Minister of Natural Resources and Environmental Sustainability | |
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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 |
Formation | 1955 |
First holder | Ismail Abdul Rahman as Minister of Natural Resources |
Website | www |
The Minister of Natural Resources and Environmental Sustainability 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:
Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) Constituency |
Political party | Title | Took office | Left office | Prime Minister (Cabinet) | |
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Ong Kee Hui (1914–2000) MP for Bandar Kuching |
BN (SUPP) | Minister of Local Government and Environment | 1974 | 1976 | Abdul Razak Hussein (II) | ||
Minister of Science, Technology and Environment | 1976 | 1982 | Hussein Onn (I · II) Mahathir Mohamad (I) | ||||
Stephen Yong Kuet Tze (1921–2001) MP for Padawan |
1982 | 26 October 1990 | Mahathir Mohamad (II · III) | ||||
Law Hieng Ding (1935–2018) MP for Sarikei |
27 October 1990 | 26 March 2004 | Mahathir Mohamad (IV · V · VI) Abdullah Ahmad Badawi (I) | ||||
Adenan Satem (1944-2017) MP for Batang Sadong |
BN (PBB) | Minister of Natural Resources and Environment | 27 March 2004 | 14 February 2006 | Abdullah Ahmad Badawi (II) | ||
Azmi Khalid (b. 1940) MP for Padang Besar |
BN (UMNO) | 14 February 2006 | 18 March 2008 | ||||
Douglas Uggah Embas (b. 1955) MP for Betong |
BN (PBB) | 19 March 2008 | 15 May 2013 | Abdullah Ahmad Badawi (III) Najib Razak (I) | |||
Palanivel Govindasamy (b. 1949) MP for Cameron Highlands |
BN (MIC) | 16 May 2013 | 29 July 2015 | Najib Razak (II) | |||
Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar (b. 1946) MP for Santubong |
BN (PBB) | 29 July 2015 | 9 May 2018 | ||||
Yeo Bee Yin (b. 1983) MP for Bakri |
PH (DAP) | Minister of Energy, Science, Technology, Environment and Climate Change | 2 July 2018 | 24 February 2020 | Mahathir Mohamad (VII) | ||
Tuan Ibrahim Tuan Man (b. 1960) MP for Kubang Kerian |
PN (PAS) | Minister of Environment and Water | 10 March 2020 | 24 November 2022 | Muhyiddin Yassin (I) Ismail Sabri Yaakob (I) | ||
Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad (b. 1982) MP for Setiawangsa |
PH (PKR) | Minister of Natural Resources, Environment and Climate Change | 3 December 2022 | 12 December 2023 | Anwar Ibrahim (I) | ||
Minister of Natural Resources and Environmental Sustainability | 12 December 2023 | Incumbent | |||||
Climate change
The following individuals have been appointed as Minister of Climate Change, or any of its precedent titles:
Political party: PH
Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) Constituency |
Political party | Title | Took office | Left office | Prime Minister (Cabinet) | |
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Yeo Bee Yin (b. 1983) MP for Bakri |
PH (DAP) | Minister of Energy, Science, Technology, Environment and Climate Change | 2 July 2018 | 24 February 2020 | Mahathir Mohamad (VII) | ||
Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad (b. 1982) MP for Setiawangsa |
PH (PKR) | Minister of Natural Resources, Environment and Climate Change | 3 December 2022 | 12 December 2023 | Anwar Ibrahim (I) | ||
Natural resources
The following individuals have been appointed as Minister of Natural Resources, or any of its precedent titles:
Political party: Alliance/BN PH PN
Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) Constituency |
Political party | Title | Took office | Left office | Prime Minister (Cabinet) | |
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Ismail Abdul Rahman (1915–1973) |
