First Najib cabinet
| First Najib cabinet | |
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 18th cabinet of Malaysia |
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| Date formed | 10 April 2009 |
| Date dissolved | 16 May 2015 |
| People and organisations | |
| Head of government | Najib Razak |
| Head of government's history | Najib Government |
| Deputy head of government | Muhyiddin Yassin |
| Head of state |
Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin (2009–2011) Tuanku Abdul Halim Muadzam Shah (2011–2013) |
| Member parties | |
| Status in legislature | UMNO led coalition majority government |
| Opposition cabinet | Frontbench Committees of Anwar Ibrahim |
| Opposition parties |
People's Justice Party Democratic Action Party Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party Socialist Party of Malaysia |
| Opposition leader | Anwar Ibrahim |
| History | |
| Election(s) | Malaysian general election, 2008 |
| Outgoing election | Malaysian general election, 2013 |
| Legislature term(s) | 12th Malaysian Parliament |
| Budget(s) | 2010, 2011, 2012, 2013 |
| Incoming formation | Abdullah III Cabinet formation, 2008 |
| Outgoing formation | Najib I Cabinet formation, 2009 |
| Predecessor | Third Abdullah cabinet |
| Successor | Second Najib cabinet |
Najib Razak formed the first Najib cabinet after being invited by Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin to begin a new government following the resignation of the previous Prime Minister of Malaysia, Abdullah Ahmad Badawi. Prior to the resignation, Abdullah led (as Prime Minister) the third Abdullah cabinet, a coalition government that consisted of members of the component parties of Barisan Nasional.
Najib announced his inaugural Cabinet on 9 April 2009. Former Malaysia Airlines chief executive officer and managing director Idris Jala was added to the line-up on 28 August 2009.
Najib streamlined the Cabinet to 28 members from 32 in the previous Abdullah Ahmad Badawi administration. His new line-up came under criticism from previous Prime Minister Tun Dr. Mahathir.
This is a list of the members of the first cabinet of the sixth Prime Minister of Malaysia, Najib Razak.
The federal cabinet consisted of the following ministers:
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