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{{Infobox government cabinet
| cabinet_name            = First Rahman cabinet
| jurisdiction            = Malaya
| cabinet_number          = 1st
| flag                    = Flag of Malaya.svg
| incumbent               =
| image                   = Tunku abd rahman.jpg
| date_formed             =
| date_dissolved          =
| government_head         = [[Tunku Abdul Rahman]]
| deputy_government_head  = [[Abdul Razak Hussein]]
| government_head_history =
| state_head              = [[Abdul Rahman of Negeri Sembilan|Tuanku Abdul Rahman]]
| current_number          =
| former_members_number   =
| total_number            = 
| political_parties       = {{Collapsible list|titlestyle=font-weight: normal;|title=[[Alliance Party (Malaysia)|Alliance Party]]|
* [[United Malays National Organisation]]
* [[Malayan Chinese Association]]
* [[Malayan Indian Congress]]
}}
| legislature_status      = [[Coalition government]]<br>{{composition bar|53|98|hex={{party color|Alliance Party (Malaysia)}}}}
| opposition_cabinet      =
| opposition_party        = [[Pan-Malayan Islamic Party]]
| opposition_leader       =
| election                = [[1955 Malayan general election]]
| last_election           = [[1959 Malayan general election]]
| legislature_term        =
| budget                  =
| previous                =
| successor               = [[Second Rahman cabinet]]
}}

[[Tunku Abdul Rahman]] formed the '''first Rahman cabinet''' after being invited to begin a new government following the [[Malayan general election, 1955|27 July 1955 general election]] in [[Malaysia]]. Upon receiving the assent of the [[Rulers of the Malay States]], the composition of the cabinet was announced by the [[List of High Commissioners from the United Kingdom to Malaya|High Commissioner]] of the [[Federation of Malaya]], [[Donald MacGillivray]], from [[Carcosa Seri Negara|King's House]] on 4 August 1955. The cabinet was sworn on 9 August 1955, by the [[Chief Justice of Malaya]], Prethaser. It was the first [[Cabinet of Malaysia#List of cabinets|cabinet of Malaysia]] formed since [[Independence Day (Malaysia)|independence]].

The swearing in of this cabinet marked the first time the majority of the [[Executive (government)|Executive]] were members directly elected by Malayans and this was also the last cabinet to hold office under the British [[protectorate]]. Only four portfolios, the Chief Secretary to the Government, Secretary of Finance, [[Attorney General of Malaysia|Attorney General]] and the Secretary of State, remained directly appointed by High Commissioner and were helmed by British officials.<ref>Arkib Negara: [https://web.archive.org/web/20080303114447/http://hids.arkib.gov.my/doc/2000/ogos/01_08_1955_2000.htm Pembentukan Kabinet Pertama Persekutuan Tanah Melayu] (in Malay)</ref>

The tenure of the cabinet extended beyond the [[Independence Day (Malaysia)|independence of Malaya]] on 31 August 1957, although it was reshuffled with the addition of new portfolios following independence and was only dissolved with the first post-independence [[Malayan general election, 1959|general elections]] was called on 19 August 1959.

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

==Composition==
[[File:Cabinet of Malaya, 1955.jpg|350px|thumb|Members of the Cabinet of the Federation of Malaya, 1955: Sitting from the left: C.J. Thomas (Secretary of Finance), H. S. Lee (Minister of Transport), Tunku Abdul Rahman (Chief Minister and Minister of Home Affairs), Donald MacGillivray (High Commissioner), D.J. Watherson (Chief Secretary), J.P. Hogan (Attorney General), and Dr. Ismail Abdul Rahman (Minister of Natural Resources). Standing from the left: Bahaman Samsuddin (Deputy Minister of Home Affairs), Abdul Razak Hussein (Minister of Education), O.J. Spencer (Secretary of Economy), Abdul Aziz Ishak (Minister of Agriculture), A.H.P. Humphrey (Secretary of Defence), Suleiman Abdul Rahman (Minister of Local Government, Housing and Town Planning), V. T. Sambanthan (Minister of Labour), Sardon Jubir (Minister of Works), Leong Yew Koh (Minister of Health), Ong Yoke Lin (Minister of Communications, Telecommunications and Posts), A.S.H. Kemp (Secretary of State), and Too Joon Hing (Deputy Minister of Education).]]

