Second Rahman cabinet
formed the second Rahman cabinet after being invited by Tuanku Abdul Rahman to begin a new government following the 19 August 1959 general election in the Federation of Malaya. Prior to the election, Rahman led the first Rahman cabinet, a coalition government that consisted of members of the component parties of Alliance Party.
The cabinet was sworn in on 22 August 1959 and Rahman assumed the office of Prime Minister from Abdul Razak Hussein who was the Acting Prime Minister after Rahman took a three-month leave of office to campaign for the elections.
All federal ministers from the First Rahman cabinet were retained with the exception of H.S. Lee who did not contest the 1959 elections and Mohd Khir Johari who was contesting in the constituency of Kedah Tengah, where elections had been postponed to 30 September 1959.
This is a list of the members of the second cabinet of the first Prime Minister of Malaysia, Tunku Abdul Rahman.
Composition
Full members
The federal cabinet consisted of the following ministers:| Portfolio | Office Bearer | Party | Constituency | Term Start | Term End |
| Prime Minister | Tunku Abdul Rahman MP | UMNO | Kuala Kedah | - | - |
| Deputy Prime Minister | Abdul Razak Hussein MP | UMNO | Pekan | - | - |
| Minister of Defence | Abdul Razak Hussein MP | UMNO | Pekan | - | - |
| Minister of External Affairs | Ismail Abdul Rahman MP | UMNO | Johore Timor | - | - |
| Minister of Commerce and Industry | Ismail Abdul Rahman MP | UMNO | Johore Timor | - | - |
| Minister of Health | V. T. Sambanthan MP | MIC | Sungei Siput | - | - |
| Minister of the Interior | Sulaiman Abdul Rahman MP | UMNO | Muar Selatan | - | - |
| Minister of Works, Posts and Telecommunications | Sardon Jubir MP | UMNO | Pontian Utara | - | - |
| Minister of Labour and Social Welfare | Ong Yoke Lin MP | MCA | Ulu Selangor | - | - |
| Minister of Finance | Tan Siew Sin MP | MCA | Malacca Tengah | - | - |
| Minister of Natural Resources | Bahaman Samsudin MP | UMNO | Kuala Pilah | - | - |
| Minister of Transport | Abdul Rahman Talib MP | UMNO | Kuantan | - | - |
| Minister of Education | Abdul Aziz Ishak MP | UMNO | Kuala Langat | - | - |
| Minister of Agriculture | Abdul Aziz Ishak MP | UMNO | Kuala Langat | - | - |