Minister of Natural Resources and Environmental Sustainability explained

Post:Minister of Natural Resources and Environmental Sustainability
Native Name:Malay: Kementerian Sumber Asli dan Kelestarian Alam
Insignia:Coat_of_arms_of_Malaysia.svg
Department:Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Sustainability
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
First:Ismail Abdul Rahman
as Minister of Natural Resources
Abbreviation:NRES
Deputy:Huang Tiong Sii
Incumbent:Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad

The Minister of Natural Resources and Environmental Sustainability (Malay: Kementerian Sumber Asli dan Kelestarian Alam) has been Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad since 12 December 2023. The minister is deputised by the Deputy Minister of Natural Resources and Environmental Sustainability. The minister administers the portfolio through the Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Sustainability.

List of ministers

Environment/environmental sustainability

The following individuals have been appointed as Minister of Environment/Environmental Sustainability, or any of its precedent titles:

Political party:

PortraitName
(Birth–Death)
Constituency
Political partyTitleTook officeLeft officeDeputy MinisterPrime Minister
(Cabinet)
Ong Kee Hui
(1914–2000)
MP for Bandar Kuching
BN (SUPP)Minister of Local Government and Environment19741976VacantAbdul Razak Hussein
(II)
Minister of Science, Technology and Environment19761982Abdullah Ahmad Vacant Clarence Elong Mansul Vacant Mahathir Mohamad
(I)
Stephen Yong Kuet Tze
(1921–2001)
MP for Padawan
198226 October 1990Mahathir Mohamad
(II · III)
Law Hieng Ding
(1935–2018)
MP for Sarikei
27 October 199026 March 2004Peter Chin Fah Kui Abu Bakar Daud Zainal Dahlan Mahathir Mohamad
(IV · V · VI)
Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
(I)
Adenan Satem
(1944-2017)
MP for Batang Sadong
BN (PBB)Minister of Natural Resources and Environment27 March 200414 February 2006S. SothinathanAbdullah Ahmad Badawi
(II)
Azmi Khalid
(b. 1940)
MP for Padang Besar
BN (UMNO)14 February 200618 March 2008
Douglas Uggah Embas
(b. 1955)
MP for Betong
BN (PBB)19 March 200815 May 2013Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
(III)
Najib Razak
(I)
Palanivel Govindasamy
(b. 1949)
MP for Cameron Highlands
BN (MIC)16 May 201329 July 2015James Dawos MamitNajib Razak
(II)
Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar
(b. 1946)
MP for Santubong
BN (PBB)29 July 20159 May 2018Hamim Samuri
Yeo Bee Yin
(b. 1983)
MP for Bakri
PH (DAP)Minister of Energy, Science, Technology, Environment and Climate Change2 July 201824 February 2020Isnaraissah Munirah MajilisMahathir Mohamad
(VII)
Tuan Ibrahim Tuan Man
(b. 1960)
MP for Kubang Kerian
PN (PAS)Minister of Environment and Water10 March 202024 November 2022Muhyiddin Yassin
(I)
Ismail Sabri Yaakob
(I)
Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad
(b. 1982)
MP for Setiawangsa
PH (PKR)Minister of Natural Resources, Environment and Climate Change3 December 202212 December 2023Huang Tiong SiiAnwar Ibrahim
(I)
Minister of Natural Resources and Environmental Sustainability12 December 2023Incumbent

Climate change

The following individuals have been appointed as Minister of Climate Change, or any of its precedent titles:

Political party:

PortraitName
(Birth–Death)
Constituency
Political partyTitleTook officeLeft officeDeputy MinisterPrime Minister
(Cabinet)
Yeo Bee Yin
(b. 1983)
MP for Bakri
PH (DAP)Minister of Energy, Science, Technology, Environment and Climate Change2 July 201824 February 2020Isnaraissah Munirah MajilisMahathir Mohamad
(VII)
Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad
(b. 1982)
MP for Setiawangsa
PH (PKR)Minister of Natural Resources, Environment and Climate Change3 December 202212 December 2023Huang Tiong SiiAnwar Ibrahim
(I)

Natural resources

The following individuals have been appointed as Minister of Natural Resources, or any of its precedent titles:

Political party:

PortraitName
(Birth–Death)
Constituency
Political partyTitleTook officeLeft officeDeputy MinisterPrime Minister
(Cabinet)
Ismail Abdul Rahman
(1915–1973)
MP for Johore Timor
Alliance (UMNO)Minister of Natural Resources19551957VacantChief Minister of the
Federation of Malaya

