Cabinet Positions
He was first appointed to the Malaysian cabinet in 1979, as the Government and Housing Minister. He then went on to serve until 1989, as the Works Minister. From 1989 to 1995, he became Malaysia's Minister for Energy, Telecommunication and Post. In 1995, he returned to the Works Ministry, where he remained until he lost his parliamentary seat to Dr. D. Michael Jeyakumar in the March 2008 general election.
He was the second longest serving minister in the country after Tan Sri Rafidah Aziz.
Now, he hold the ministerial rank office as the Malaysian Special Envoy of Infrastructure to India and Southern Asia since first day of 2011.
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