High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Dato` Seri Utama Dr. Rais Yatim (born in Jelebu, 15 April 1942) is the current Malaysian Information, Communications, and Culture Minister. His ministry is considered a new ministry formed from the merger of three separate ministries in Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak`s smaller cabinet. He is the longest serving Cabinet member of the Federal Government, having served five Prime Ministers since 1974.