Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia

Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia
Incumbent Muhyiddin Yassin since 10 April 2009
Style	Yang Amat Berhormat (The Most Honourable)
Residence	Seri Satria
Appointer	Mizan Zainal Abidin as Yang di-Pertuan Agong
Inaugural holder	Tun Abdul Razak
Formation	31 August 1957

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Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia (Malay: Timbalan Perdana Menteri Malaysia) is the second highest political office in Malaysia. There has been ten deputy prime ministers since the office was created in 1957. Although there has always been a Deputy Prime Minister since independence, there is nothing preventing a Prime Minister from not taking a Deputy, as the post itself is not mentioned in the Constitution of Malaysia. Likewise, it would not be impossible for there to be more than one Deputy Prime Minister, as has occurred before in Singapore. It was the first Prime Minister of Malaysia, Tunku Abdul Rahman, who started the convention of appointing a Deputy Prime Minister.

Under an unwritten, tacit agreement among component parties of the ruling Barisan Nasional of which the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) is the principal party, the post of Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia is automatically attributed to the Deputy President of UMNO of the moment. The current Deputy Prime Minister is Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin, since April 10, 2009.

Official residence

The official residence for Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia is Seri Satria in Putrajaya. Before Seri Satria, the first Deputy Prime Minister official residence is Seri Taman.

List of Deputy Prime Ministers of Malaysia

#	Name	Picture	Took Office	Left Office	Party	Seat Represented in Parliament
1	Tun Abdul Razak		1957	1970	UMNO of Barisan Nasional	Pekan
2	Tun Dr Ismail Abdul Rahman		1970	1973	UMNO of Barisan Nasional	Johor Bahru
3	Tun Hussein Onn		1973	1976	UMNO of Barisan Nasional	Johor Bahru Timur
4	Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad		1976	1981	UMNO of Barisan Nasional	Kubang Pasu
5	Tun Musa Hitam		1981	1986	UMNO of Barisan Nasional	Kota Tinggi
6	Tun Ghafar Baba		1986	1993	UMNO of Barisan Nasional	Jasin
7	Dato' Seri Anwar Ibrahim		1993	1998	UMNO of Barisan Nasional	Permatang Pauh
8	Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi		1999	2003	UMNO of Barisan Nasional	Kepala Batas
9	Dato' Seri Najib Tun Razak		2004	2009	UMNO of Barisan Nasional	Pekan
10	Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin		2009	Incumbent	UMNO of Barisan Nasional	Pagoh

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