Minister of Higher Education (Malaysia)

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Minister of Higher Education
Menteri Pendidikan Tinggi
Coat of arms of Malaysia.svg
Zambry Abdul Kadir - 2023 (cropped).jpg
Incumbent
Zambry Abdul Kadir
since 12 December 2023 (2023-12-12)
Ministry of Higher Education
Style Yang Berhormat Menteri
(The Honourable Minister)
AbbreviationMOHE/KPT
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
Formation2004 (2004)
First holder Shafie Salleh
Salary Mustapha Sakmud
Website www.mohe.gov.my

The current Malaysian Minister of Higher Education has been Zambry Abdul Kadir since 12 December 2023. The minister is deputised by the Deputy Minister of Higher Education. The minister administers the portfolio through the Ministry of Higher Education.

List of ministers of higher education

The following individuals have been appointed as Minister of Higher Education, or any of its precedent titles:

Political party:   BN

PortraitName
(Birth–Death)
Constituency
Political partyTitleTook officeLeft officeDeputy Minster Prime Minister
(Cabinet)
Shafie Salleh.jpg Shafie Salleh
(1946–2019)
MP for Kuala Langat
BN (UMNO)Minister of Higher Education27 March 200414 February 2006Fu Ah Kiow Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
(II)
Mustapa Mohamed in CNBC-supply chains - World Economic Forum on East Asia 2012 crop.jpg Mustapa Mohamed
(b. 1950)
MP for Jeli
14 February 200618 March 2008 Ong Tee Keat Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
(II)
Khaled Nordin 20 January 2010.jpg Mohamed Khaled Nordin
(b. 1958)
MP for Pasir Gudang
19 March 200815 May 2013 Idris Haron
(2008–2009)
Saifuddin Abdullah
(2009–2013)
Hou Kok Chung
(2008–2013)
Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
(III)
Najib Razak
(I)
DSIJ Side Profile.JPG Idris Jusoh
(b. 1955)
MP for Besut
BN (UMNO)Minister of Higher Education29 July 20159 May 2018 Mary Yap Najib Razak
(II)
Dr Noraini Ahmad Menteri Pengajian Tinggi Malaysia.jpg Dr. Noraini Ahmad
(b. 1967)
MP for Parit Sulong
BN (UMNO)Minister of Higher Education10 March 20206 August 2021 Ahmad Masrizal Muhammad Muhyiddin Yassin
(I)
30 August 202124 November 2022 Mansor Othman Ismail Sabri Yaakob
(I)
MOHE Minister YB Datuk Sri Mohamed Khaled Nordin (cropped).jpg Mohamed Khaled Nordin
(b. 1958)
MP for Kota Tinggi
3 December 202212 December 2023 Yusof Apdal Anwar Ibrahim
(I)
Zambry Abdul Kadir - 2023 (cropped).jpg Dr. Zambry Abdul Kadir
(b. 1962)
Senator
12 December 2023Incumbent Mustapha Sakmud

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