===Full members===
The federal cabinet consisted of the following ministers:<ref>Malaysia, National Archives of. (n.d.). [http://www.arkib.gov.my/en/web/guest/kabinet-1955?p_p_id=56_INSTANCE_Oj0d&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=normal&p_p_mode=view&p_p_col_id=column-inner-3&p_p_col_count=1&page=2 1955 Cabinet] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160329232220/http://www.arkib.gov.my/en/web/guest/kabinet-1955?p_p_id=56_INSTANCE_Oj0d&p_p_lifecycle=0&p_p_state=normal&p_p_mode=view&p_p_col_id=column-inner-3&p_p_col_count=1&page=2 |date=29 March 2016 }} {{in lang|ms}}</ref><ref>Arkib Negara: [https://web.archive.org/web/20070402034840/http://hids.arkib.gov.my/doc/2004/sept/10_09_1957_2004.htm Mesyuarat Kali Pertama Kabinet Merdeka] (in Malay)</ref>

{| class="sortable wikitable"
|-
!Portfolio
!Office Bearer
!colspan=2|Party
!Constituency
!Term Start
!Term End
|-
|[[Chief Minister of Malaya|Chief Minister]]
|[[Tunku Abdul Rahman]]
|bgcolor="{{United Malays National Organisation/meta/shading}}" | 
|[[United Malays National Organisation|UMNO]]
|[[Sungei Muda (Federal Legislative Council constituency)|Sungei Muda]]
|1955
|1957
|-
|[[Prime Minister of Malaya|Prime Minister]]
|[[Tunku Abdul Rahman]]
|bgcolor="{{United Malays National Organisation/meta/shading}}" | 
|[[United Malays National Organisation|UMNO]]
|[[Sungei Muda (Federal Legislative Council constituency)|Sungei Muda]]
|1957
|1959
|-
|[[Deputy Prime Minister of Malaya|Deputy Prime Minister]]
|[[Abdul Razak Hussein]]
|bgcolor="{{United Malays National Organisation/meta/shading}}" | 
|UMNO
|[[Semantan (Federal Legislative Council constituency)|Semantan]]
|1957
|1959
|-
|[[Ministry of Home Affairs (Malaysia)|Minister of Home Affairs]]
|[[Tunku Abdul Rahman]]
|bgcolor="{{United Malays National Organisation/meta/shading}}" | 
|[[United Malays National Organisation|UMNO]]
|[[Sungei Muda (Federal Legislative Council constituency)|Sungei Muda]]
|1955
|1957
|-
|[[Ministry of Foreign Affairs (Malaysia)|Minister of Foreign Affairs]]
|[[Tunku Abdul Rahman]]
|bgcolor="{{United Malays National Organisation/meta/shading}}" | 
|[[United Malays National Organisation|UMNO]]
|[[Sungei Muda (Federal Legislative Council constituency)|Sungei Muda]]
|1957
|1959
|-
|rowspan=2|[[Ministry of Education (Malaysia)|Minister of Education]]
|[[Abdul Razak Hussein]]
|bgcolor="{{United Malays National Organisation/meta/shading}}" | 
|UMNO
|[[Semantan (Federal Legislative Council constituency)|Semantan]]
|1955
|1957
|-
|[[Mohd Khir Johari]]
|bgcolor="{{United Malays National Organisation/meta/shading}}" | 
|UMNO
|[[Kedah Tengah]]
|1957
|1959
|-
|[[Ministry of Defence (Malaysia)|Minister of Defence]]
|[[Abdul Razak Hussein]]
|bgcolor="{{United Malays National Organisation/meta/shading}}" | 
|UMNO
|[[Semantan (Federal Legislative Council constituency)|Semantan]]
|1957
|1959
|-
|[[Ministry of Home Affairs (Malaysia)|Minister of Interior and Justice]]
|[[Suleiman Abdul Rahman]]
|bgcolor="{{United Malays National Organisation/meta/shading}}" | 
|UMNO
|[[Johor Bahru (federal constituency)|Johore Bahru]]
|1957
|1959
|-
|[[Ministry of Finance (Malaysia)|Minister of Finance]]
|[[H. S. Lee]]
|bgcolor="{{Malaysian Chinese Association/meta/shading}}" | 
|MCA
|Nominated
|1957
|1959
|-
|rowspan=2|[[Ministry of Natural Resources (Malaysia)|Minister of Natural Resources]]
|[[Ismail Abdul Rahman]]
|bgcolor="{{United Malays National Organisation/meta/shading}}" | 
|UMNO
|[[Johore Timor (federal constituency)|Johore Timor]]
|1955
|1957
|-
|[[Bahaman Samsudin]]
|bgcolor="{{United Malays National Organisation/meta/shading}}" | 
|UMNO
|[[Telok Anson (federal constituency)|Telok Anson]]
|1957
|1959
|-
|rowspan=2|[[Ministry of Transport (Malaysia)|Minister of Transport]]
|[[H. S. Lee]]
|bgcolor="{{Malaysian Chinese Association/meta/shading}}" |
|MCA
|Nominated
|1955
|1957
|-
|[[Abdul Rahman Talib]]
|bgcolor="{{United Malays National Organisation/meta/shading}}" | 
|UMNO
|[[Pahang Timor (Federal Legislative Council constituency)|Pahang Timor]]
|1957
|1959
|-
|[[Ministry of Agriculture and Co-operatives (Malaysia)|Minister of Agriculture and Co-operatives]]
|[[Abdul Aziz Ishak]]
|bgcolor="{{United Malays National Organisation/meta/shading}}" | 
|UMNO
|[[Selangor Barat (Federal Legislative Council constituency)|Selangor Barat]]
|1955
|1959
|-
|rowspan=2|[[Ministry of Health (Malaysia)|Minister of Health]]
|[[Leong Yew Koh]]
|bgcolor="{{Malaysian Chinese Association/meta/shading}}" |
|MCA
|[[Ipoh-Menglembu (Federal Legislative Council constituency)|Ipoh-Menglembu]]
|1955
|1957
|-
|[[V. T. Sambanthan]]
|bgcolor="{{Malaysian Indian Congress/meta/shading}}" |
|MIC
|[[Kinta Utara (Federal Legislative Council constituency)|Kinta Utara]]
|1957
|1959
|-
|[[Ministry of Works (Malaysia)|Minister of Works]]
|[[Sardon Jubir]]
|bgcolor="{{United Malays National Organisation/meta/shading}}" |
|UMNO
|[[Segamat (federal constituency)|Segamat]]
|1955
|1957
|-
|[[Ministry of Works, Posts and Telecommunications (Malaysia)|Minister of Works, Posts and Telecommunications]]
|[[Sardon Jubir]]
|bgcolor="{{United Malays National Organisation/meta/shading}}" |
|UMNO
|[[Segamat (federal constituency)|Segamat]]
|1957
|1959
|-
|[[Ministry of Labour (Malaysia)|Minister of Labour]]
|[[V. T. Sambanthan]]
|bgcolor="{{Malaysian Indian Congress/meta/shading}}" |
|[[Malaysian Indian Congress|MIC]]
|[[Kinta Utara (Federal Legislative Council constituency)|Kinta Utara]]
|1955
|1957
|-
|[[Ministry of Labour and Social Welfare (Malaysia)|Minister of Labour and Social Welfare]]
|[[Ong Yoke Lin]]
|bgcolor="{{Malaysian Chinese Association/meta/shading}}" |
|MCA
|[[Kuala Lumpur Barat (Federal Legislative Council constituency)|Kuala Lumpur Barat]]
|1957
|1959
|-
|[[Ministry of Housing and Local Government|Minister of Local Government, Housing and Town Planning]]
|[[Suleiman Abdul Rahman]]
|bgcolor="{{United Malays National Organisation/meta/shading}}" |
|UMNO
|[[Johor Bahru (federal constituency)|Johore Bahru]]
|1955
|1957
|-
|[[Ministry of Communications, Telecommunications and Posts (Malaysia)|Minister of Communications, Telecommunications and Posts]]
|[[Ong Yoke Lin]]
|bgcolor="{{Malaysian Chinese Association/meta/shading}}" |
|MCA
|[[Kuala Lumpur Barat (Federal Legislative Council constituency)|Kuala Lumpur Barat]]
|1955
|1957
|-
|[[Ministry of Trade and Industry (Malaysia)|Minister of Trade and Industry]]
|[[Tan Siew Sin]]
|bgcolor="{{Malaysian Chinese Association/meta/shading}}" |
|MCA
|[[Malacca Central (Federal Legislative Council constituency)|Malacca Central]]
|1957
|1959
|}