Tunku Abdul Rahman
Bahaman Samsudin
(1906–1995)
MP for Kuala Pilah
19571959Tunku Abdul Rahman
(I)
Adenan Satem
(1944-2017)
MP for Batang Sadong
BN (PBB)Minister of Natural Resources and Environment27 March 200414 February 2006S. SothinathanAbdullah Ahmad Badawi
(II)
Azmi Khalid
(b. 1940)
MP for Padang Besar
BN (UMNO)14 February 200618 March 2008
Douglas Uggah Embas
(b. 1955)
MP for Betong
BN (PBB)19 March 200815 May 2013Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
(III)
Najib Razak
(I)
Palanivel Govindasamy
(b. 1949)
MP for Cameron Highlands
BN (MIC)16 May 201329 July 2015James Dawos MamitNajib Razak
(II)
Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar
(b. 1946)
MP for Santubong
BN (PBB)29 July 20159 May 2018Hamim Samuri
Xavier Jayakumar Arulanandam
(b. 1953)
MP for Kuala Langat
PH (PKR)Minister of Water, Land and Natural Resources2 July 201824 February 2020Tengku Zulpuri Shah Raja PujiMahathir Mohamad
(VII)
Dr. Shamsul Anuar Nasarah
(b. 1967)
MP for Lenggong
BN (UMNO)Minister of Energy and Natural Resources10 March 20203 August 2021Ali BijuMuhyiddin Yassin
(I)
Takiyuddin Hassan
(b. 1961)MP for Kota Bharu
PN (PAS)30 August 202124 November 2022Ismail Sabri Yaakob (I)
Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad
(b. 1982)
MP for Setiawangsa
PH (PKR)Minister of Natural Resources, Environment and Climate Change3 December 202212 December 2023Huang Tiong SiiAnwar Ibrahim
(I)
Minister of Natural Resources and Environmental Sustainability 12 December 2023Incumbent

Land

The following individuals have been appointed as Minister of Land, or any of its precedent titles:

Political party:

PortraitName
(Birth–Death)
Constituency
Political partyTitleTook officeLeft officeDeputy MinisterPrime Minister
(Cabinet)
Mohamed Ghazali Jawi
(1924–1982)
MP for Kuala Kangsar
Alliance (UMNO)Minister of Agriculture and Land19711973VacantAbdul Razak Hussein
(I)
Asri Muda
(1923–1992)
MP for Nilam Puri
Alliance (PAS)Minister of Lands Development19731974Abdul Razak Hussein
(I)
BN (PAS)Minister of Lands and Mines19741976Abdul Razak Hussein
(II)
Minister of Lands and Regional Development19761977Sulaiman DaudHussein Onn
(I)
Abdul Kadir Yusuf
(1917–1992)
MP for Tenggaroh
BN (UMNO)19771978Vacant Zainal Abidin Zin Hussein Onn
(I · II)
Shariff Ahmad
(1952-2015)
MP for Jerantut
19781982Sanusi Junid Vacant Hussein Onn
(II)
Mahathir Mohamad
(I)
Rais Yatim
(b. 1942)
MP for Jelebu
19821983VacantMahathir Mohamad
(II)
Mohd. Adib Mohd. Adam
(1941-2022)
MP for Alor Gajah
19831986
Sulaiman Daud
(1933–2010)
MP for Santubong
BN (PBB)19861988Mahathir Mohamad
(III)
Kasitah Gaddam
(b. 1947)
MP for Kinabalu
BN (USNO)19881990Mohd Khalid Mohd Yunus
Sakaran Dandai
(1930-2021)
MP for Semporna
BN (UMNO)Minister of Lands and Co-operatives Development27 October 199016 March 1994 Mohd. Khalid Mohd. YunosMahathir Mohamad
(IV)
Osu Sukam
(b. 1949)
MP for Papar
21 August 199413 March 1999Mohd. Khalid Mohd. Yunos Goh Cheng Teik Mahathir Mohamad
(IV · V)
Kasitah Gaddam
(b. 1947)
Senator
14 March 199926 March 2004Mahathir Mohamad
(V · VI)
Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
(I)
Xavier Jayakumar Arulanandam
(b. 1953)
MP for Kuala Langat
PH (PKR)Minister of Water, Land and Natural Resources2 July 201824 February 2020Tengku Zulpuri Shah Raja PujiMahathir Mohamad
(VII)

See also