Second Rahman cabinet
Second Rahman cabinet | |
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2nd cabinet of Malaya (Malaysia from 16 September 1963) |
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People and organisations | |
Head of government | Tunku Abdul Rahman |
Deputy head of government | Abdul Razak Hussein |
Head of state | Tuanku Abdul Rahman (1959–1960) Tuanku Hisamuddin Alam Shah (1960) Tuanku Syed Putra (1960–1964) |
Member parties | Alliance Party |
Status in legislature | UMNO led coalition majority government |
Opposition parties | Pan-Malayan Islamic Party People's Progressive Party Labour Party of Malaya Parti Rakyat Malaysia Parti Negara Malayan Party |
Opposition leaders | Burhanuddin al-Helmy (1959–1964) Tan Chee Khoon (1964) |
History | |
Election(s) | Malayan general election, 1959 |
Outgoing election | Malaysian general election, 1964 |
Legislature term(s) | 1st Malayan Parliament |
Budget(s) | 1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964 |
Incoming formation | Rahman II Cabinet formation, 1959 |
Outgoing formation | Rahman III Cabinet formation, 1964 |
Predecessor | First Rahman cabinet |
Successor | Third Rahman cabinet |
Tunku Abdul Rahman formed the second Rahman cabinet after being invited by Tuanku Abdul Rahman to begin a new government following the 19 August 1959 general election in the Federation of Malaya. Prior to the election, Rahman led (as Prime Minister) the first Rahman cabinet, a coalition government that consisted of members of the component parties of Alliance Party.
The cabinet was sworn in on 22 August 1959 and Rahman assumed the office of Prime Minister from Abdul Razak Hussein who was the Acting Prime Minister after Rahman took a three-month leave of office to campaign for the elections.
All federal ministers from the First Rahman cabinet were retained with the exception of H.S. Lee who did not contest the 1959 elections and Mohd Khir Johari who was contesting in the constituency of Kedah Tengah, where elections had been postponed to 30 September 1959.[1]
Contents
Original composition
Full members
First reshuffle (November 1959 – 1961)
Full members
Assistant ministers
Office | Incumbent | Party | Constituency |
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Assistant Prime Minister | Syed Jaafar Albar MP | UMNO | Johore Tengah |
Abdul Hamid Khan Sakhawat Ali Khan MP | UMNO | Batang Padang | |
Abdul Khalid Awang Osman MP | UMNO | Kota Star Utara | |
Cheah Theam Swee MP | MCA | Bukit Bintang |
Second reshuffle (1961 – 1962)
Full members
Assistant ministers
Third reshuffle (1962 – )
Full members
Assistant ministers
Office | Incumbent | Party | Constituency |
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Assistant Minister of the Interior | Cheah Theam Swee MP | MCA | Bukit Bintang |
Assistant Minister of Labour and Social Welfare | V. Manickavasagam MP | MIC | Klang |
Assistant Minister of Commerce and Industry | Abdul Khalid Awang Osman MP | UMNO | Kota Star Utara |
Assistant Minister of Information and Broadcasting | Mohamed Ismail Mohamed Yusof MP | UMNO | Jerai |
Composition before cabinet dissolution
Full members
Assistant ministers
Office | Incumbent | Party | Constituency |
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Assistant Minister of the Interior | Cheah Theam Swee MP | MCA | Bukit Bintang |
Assistant Minister of Commerce and Industry | Abdul Khalid Awang Osman MP | UMNO | Kota Star Utara |
Assistant Minister of Information and Broadcasting | Mohamed Ismail Mohamed Yusof MP | UMNO | Jerai |
Assistant Minister of Rural Development | Senator Mohamed Ghazali Jawi | UMNO | |
Assistant Minister of Rural Development (Sarawak) | Abdul Rahman Ya'kub MP | BUMIPUTERA | |
Assistant Minister of Labour and Social Welfare | V. Manickavasagam MP | MIC | Klang |