First 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.

First Najib cabinet
18th Cabinet of Malaysia
Date formed	10 April 2009
Date dissolved	16 May 2013
People and organisations
Head of state	Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin (2009–2011) Tuanku Abdul Halim Muadzam Shah (2011–2013)
Head of government	Najib Razak
Head of government's history	Najib Government
Deputy head of government	Muhyiddin Yassin
No. of ministers	33 ministers and 40 deputy ministers
Member parties	Barisan Nasional UMNO PBB MCA PRS PBS MIC SPDP UPKO GERAKAN PBRS SUPP LDP PPP
Status in legislature	UMNO led coalition majority government 139 / 222
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 announced his inaugural Cabinet on 9 April 2009.[1] Former Malaysia Airlines chief executive officer and managing director Idris Jala was added to the line-up on 28 August 2009.[2]

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.[3]

This is a list of the members of the first cabinet of the sixth Prime Minister of Malaysia, Najib Razak.