This comes after Rafizi Ramli resigned as the economy minister.

Nik Nazmi, a two-term MP, had also failed to defend his position as Setiawangsa PKR chief in the party’s divisional polls last month.

In a statement, he said he submitted his letter of resignation to Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim today, and that he will vacate the post on July 4.

“I will be on leave from tomorrow till July 3,” he said.

Nik Nazmi said he recognised that his previous post as PKR vice-president was among the main considerations for his appointment to Anwar’s Cabinet.

“Since I failed to defend the post in the recent party polls, I decided to resign as minister,” he said.

He pledged to focus on his duties as MP for Setiawangsa, which he is representing for the second term.

Nik Nazmi was a running mate of Rafizi, who lost the PKR deputy president’s post to Nurul Izzah Anwar.

Before the PKR polls, Rafizi had said he would quit as the economy minister and go back to being a regular MP if he was not re-elected as PKR’s No 2.

The two-term Pandan MP said it would be inappropriate for a Cabinet post to be held by a non-party leader, in justifying his resignation.