Dato Sri Haji Fadillah bin Haji Yusof is a Malaysian politician and lawyer who has served as the Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia since 2022, Minister of Energy Transition and Water Transformation since 2023 and the Member of Parliament (MP) for Petra Jaya since March 2004. He is the first DPM from Sarawak, one of the Borneo states in Malaysia and the second DPM not from the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) after Wan Azizah Wan Ismail from the People's Justice Party (PKR).
Fadillah in 2021
Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia
The deputy prime minister of Malaysia is the second-highest political office in Malaysia. There have been 15 officeholders since the office was created in 1957. The first prime minister of Malaysia, Tunku Abdul Rahman, started the convention of appointing a deputy prime minister, but some cabinets have opted not to appoint a deputy prime minister.
Image: The Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia, Dato' Seri Dr. Ahmad Zahid Bin Hamidi calling on the Prime Minister, Shri Narendra Modi, in New Delhi on July 19, 2016 (cropped 2)
Image: Fadillah Yusof 2021
Image: Tun Abdul Razak (MY 2nd PM)
Image: Tun Dr. Ismail