Alliance (UMNO) | Minister of Natural Resources | 1955 | 1957 | Chief Minister of the Federation of Malaya Tunku Abdul Rahman | ||
Bahaman Samsudin (1906–1995) MP for Kuala Pilah |
1957 | 1959 | Tunku Abdul Rahman (I) | ||||
Adenan Satem (1944-2017) MP for Batang Sadong |
BN (PBB) | Minister of Natural Resources and Environment | 27 March 2004 | 14 February 2006 | Abdullah Ahmad Badawi (II) | ||
Azmi Khalid (b. 1940) MP for Padang Besar |
BN (UMNO) | 14 February 2006 | 18 March 2008 | ||||
Douglas Uggah Embas (b. 1955) MP for Betong |
BN (PBB) | 19 March 2008 | 15 May 2013 | Abdullah Ahmad Badawi (III) Najib Razak (I) | |||
Palanivel Govindasamy (b. 1949) MP for Cameron Highlands |
BN (MIC) | 16 May 2013 | 29 July 2015 | Najib Razak (II) | |||
Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar (b. 1946) MP for Santubong |
BN (PBB) | 29 July 2015 | 9 May 2018 | ||||
Xavier Jayakumar Arulanandam (b. 1953) MP for Kuala Langat |
PH (PKR) | Minister of Water, Land and Natural Resources | 2 July 2018 | 24 February 2020 | Mahathir Mohamad (VII) | ||
Dr. Shamsul Anuar Nasarah (b. 1967) MP for Lenggong |
BN (UMNO) | Minister of Energy and Natural Resources | 10 March 2020 | 3 August 2021 | Muhyiddin Yassin (I) | ||
Takiyuddin Hassan (b. 1961) MP for Kota Bharu |
PN (PAS) | 30 August 2021 | 24 November 2022 | Ismail Sabri Yaakob (I) | |||
Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad (b. 1982) MP for Setiawangsa |
PH (PKR) | Minister of Natural Resources, Environment and Climate Change | 3 December 2022 | 12 December 2023 | Anwar Ibrahim (I) | ||
Minister of Natural Resources and Environmental Sustainability | 12 December 2023 | Incumbent | |||||
Land
The following individuals have been appointed as Minister of Land, or any of its precedent titles:
Political party: Alliance/BN PH
Portrait | Name (Birth–Death) Constituency |
Political party | Title | Took office | Left office | Prime Minister (Cabinet) | |
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Mohamed Ghazali Jawi (1924–1982) MP for Kuala Kangsar |
Alliance (UMNO) | Minister of Agriculture and Land | 1971 | 1973 | Abdul Razak Hussein (I) | ||
Asri Muda (1923–1992) MP for Nilam Puri |
Alliance (PAS) | Minister of Lands Development | 1973 | 1974 | Abdul Razak Hussein (I) | ||
BN (PAS) | Minister of Lands and Mines | 1974 | 1976 | Abdul Razak Hussein (II) | |||
Minister of Lands and Regional Development | 1976 | 1977 | Hussein Onn (I) | ||||
Abdul Kadir Yusuf (1917–1992) MP for Tenggaroh |
BN (UMNO) | 1977 | 1978 | Hussein Onn (I · II) | |||
Shariff Ahmad (1952-2015) MP for Jerantut |
1978 | 1982 | Hussein Onn (II) Mahathir Mohamad (I) | ||||
Rais Yatim (b. 1942) MP for Jelebu |
1982 | 1983 | Mahathir Mohamad (II) | ||||
Mohd. Adib Mohd. Adam (1941-2022) MP for Alor Gajah |
1983 | 1986 | |||||
Sulaiman Daud (1933–2010) MP for Santubong |
BN (PBB) | 1986 | 1988 | Mahathir Mohamad (III) | |||
Kasitah Gaddam (b. 1947) MP for Kinabalu |
BN (USNO) | 1988 | 1990 | ||||
Sakaran Dandai (1930-2021) MP for Semporna |
BN (UMNO) | Minister of Lands and Co-operatives Development | 27 October 1990 | 16 March 1994 | Mahathir Mohamad (IV) | ||
Osu Sukam (b. 1949) MP for Papar |
21 August 1994 | 13 March 1999 | Mahathir Mohamad (IV · V) | ||||
Kasitah Gaddam (b. 1947) Senator |
14 March 1999 | 26 March 2004 | Mahathir Mohamad (V · VI) Abdullah Ahmad Badawi (I) | ||||
Xavier Jayakumar Arulanandam (b. 1953) MP for Kuala Langat |
PH (PKR) | Minister of Water, Land and Natural Resources | 2 July 2018 | 24 February 2020 | Mahathir Mohamad (VII) | ||