Second Rahman cabinet

Tunku Abdul Rahman formed the second Rahman cabinet after being invited by Tuanku Abdul Rahman to begin a new government following the 19 August 1959 general election in the Federation of Malaya. Prior to the election, Rahman led (as Prime Minister) the first Rahman cabinet, a coalition government that consisted of members of the component parties of Alliance Party. It was the 2nd cabinet of Malaysia formed since independence.

Second Rahman cabinet
2nd Cabinet of Malaya/Malaysia
People and organisations
Head of state	Tuanku Abdul Rahman (1959–1960) Tuanku Hisamuddin Alam Shah (1960) Tuanku Syed Putra (1960–1964)
Head of government	Tunku Abdul Rahman
Deputy head of government	Abdul Razak Hussein
Member parties	Alliance Party United Malays National Organisation Malayan Chinese Association Malayan Indian Congress
Status in legislature	Coalition government 74 / 104
Opposition parties	Pan-Malayan Islamic Party People's Progressive Party Labour Party of Malaya Parti Rakyat Malaysia Parti Negara Malayan Party
Opposition leaders	Burhanuddin al-Helmy (1959–1964) Tan Chee Khoon (1964)
History
Election(s)	1959 Malayan general election
Outgoing election	1964 Malaysian general election
Legislature term(s)	1st Malayan Parliament
Budget(s)	1960, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964
Predecessor	First Rahman cabinet
Successor	Third Rahman cabinet

The cabinet was sworn in on 22 August 1959 and Rahman assumed the office of Prime Minister from Abdul Razak Hussein who was the Acting Prime Minister after Rahman took a three-month leave of office to campaign for the elections.

All federal ministers from the First Rahman cabinet were retained with the exception of H.S. Lee who did not contest the 1959 elections and Mohd Khir Johari who was contesting in the constituency of Kedah Tengah, where elections had been postponed to 30 September 1959.[1]

This is a list of the members of the second cabinet of the first Prime Minister of Malaysia (then Prime Minister of the Federation of Malaya), Tunku Abdul Rahman.