It’s been almost two months after the May 9 general election and today, Malaysia finally has its full Cabinet. Prior to today’s ceremony before the Yang di-Pertuan Agong Sultan Muhammad V, only 13 MPs were appointed. We’ve covered the appointment of the country’s first female Deputy Prime Minister and even more recently, had an exclusive chat with Hannah Yeoh on what it takes to be a female politician. Now, here are the rest of the Cabinet ministers appointed to lead Malaysia to a new era.
Names marked with (*) were sworn in today.
Prime Minister
Tun Dr Mahathir bin Mohamad
Deputy Prime Minister / Minister of Women, Family and Community Development
Datuk Seri Dr. Wan Azizah binti Wan Ismail
*Deputy: Hannah Yeoh
Minister of Home Affairs
Tan Sri Muhyiddin bin Yassin
*Deputy: Azis Jamman
Minister of Finance
Lim Guan Eng
*Deputy: Amiruddin Hamzah
Minister of Defence
Haji Mohamad bin Sabu
Minister of Education
Dr. Maszlee Malik
*Deputy: Teo Nie Ching
Minister of Health
Dr. Haji Dzulkefly bin Ahmad
*Deputy: Dr Lee Boon Chye
Minister of Housing and Local Government
Datuk Zuraida Kamaruddin
Minister of Agriculture and Agro-based Industry
Haji Salahuddin Ayub
*Deputy: Sim Tze Tzin
Minister of Rural Development
Rina Harun
*Deputy: R. Sivarasa
Minister of Communications and Multimedia
Gobind Singh Deo
*Deputy: Eddin Syazlee
Minister of Economic Affairs
Dato’ Seri Mohamed Azmin bin Ali
Minister of Transport
Anthony Loke
*Deputy: Datuk Kamarudin Jaffar
Minister of Human Resources
Kula Segaran a/l V. Murugeson
*Deputy: Datuk Mahfuz Omar
*The following names were sworn in today:
Foreign Affairs Minister
Datuk Saifuddin Abdullah
Youth and Sports Minister
Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman
Deputy: Steven Sim
Domestic Trade and Consumers Affairs Minister
Datuk Saifuddin Nasution
Deputy: Chong Chieng Jen
Natural Resources and Environment Minister
Dr Xavier Jayakumar
Deputy: Tengku Zulpuri Shah
Primary Industries Minister
Teresa Kok
Deputy: Shamsul Iskandar Md Akin
Public Works Minister
Baru Bian
Deputy: Annuar Mohd Tahir
Federal Territories Minister
Khalid Samad
Deputy: Datuk Dr Shahruddin Md Salleh
Energy, Green Technology, Science and Climate Change Minister
Yeo Bee Yin
Deputy: Isnaraissah Munirah Majlilis
Tourism, Culture and Arts Minister
Datuk Mohamad Din Ketapi
Deputy: Muhammad Bakhtiar Wan Chik
Entrepreneur and Co-operative Development Minister
Redzuan Yusof
Deputy: Dr Mohd Hatta Md Ramli
Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Judicial Affairs)
Datuk Liew Vui Keong
Deputy: Mohamed Hanipa Maidin
Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Islamic Affairs)
Datuk Dr Mujahid Yusof Rawa
Deputy: Dr Fuziah Salleh
Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Unity and Social Harmony): Dr Md Farid Rafik
International Trade and Industry Minister
Darell Leiking
Deputy: Dr Ong Kian Ming
As you can tell from the list above, there are still some vacant positions — essentially, a minister (there’s only a deputy in the Prime Minister’s Department — Unity and Social Harmony) and three deputy ministers (Defence, Economic and Foreign Affairs). According to The Star’s sources, “these could be positions reserved for those who will be appointed as senators.” Only time will tell.
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