Deputy Chief Minister of Penang

Deputy Chief Minister of Penang
Incumbent Mohamad Abdul Hamid (Deputy Chief Minister I) Jagdeep Singh Deo (Deputy Chief Minister II)
Nominator	Chief Minister
Appointer	Governor of Penang
Inaugural holder	Ramasamy Palanisamy
Formation	2008; 16 years ago (2008) (as Deputy Chief Minister of Penang II)

The Deputy Chief Minister of Penang are the second-highest executive officials of Penang, just next to the chief minister. Penang is also the only Malaysian state which appoints two Deputy Chief Ministers - one representing the Malay community and the other an ethnic Indian.^[1] This serves to shape a top leadership consisting of various backgrounds, representing the diverse ethnicities of the state.