Prime Minister of Malaysia

The **Prime Minister of Malaysia** (; ) is the head of government and the highest political office in Malaysia. The Yang di-Pertuan Agong appoints Prime Minister as a Member of Parliament (MP). The Prime Minister chairs the Cabinet of Malaysia, the de facto executive branch of government.

## List of prime ministers of Malaysia

**Colour key** (for political coalitions/parties):

|Portrait|Name <small>(Birth–Death)</small> <small> Federal Constituency </small>|colspan="2"|Term of Office|colspan="2"|Coalition / Party|Duration|||||||
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|rowspan="3"||rowspan="3" align="center"|**Tunku Abdul Rahman** **تونكو عبد الرحمن**|31 August 1957|22 September 1970|rowspan="2" bgcolor=""||rowspan="2"|Alliance Party (UMNO)|rowspan="2"|||
|colspan="2" align="center"|1955, 1959, 1964, 1969||||||||||||
|colspan="5"|||||||||||||
|rowspan="4"||rowspan="4" align="center"|**Abdul Razak Hussein** **عبد الرزاق حسين** (**Died in office**)|rowspan="2"|22 September 1970|rowspan="2"|14 January 1976|bgcolor=""||Alliance Party (UMNO)|rowspan="3"||
|rowspan="2" bgcolor=""||rowspan="2"|Barisan Nasional (UMNO)||||||||||
|colspan="2" align="center"|1974||||||||||||
|colspan="5"|||||||||||||
|rowspan="3"||rowspan="3" align="center"|**Hussein Onn** **حسين عون**|15 January 1976|16 July 1981|rowspan="2" bgcolor=""||rowspan="2"|Barisan Nasional (UMNO)|rowspan="2"|||
|colspan="2" align="center"|1978||||||||||||
|colspan="5"|||||||||||||
|rowspan="3"||rowspan="3" align="center"|**Mahathir Mohamad** **محضير محمد**|16 July 1981|30 October 2003|rowspan="2" bgcolor=""||rowspan="2"|Barisan Nasional (UMNO)|rowspan="2"|||
|colspan="2" align="center"|1982, 1986, 1990, 1995, 1999||||||||||||
|colspan="5"|||||||||||||
|rowspan="3"||rowspan="3" align="center"|**Abdullah Ahmad Badawi** **عبد الله احمد بداوي**|31 October 2003|3 April 2009|rowspan="2" bgcolor=""||rowspan="2"|Barisan Nasional (UMNO)|rowspan="2"|||
|colspan="2" align="center"|2004, 2008||||||||||||
|colspan="5"|||||||||||||
|rowspan="3"||rowspan="3" align="center"|**Najib Razak** ** نجيب رزاق**|3 April 2009|9 May 2018|rowspan="2" bgcolor=""||rowspan="2"|Barisan Nasional (UMNO)|rowspan="2"|||
|colspan="2" align="center"|2013||||||||||||
|colspan="5"|||||||||||||
|rowspan="3"||rowspan="3" align="center"|**Mahathir Mohamad** **محضير محمد**|10 May 2018|24 February 2020|rowspan="2" bgcolor=""||rowspan="2"|Pakatan Harapan (PPBM)|rowspan="2"|||
|colspan="2" align="center"|2018||||||||||||
|colspan="5"|||||||||||||
|rowspan="3"||rowspan="3" align="center"|**Muhyiddin Yassin** **محيي الدين ياسين**|1 March 2020|16 August 2021|rowspan="2" bgcolor="#031e61"||rowspan="2"|Perikatan Nasional (PPBM)|rowspan="2"|||
|colspan="2" align="center"|-||||||||||||
|colspan="5"|||||||||||||
|rowspan="3"||rowspan="3" align="center"|**Ismail Sabri Yaakob** ا**سماعيل صبري يعقوب**|21 August 2021|24 November 2022|rowspan="2" bgcolor="#031e61"||rowspan="2"|Barisan Nasional (UMNO)|rowspan="2"|||
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|rowspan="3"||rowspan="3" align="center"|**Anwar Ibrahim** **انور ابراهيم**|24 November 2022|Incumbent|rowspan="2" bgcolor=""||rowspan="2"|Pakatan Harapan (PKR)|rowspan="2"|||
|colspan="2" align="center"|2022||||||||||||
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## Infobox (official post)

- **post**: Prime Minister
- **body**: Malaysia
- **native name**: _Perdana Menteri Malaysia_

- **insignia**: Coat of arms of Malaysia.svg
- **insigniacaption**: Coat of arms of Malaysia
- **flagsize**: 130px
- **flagcaption**: <small>Official emblem of the Office of the Prime Minister</small>
- **image**: 2025 Anwar Ibrahim (cropped).jpg
- **imagesize**: 150px
- **incumbent**: Anwar Ibrahim
- **incumbentsince**: 24 November 2022
- **department**: Government of Malaysia
 Prime Minister's Department (Malaysia), Prime Minister's Department
- **style**: Malay titles, Yang Amat Berhormat
<small>(The Most Honourable)</small>
- **member of**: Cabinet of Malaysia, Cabinet
 National Economic Council
 Dewan Rakyat, House of Representatives
- **reports to**: Parliament of Malaysia, Parliament
- **residence**: Seri Perdana
- **seat**: Perdana Putra, Putrajaya
- **appointer qualified**: Perdana Menteri
- **termlength**: While commanding the confidence and supply, confidence of the Dewan Rakyat, lower house of Parliament with Elections in Malaysia, General Elections held no more than five years apart
- **constituting instrument**: Constitution of Malaysia, Federal Constitution of Malaysia
- **inaugural**: Tunku Abdul Rahman
- **salary**: Malaysian ringgit, MYR 22,826.65 monthly