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Ministry of Finance
MinistryFiscal policy, taxation, government-linked investment companies and federal borrowing. Minister: Dato' Seri Zainal Ariffin.
Updated 27 Jul 2026
Ministry of Energy Transition
MinistryPower sector reform, renewable capacity, grid access and the national transition levy. Minister: Datuk Seri Rohana Idris.
Updated 27 Jul 2026
Ministry of Home Affairs
MinistryPolicing, immigration, registration, enforcement and public order. Minister: Tan Sri Mohd Faizal Harun.
Updated 27 Jul 2026
Ministry of Education
MinistrySchools, curriculum, teacher supply, examinations and early childhood education. Minister: Datuk Suriani Kamaruddin.
Updated 27 Jul 2026
Ministry of Health
MinistryPublic hospitals, primary care, pharmaceuticals and health financing reform. Minister: Dr Anand Krishnan.
Updated 27 Jul 2026
Prime Minister's Department
MinistryCentral agencies, legal affairs, public service delivery and institutional reform. Minister: Dato' Sri Amirul Hakim.
Updated 27 Jul 2026
Fuel and electricity subsidy retargeting
PolicyConsultation · Ministry of Finance. A phased shift from blanket fuel and electricity subsidies to targeted household transfers, using the consolidated income database as the eligibility spine.
14 March 2026
National Energy Transition Levy
PolicyApproved · Ministry of Energy Transition. A levy on high-intensity industrial power consumption, ring-fenced to fund grid modernisation and renewable capacity procurement.
8 January 2026
Federal procurement reform
PolicyImplementation · Ministry of Finance. Mandatory open tendering above RM 500,000, with direct negotiation restricted to three defined categories and a published contract register.
2 February 2026
Civil service restructuring
PolicyImplementation · Prime Minister's Department. Consolidation of eleven federal agencies into four, with a redeployment framework covering roughly 6,800 positions over three years.
24 July 2026
Health financing reform
PolicyConsultation · Ministry of Health. A social health insurance framework intended to replace incremental budget allocation with a pooled, contribution-based financing model.
19 May 2026
Political Financing Act
PolicyAnnounced · Prime Minister's Department. Statutory disclosure of political donations, spending caps for campaign periods and an independent enforcement office.
6 July 2026
Fiscal Responsibility (Amendment) Bill 2026
ParliamentBill · Dewan Rakyat · Second reading. Debate resumes on the debt ceiling carve-out; four opposition amendments remain on the order paper.
27 Jul 2026
Energy Transition Bill 2026
ParliamentBill · Dewan Negara · Committee stage. Senators press for a statutory review clause before the levy mechanism takes effect.
25 Jul 2026
Federal procurement oversight inquiry
ParliamentCommittee · Committee · Hearing. Secretaries-general of two ministries summoned over direct negotiation thresholds.
26 Jul 2026
Motion on federal-state fiscal transfers
ParliamentMotion · Dewan Rakyat · Notice given. Twelve members seek a debate on the special grant formula ahead of the supply estimates.
24 Jul 2026
Oral question: agency consolidation redeployment
ParliamentQuestion · Dewan Rakyat · Answered. Minister confirms no forced separation for officers affected by the merger of eleven agencies.
24 Jul 2026
Written question: rural school connectivity
ParliamentQuestion · Dewan Rakyat · Pending reply. Member asks for district-level delivery figures against the 2026 connectivity target.
23 Jul 2026
Committee of Supply — energy cluster
ParliamentSitting · Dewan Rakyat · Scheduled. Ministerial winding-up expected on the transition levy allocation.
3 Aug 2026
Third reading — Energy Transition Bill
ParliamentSitting · Dewan Negara · Scheduled. Vote expected after the review clause amendment is disposed of.
