, Housing and Town Planning | Suleiman Abdul Rahman | UMNO | Johor Bahru | 1955 | 1957 | |
Minister of Communications, Telecommunications and Posts | Ong Yoke Lin | MCA | 1955 | 1957 | ||
Minister of Trade and Industry | Tan Siew Sin | MCA | Malacca Central | 1957 | 1959 |
Deputy and assistant ministers[]
Portfolio | Office Bearer | Party | Constituency | Term Start | Term End | |
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Deputy Minister of Home Affairs | UMNO | Telok Anson | 1955 | 1957 | ||
Deputy Minister of Education | MCA | 1955 | 1957 | |||
Assistant Minister of Agriculture and Co-operatives | Mohd Khir Johari | UMNO | 1955 | 1957 | ||
Assistant Minister of Health | Abdul Rahman Talib | UMNO | 1955 | 1957 | ||
Assistant Minister of Works | UMNO | 1955 | 1957 |
See also[]
References[]
- ^ Arkib Negara: Pembentukan Kabinet Pertama Persekutuan Tanah Melayu (in Malay)
- ^ Malaysia, National Archives of. (n.d.). 1955 Cabinet (in Malay)
- ^ Arkib Negara: Mesyuarat Kali Pertama Kabinet Merdeka (in Malay)
- Cabinet of Malaysia
- 1955 establishments in Malaya
- 1959 disestablishments in Malaya
- Cabinets established in 1955
- Cabinets disestablished in 1959