Chief Secretary to the Government of Malaysia

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Chief Secretary to the Government of Malaysia
Ketua Setiausaha Negara
Yang di-Pertuan Agong
on the advice of Prime Minister
Inaugural holderAbdul Aziz Majid
Formation1 August 1957; 66 years ago (1957-08-01)
SalaryMYR 23,577 monthly [1]
Websitewww.ksn.gov.my

The Chief Secretary to the Government (

Malaysian Civil Service, secretary to the Cabinet of Malaysia and secretary-general of the Prime Minister's Department
.

History

The title of "Chief Secretary to the Government" in Malaysia dates back to the

British High Commissioner
.

Role

The Chief Secretary to the Government is the head of the Civil Service of Malaysia and the highest-ranking civil servant in the Federal Government of Malaysia. He attends Cabinet meetings as its secretary and monitors the implementation of its policies.[2] He also heads the large Prime Minister's Department, which is in charge of, among others, supporting the Prime Minister, administration of the civil service, state protocol and Islamic affairs.[2]

In addition, the Chief Secretary chairs the meetings of Ministry secretaries-general and meetings of Department directors-general.[3]

List of Chief Secretary to the Government

The following is the list of Chief Secretaries to the Government:[4]

# Image Chief Secretary to the Government Term of office Prime Minister
Took office Left office Time in office
1 Tun
Abdul Aziz Majid
(1908–1975) 		1 August 1957 31 August 1964 7 years, 31 days Tunku Abdul Rahman
(31 August 1957 – 22 September 1970)
Abdul Razak Hussein
(22 September 1970 – 14 January 1976)
Hussein Onn
(15 January 1976 – 16 July 1981)
2 Tan Sri Dato' Seri
Abdul Jamil Abdul Rais
(1912–1994) 		1 September 1964 6 November 1967 3 years, 67 days
3 Tan Sri Dato' Seri
Tunku Mohamad Tunku Besar Burhanuddin
(1912–1994) 		7 November 1967 31 December 1969 2 years, 55 days
4 Tan Sri
Abdul Kadir Shamsuddin
(1920–1978) 		1 January 1970 30 September 1976 6 years, 274 days
5 Tun
Abdullah Mohd Salleh
(1926–2006) 		1 October 1976 31 December 1978 2 years, 92 days Hussein Onn
(15 January 1976 – 16 July 1981)
Mahathir Mohamad
(16 July 1981 – 30 October 2003)
6 Tun
Abdullah Ayub
(1926–2018) 		1 January 1979 30 November 1982 3 years, 334 days
7 Tan Sri Dato'
Hashim Aman
(1929–2018) 		1 December 1982 14 June 1984 1 year, 197 days
8 Tan Sri Dato' Paduka
Sallehuddin Mohamed
(b.1932) 		15 June 1984 31 January 1990 5 years, 231 days Mahathir Mohamad
(16 July 1981 – 30 October 2003)
Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
(31 October 2003 – 3 April 2009)
9 Tun
Ahmad Sarji Abdul Hamid
(1938–2021) 		1 February 1990 16 September 1996 6 years, 229 days
10 Tan Sri
Abdul Halim Ali
(b.1943) 		17 September 1996 31 January 2001 4 years, 137 days
11 Tan Sri
Samsudin Osman
(b.1946) 		1 February 2001 2 September 2006 5 years, 214 days
12 Tan Sri
Mohd Sidek Hassan
(b.1952) 		3 September 2006 23 June 2012 5 years, 295 days Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
(31 October 2003 – 3 April 2009)
Najib Razak
(3 April 2009 – 9 May 2018)
13 Tan Sri
Ali Hamsa
(1955–2022) 		24 June 2012 29 August 2018 6 years, 67 days Najib Razak
(3 April 2009 – 9 May 2018)
Mahathir Mohamad
(10 May 2018 – 24 February 2020)
14 Tan Sri
Ismail Bakar
(b.1960) 		29 August 2018 1 January 2020 1 year, 126 days Mahathir Mohamad
(10 May 2018 – 24 February 2020)
15 Tan Sri Dato' Seri
Mohd Zuki Ali
(b.1962) 		1 January 2020 Incumbent 4 years, 112 days Mahathir Mohamad
(10 May 2018 – 24 February 2020)
Muhyiddin Yassin
(1 March 2020 – 16 August 2021)
Ismail Sabri Yaakob
(21 August 2021 – 23 November 2022)
Anwar Ibrahim
(since 24 November 2022)

Living former Chief Secretaries

Name Term of office Date of birth
Sallehuddin Mohamed 1984–1990 9 September 1932 (age 91)
Abdul Halim Ali 1996–2001 1 July 1943 (age 80)
Samsudin Osman 2001–2006 3 March 1946 (age 78)
Mohd Sidek Hassan 2006–2012 24 June 1952 (age 71)
Ismail Bakar 2018–2020 19 January 1960 (age 64)

See also

  • Chief Secretary

References

  1. ^ "Cut costs in your dept, PM urged". Free Malaysia Today. Archived from the original on 8 February 2017. Retrieved 12 March 2014.
  2. ^ a b Fungsi JPM Archived 1 July 2010 at the Wayback Machine Jabatan Perdana Menteri. Accessed 17 June 2010
  3. ^ Role and Functions Chief Secretary to the Government. Accessed 17 June 2010
  4. ^ "Mantan Ketua Setiausaha Negara". Pejabat Ketua Setiausaha Negara. Archived from the original on 7 August 2020. Retrieved 19 May 2020.

External links

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