Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (Malaysia)

Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (NRE)
Kementerian Sumber Asli dan Alam Sekitar
Ministry overview
Formed 27 March 2004 (2004-03-27)
Preceding agencies
Jurisdiction Government of Malaysia
Headquarters Wisma Sumber Asli, No. 25, Persiaran Perdana, Precinct 4, Federal Government Administrative Centre, 62574 Putrajaya
Employees 13,822 (2016)
Annual budget MYR 2,670,912,200 (2016)
Minister responsible
Deputy Minister responsible
Ministry executives
  • Azizan Ahmad, Secretary-General
  • Vacant, Deputy Secretary-General (Natural Resources Management)
  • Azimuddin Bahari, Deputy Secretary-General (Environment Management)
  • Suhaimi Mamat, Senior Under-Secretary (Management Services)
Website www.nre.gov.my

The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment (Malay: Kementerian Sumber Asli dan Alam Sekitar), abbreviated NRE, is a ministry of the Government of Malaysia that is responsible for natural resources, environment, pollution, contamination, biosafety, lands, mines, minerals, geoscience, irrigation, drainage, hydrology, biodiversity, wildlife, national parks, forestry, marine park, surveying, mapping and geospatial data, climate change.

Organisation

Federal departments and agencies

  1. Department of Director General of Lands and Mines (Federal), or Jabatan Ketua Pengarah Tanah dan Galian Persekutuan (JKPTG). (Official site)
  2. Department of Survey and Mapping Malaysia, or Jabatan Ukur dan Pemetaan Malaysia (JUPEM). (Official site)
  3. National Institute of Land and Survey, or Institut Tanah dan Ukur Negara (INSTUN). (Official site)
  4. Minerals and Geoscience Department Malaysia, or Jabatan Mineral dan Geosains Malaysia (JMG). (Official site)
  5. Forestry Department Peninsular Malaysia, or Jabatan Perhutanan Semenanjung Malaysia (JPSM). (Official site)
  6. Forest Research Institute Malaysia (FRIM), or Institut Penyelidikan Perhutanan Malaysia. (Official site)
  7. Department of Wildlife and National Parks Peninsular Malaysia, or Jabatan Perlindungan Hidupan Liar Dan Taman Negara Semenanjung Malaysia (PERHILITAN). (Official site)
  8. Department of Marine Park Malaysia (DMPM), or Jabatan Taman Laut Malaysia. (Official site)
  9. Department of Biosafety, or Jabatan Biokeselamatan. (Official site)
  10. Department of Environment (DOE), or Jabatan Alam Sekitar (JAS). (Official site)
  11. Department of Irrigation and Drainage Malaysia (DID), or Jabatan Pengairan dan Saliran Malaysia (JPS). (Official site)
  12. National Hydraulic Research Institute of Malaysia (NAHRIM), or Institut Penyelidikan Hidraulik Kebangsaan Malaysia. (Official site)

Key legislation

The Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment is responsible for administration of several key Acts:[2]

Lands
Mineral and Geoscience
Forestry
Biodiversity
Environment
Water

Policy Priorities of the Government of the Day

List of Federal Minister of Natural Resources and Environment

Minister of Natural Resources and Environment
Incumbent
Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar

since 29 July 2015 (2015-07-29)
Style Yang Berhormat Menteri (The Honourable Minister)
Member of Cabinet of Malaysia
Reports to Parliament of Malaysia
Seat Level 17, Wisma Sumber Asli, No. 25, Persiaran Perdana, Precinct 4, Federal Government Administrative Centre, 62574 Putrajaya
Appointer Yang di-Pertuan Agong on the recommendation of the Prime Minister of Malaysia
Formation 1955 (1955) (as Minister of Natural Resources)
First holder Ismail Abdul Rahman
Deputy Hamim Samuri
Website www.nre.gov.my

The following is a list of former and current Federal Minister of Natural Resources and Environment.

Political Party:   Alliance   BN

Federal Minister of Natural Resources and Environment Term of Office Prime Minister
(Cabinet)
Portrait Name
(Birth–Death)
Constituency
Political Party Took Office Left Office
Federal Minister of Natural Resources
1 Ismail Abdul Rahman
(1915–1973)
Alliance (UMNO) 1955 1957 Chief Minister of the
Federation of Malaya

Tunku Abdul Rahman
2 Bahaman Samsudin
(b. unknown)
MP for Kuala Pilah
Alliance (UMNO) 1957 unknown Tunku Abdul Rahman
(I)
Federal Minister of Natural Resources and Environment
1 Adenan Satem
(b. 1944)
MP for Batang Sadong
BN (PBB) 27 March 2004 14 February 2006 Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
(II)
2 Azmi Khalid
(b. 1940)
MP for Padang Besar
BN (UMNO) 14 February 2006 18 March 2008 Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
(II)
3 Douglas Uggah Embas
(b. 1955)
MP for Betong
BN (PBB) 19 March 2008 15 May 2013 Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
(III)
Najib Razak
(I)
4 Palanivel Govindasamy
(b. 1949)
MP for Cameron Highlands
BN (MIC) 16 May 2013 29 July 2015 Najib Razak
(II)
5 Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar
(b. 1946)
MP for Santubong
BN (PBB) 29 July 2015 Incumbent Najib Razak
(II)

References

  1. "Panda cub finally makes its debut.The Star (Malaysia) 18 November 2015. Retrieved on 18 November 2015.
  2. http://www.nre.gov.my/ms-my/PustakaMedia/Pages/Dasar-dan-Perundangan.aspx Policies, Acts, Legislations and Guidelines
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