===Deputy and assistant ministers===
{| class="sortable wikitable"
|-
!Portfolio
!Office Bearer
!colspan=2|Party
!Constituency
!Term Start
!Term End
|-
|[[Ministry of Home Affairs (Malaysia)|Deputy Minister of Home Affairs]]
|[[Bahaman Samsuddin]]
|bgcolor="{{United Malays National Organisation/meta/shading}}" | 
|UMNO
|[[Telok Anson (federal constituency)|Telok Anson]]
|1955
|1957
|-
|[[Ministry of Education (Malaysia)|Deputy Minister of Education]]
|[[Too Joon Hing]]
|bgcolor="{{Malaysian Chinese Association/meta/shading}}" | 
|[[Malaysian Chinese Association|MCA]]
|[[Kinta Selatan (Federal Legislative Council constituency)|Kinta Selatan]]
|1955
|1957
|-
|[[Ministry of Agriculture and Co-operatives (Malaysia)|Assistant Minister of Agriculture and Co-operatives]]
|[[Mohd Khir Johari]]
|bgcolor="{{United Malays National Organisation/meta/shading}}" | 
|UMNO
|[[Kedah Tengah]]
|1955
|1957
|-
|[[Ministry of Health (Malaysia)|Assistant Minister of Health]]
|[[Abdul Rahman Talib]]
|bgcolor="{{United Malays National Organisation/meta/shading}}" | 
|UMNO
|[[Pahang Timor (Federal Legislative Council constituency)|Pahang Timor]]
|1955
|1957
|-
|[[Ministry of Works (Malaysia)|Assistant Minister of Works]]
|[[Abdul Khalid Awang Osman]]
|bgcolor="{{United Malays National Organisation/meta/shading}}" | 
|UMNO
|[[Kelantan Selatan (Federal Legislative Council constituency)|Kelantan Selatan]]
|1955
|1957
|}

==See also==
* [[Members of the Federal Legislative Council (1955–59)]]

==References==
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