Minister of Higher Education
Menteri Pendidikan Tinggi
Incumbent Zambry Abdul Kadir since 12 December 2023 (2023-12-12)
Ministry of Higher Education
Style	Yang Berhormat Menteri (The Honourable Minister)
Member of	Cabinet of Malaysia
Reports to	Parliament of Malaysia
Seat	Putrajaya
Appointer	Yang di-Pertuan Agong on the recommendation of the Prime Minister of Malaysia
Formation	2004 (2004)
First holder	Shafie Salleh
Website	www.mohe.gov.my

The current Malaysian Minister of Higher Education has been Zambry Abdul Kadir since 12 December 2023. The minister is deputised by the Deputy Minister of Higher Education. The minister administers the portfolio through the Ministry of Higher Education.

List of ministers of higher education

The following individuals have been appointed as Minister of Higher Education, or any of its precedent titles:

Political party:   BN

Portrait		Name (Birth–Death) Constituency	Political party	Title	Took office	Left office	Prime Minister (Cabinet)
		Shafie Salleh (1946–2019) MP for Kuala Langat	BN (UMNO)	Minister of Higher Education	27 March 2004	14 February 2006	Abdullah Ahmad Badawi (II)
		Mustapa Mohamed (b. 1950) MP for Jeli			14 February 2006	18 March 2008	Abdullah Ahmad Badawi (II)
		Mohamed Khaled Nordin (b. 1958) MP for Pasir Gudang			19 March 2008	15 May 2013	Abdullah Ahmad Badawi (III) Najib Razak (I)
		Idris Jusoh (b. 1955) MP for Besut	BN (UMNO)	Minister of Higher Education	29 July 2015	9 May 2018	Najib Razak (II)
		Dr. Noraini Ahmad (b. 1967) MP for Parit Sulong	BN (UMNO)	Minister of Higher Education	10 March 2020	6 August 2021	Muhyiddin Yassin (I)
					30 August 2021	24 November 2022	Ismail Sabri Yaakob (I)
		Mohamed Khaled Nordin (b. 1958) MP for Kota Tinggi			3 December 2022	12 December 2023	Anwar Ibrahim (I)
		Zambry Abdul Kadir (b. 1962) Senator			12 December 2023	Incumbent

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