Y.B. Dato’ Sri Mustapa Mohamed was appointed Minister of International Trade and Industry on 10 April 2009.  Prior to the appointment, he held the following positions:

•    Political Secretary to the Minister of Finance (1987 - 1991)
•   Parliamentary Secretary to the Ministry of Finance (1991 - 1994)
•   Deputy Minister of Finance (1994 - 1995)
•   Minister of Entrepreneur Development (1995 - 1999)
•   Finance Minister II (1998 - 1999)
•   Adviser to the Ministry of Finance (2000 - 2001)
•   Executive Director, National Economic Action Council (2001 - 2004)
•   Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (2004 - February 2006)
•   Minister of Higher Education (February 2006 - March 2008)
•   Minister of Agriculture and Agro-Based Industry (19 March 2008 – 9 April 2009). 

Dato’ Sri Mustapa was appointed Senator in 1991 and served as a Member of Parliament (MP) for the Jeli Parliamentary Constituency in Kelantan between April 1995 and November 1999 and again from March 2004. He was returned for a third term as MP for Jeli in March 2008. He has been a member of the UMNO Supreme Council since 1993. He was the Kelantan UMNO Liaison and Barisan Nasional Chief from 2000 to 2004 and again in 2009.

A graduate in economics from the University of Melbourne, Australia he pursued a Master’s degree at Boston University, US and began his career as an Administrative and Diplomatic Officer in the Ministry of Finance (1974-1980). Later, he lectured at the National Institute of Public Administration (1982-1984) and served as Special Officer to the Minister of Finance (1984-1987), before entering active politics in late 1987.

Academic awards bestowed to Dato’ Sri Mustapa in recognition of his contributions to public service include an Honorary Doctorate of Commerce from the University of Melbourne (1997), and an Honorary Degree of Law by the University of Nottingham (2005).  Dato’ Sri Mustapa also went through the Lee Kuan Yew Exchange Fellowship Programme in January 2002. He was awarded an Honorary Fellowship to the National Institute of Public Administration in 1997 and as a Fellow of the Financial Services Institute of Australia (FINSIA) in 2006.

Dato’ Sri Mustapa is married to Datin Khamarzan Ahmed Meah and has 4 children.  He is the author of eight books on the Malaysian economy and national politics.