Minister of Foreign Affairs (Malaysia)

Minister of Foreign Affairs
Incumbent Saifuddin Abdullah since 30 August 2021 (2021-08-30)
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Style	Yang Berhormat Menteri (The Honourable Minister)
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
Formation	31 August 1957 (1957-08-31)
First holder	Tunku Abdul Rahman as Minister of External Affairs
Deputy	Kamarudin Jaffar
Website	www.kln.gov.my

The current Minister of Foreign Affairs of Malaysia is Saifuddin Abdullah, since 30 August 2021. The minister is supported by Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs which is Kamarudin Jaffar. The minister administers the portfolio through the Ministry of Foreign Affairs.

List of ministers of foreign affairs[]

The following individuals have been appointed as Minister of Foreign Affairs, or any of its precedent titles:^[1]

Political Party:   Alliance/BN   PH   PN

Portrait		Name (Birth–Death) Constituency	Political Party	Title	Took Office	Left Office	Prime Minister (Cabinet)
		Tunku Abdul Rahman (1903–1990) MP for Kuala Kedah	Alliance (UMNO)	Minister of Foreign Affairs	1 September 1960	22 September 1970	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 (b. 1932) 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	Mahathir Mohamad (I · II)
		Tengku Ahmad Rithauddeen Tengku Ismail (b. 1932) MP for Kota Bharu			17 July 1984	10 August 1986	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	Mahathir Mohamad (III · IV)
		Abdullah Ahmad Badawi (b. 1939) MP for Kepala Batas			15 March 1991	8 January 1999	Mahathir Mohamad (IV · V)
		Syed Hamid Albar (b. 1944) MP for Kota Tinggi			9 January 1999	18 March 2008	Mahathir Mohamad (VI) Abdullah Ahmad Badawi (I · II)
		Rais Yatim (b. 1942) MP for Jelebu			19 March 2008	8 April 2009	Abdullah Ahmad Badawi (III)
		Anifah Aman (b. 1953) MP for Kimanis			10 April 2009	9 May 2018	Najib Razak (I · II)
		Saifuddin Abdullah (b. 1961) MP for Indera Mahkota	PH (PKR)		2 July 2018	24 February 2020	Mahathir Mohamad (VII)
		Hishammuddin Hussein (b. 1961) MP for Sembrong	BN (UMNO)		10 March 2020	7 July 2021	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	Incumbent	Ismail Sabri Yaakob (I)

List of ministers of external affairs[]

The following individuals have been appointed as Minister of Extetnal Affairs, or any of its precedent titles:^[2]

Political Party:   Alliance

Portrait		Name (Birth–Death) Constituency	Political Party	Title	Took Office	Left Office	Prime Minister(Cabinet)
		Tunku Abdul Rahman (Prime Minister) (1903–1990) MP for Sungei Muda	Alliance (UMNO)	Minister of External Affairs	31 August 1957	2 February 1959	Tunku Abdul Rahman(I)
		Ismail Abdul Rahman (1915–1973) MP for Johore Timor			3 February 1959	31 August 1960	Tunku Abdul Rahman(II)

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