The Deputy Minister of Women, Family and Community Development (Malay: Timbalan Menteri Pembangunan Wanita, Keluarga dan Masyarakat; ; Tamil: பெண்கள், குடும்பம் மற்றும் சமூக மேம்பாட்டு அமைச்சர்) is a Malaysian cabinet position serving as deputy head of the Ministry of Women, Family and Community Development.
Post: | Deputy Minister |
Body: | Women, Family and Community Development |
Native Name: | Timbalan Menteri Pembangunan Wanita, Keluarga dan Masyarakat |
Insignia: | Coat of arms of Malaysia.svg |
Insigniacaption: | Coat of Arms of Government of Malaysia |
Incumbent: | Noraini Ahmad |
Department: | Ministry of Women, Family and Community Development |
Style: | Yang Berhormat |
Member Of: | Cabinet of Malaysia |
Reports To: | Prime Minister Minister of Women, Family and Community Development |
Seat: | Putrajaya |
Appointer: | Yang di-Pertuan Agong |
Appointer Qualified: | on advice of the Prime Minister |
Termlength: | No fixed term |
Inaugural: | Alexander Lee Yu Lung (as Deputy Minister of National Unity and Community Development) |
The following individuals have been appointed as Deputy Minister of Women, Family and Community Development, or any of its precedent titles:[1] [2] [3] [4] [5] [6] [7] [8]
Colour key (for political coalition/parties):
Coalition | Component party | Timeline | |
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align=center | 1973–present | ||
align=center | 1973–present | ||
align=center | 1973–present | ||
align=center | 1976–2004 | ||
align=center | 1973–2018 | ||
2015–present | |||
align=center | 2020–present | ||
Deputy Minister of National Unity and Community Development (1990–2004) | ||||||||
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Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) Constituency | Political coalition | Political party | Took office | Left office | Prime Minister (Cabinet) | ||
Alexander Lee Yu Lung | BN | Gerakan | 27 October 1990 | 3 May 1995 | Mahathir Mohamad | |||
Peter Tinggom Kamarau | BN | SNAP | 8 May 1995 | 14 December 1999 | Mahathir Mohamad | |||
Tiki Lafe | BN | SNAP | 15 December 1999 | 26 March 2004 | Mahathir Mohamad Abdullah Ahmad Badawi | |||
Post renamed into Deputy Minister of Women, Family and Community Development | ||||||||
Deputy Minister of Women, Family and Community Development (2004–present) | ||||||||
Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) Constituency | Political coalition | Political party | Took office | Left office | Prime Minister (Cabinet) | ||
Palanivel Govindasamy | BN | MIC | 27 March 2004 | 18 March 2008 | Abdullah Ahmad Badawi | |||
Noriah Kasnon | BN | UMNO | 19 March 2008 | 9 April 2009 | Abdullah Ahmad Badawi | |||
Chew Mei Fun | BN | MCA | 10 April 2009 | 4 June 2010 | Najib Razak | |||
Heng Seai Kie | BN | MCA | 4 June 2010 | 15 May 2013 | ||||
Azizah Mohd Dun | BN | UMNO | 16 May 2013 | 9 May 2018 | Najib Razak | |||
Chew Mei Fun | BN | MCA | 27 June 2014 | |||||
Hannah Yeoh Tseow Suan | PH | DAP | 2 July 2018 | 24 February 2020 | Mahathir Mohamad | |||
Siti Zailah Mohd Yusoff | PN | PAS | 10 March 2020 | 24 November 2022 | Muhyiddin Yassin Ismail Sabri Yaakob | |||
Aiman Athirah Sabu | PH | AMANAH | 10 December 2022 | 12 December 2023 | Anwar Ibrahim | |||
Noraini Ahmad | BN | UMNO | 12 December 2023 | Incumbent | ||||