INTERACTIVE: Sizing up Malaysia's new Cabinet


  • Nation
  • Friday, 02 Dec 2022

— Bernama photo

PETALING JAYA: Malaysia's new ministerial lineup which was unveiled on Dec 2 marks a return to a smaller Cabinet.

The first Cabinet led by Tunku Abdul Rahman Putra Al-Haj as Chief Minister after a general election in Malaya on July 27, 1955, had just 13 ministers. The number of ministers under his leadership eventually increased to 20 by 1964.

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