6 Aug 2026
Barisan Progresif
PartyGovernment · 82 seats · Led by Dato' Sri Amirul Hakim
Current term
Gerakan Rakyat Bersatu
PartyGovernment · 41 seats · Led by Lim Chee Keong
Current term
Angkatan Reformasi
PartyOpposition · 58 seats · Led by Tan Sri Hasnah Abdul Rashid
Current term
Parti Warisan Borneo
PartyBorneo bloc · 25 seats · Led by Datuk Jeffrey Anak Lumban
Current term
Independents
PartyUnaligned · 16 seats · Led by —
Current term
P.114 Kuala Selangor
ElectionSelangor · Government · Majority 5.2% · Dato' Seri Zainal Ariffin
Current term
P.121 Lembah Pantai
ElectionKuala Lumpur · Opposition · Majority 11.8% · Nurul Aisyah Hamzah
Current term
P.052 Bukit Bendera
ElectionPulau Pinang · Government · Majority 18.4% · Lim Chee Keong
Current term
P.098 Ipoh Timur
ElectionPerak · Opposition · Majority 14.1% · Tan Sri Hasnah Abdul Rashid
Current term
P.045 Taiping
ElectionPerak · Marginal · Majority 2.7% · Datuk Seri Rohana Idris
Current term
Fiscal space and the limits of consolidation
ResearchResearch paper · Putrajaya Insight Research Desk. An assessment of federal fiscal headroom under the statutory debt ceiling, with scenario modelling of subsidy retargeting savings against revenue underperformance.
July 2026
Procurement integrity: what the register can and cannot fix
ResearchPolicy brief · Putrajaya Insight. A short brief on the design of the federal contract register, the categories still exempt from disclosure and the enforcement gap at agency level.
July 2026
Incidence of the national energy transition levy
ResearchWhite paper · Institute for Energy Economics. Modelled pass-through of the industrial levy to consumer tariffs across three demand scenarios, with distributional effects by household decile.
June 2026
Statutory bodies and the accountability gap
ResearchInstitutional report · Parliament of Malaysia. A census of federal statutory bodies, their reporting lines and the frequency with which annual reports reach the House within the statutory period.
May 2026
Coalition durability under confidence and supply
ResearchAcademic analysis · Universiti Malaya, Faculty of Governance. Comparative analysis of confidence and supply arrangements in Westminster systems, applied to the current Malaysian parliamentary settlement.
April 2026
Means-testing at scale: the household income database
ResearchResearch paper · Putrajaya Insight Research Desk. An examination of data quality, coverage gaps and appeal mechanisms in the consolidated income database underpinning targeted transfers.
April 2026
Fiscal Responsibility Bill returns for second reading
ArticleParliament · Four opposition amendments remain live on the debt ceiling carve-out.
27 Jul 2026
PAC summons two secretaries-general
ArticleParliament · Procurement oversight inquiry moves to direct examination.
26 Jul 2026
Third-party grid access rules gazetted
ArticlePolicy · Independent producers above 30MW gain regulated access.
25 Jul 2026
Ministerial statement on civil service restructuring
ArticleSpeech · Eleven federal agencies to be consolidated over three years.
24 Jul 2026
Angkatan Reformasi confirms leadership contest
ArticleParty · Nominations open for the deputy presidency in November.
19 Jul 2026
Cabinet agrees to political financing disclosure
ArticlePolicy · Donation threshold set at RM 3,000 in the cabinet paper.
6 Jul 2026
Election Commission publishes redelineation timetable
ArticleElection · Public display period scheduled for the first quarter of 2027.
18 Jun 2026
Cabinet reshuffle consolidates the economic cluster
ArticleCabinet · Two portfolios merged; two deputy positions left vacant.
14 Mar 2026
National Energy Transition Levy announced
ArticlePolicy · Ring-fenced fund of RM 9b targeted at grid modernisation.
8 Jan 2026
Supply Bill 2026 passed
ArticleParliament · Federal expenditure ceiling approved with a 3.8% deficit target.
2 Dec 2025
Three state elections held concurrently
ArticleElection · Government bloc retains two states; one changes hands.
17 Sep 2025
Economic Action Council reconstituted
ArticleCabinet · Membership widened to include two state finance officers.
4 Jun 2025
Datuk Seri Rohana Idris
MinisterMinister of Energy Transition · Barisan Progresif · P.045 Taiping
Since 2024
Dato' Seri Zainal Ariffin
MinisterMinister of Finance · Barisan Progresif · P.114 Kuala Selangor
Since 2023
Lim Chee Keong
MinisterDeputy Minister of Finance · Gerakan Rakyat Bersatu · P.052 Bukit Bendera
Since 2023
Adam Tengku Mahmud
MPState Assemblyman, N.12 Sungai Buloh · Barisan Progresif · N.12 Sungai Buloh
Since 2023
