28 ministers, 24 deputies in Dr Mahathir's cabinet

The Malaysian Insight The Malaysian Insight Updated 7 years ago · Published on 26 Jun 2018 12:28PM · 11 Comments

A LIST of 28 ministers and 24 deputy ministers for the Mahathir government has been confirmed as true, with Sabah and Sarawak politicians heading several key posts.

Among the notable appointments are Darell Leiking as international trade and industry minister, Saifuddin Abdullah as foreign minister, Khalid Samad as federal territories minister, Mujahid Yusof as Islamic affairs minister, Teresa Kok as primary industries minister and Syed Saddiq Abdul Rahman as the youth and sports minister.

Many of them are now at a Parliament briefing for new MPs, and have stopped short of confirming the list, although Amanah’s Khalid said he had been informed. His party is among the four component parties of the Pakatan Harapan (PH) that won the May 9 polls.

“Yes I did get a call, but it is still subject to change,” he said, smiling while declining to confirm his position.

A highly placed source said the list, now going viral, is final, and the new ministers will join their fellow PH colleagues in taking their oath of office on July 2.

The names on the cabinet tally with a list published by The Malaysian Insight on June 13, but the ministers’ portfolios have been changed since then due to party requests.

However, Hindraf will not sit in the cabinet as earlier speculated.

DAP’s Yeo Bee Yin is the new energy, technology, and environment minister.

The other PKR representatives in the cabinet include its Sarawak chief, Baru Bian, as Works Minister; vice-president Xavier Jayakumar (Water, Land, and Natural Resources); secretary-general Saifuddin Nasution (Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs);

PH’s Sabah ally, Parti Warisan Sabah, will also be represented by its Batu Sapi MP, V.K. Liew (Law) and Silam MP Mohamaddin Ketapi (Tourism), apart from Darell in the International Trade and Industry Ministry.

Bersatu’s Alor Gajah MP Mohd Redzuan Yusof will helm the revived Public Enterprises ministry.

The 24 deputy ministers who have been picked for the various ministries, including one senator, are as follows:

Amiruddin Hamzah, a Bersatu MP from Kedah, is deputy finance minister.  

Other Bersatu deputy ministers are Tanjung Piai MP Md Farid Md Rafik (Prime Minister’s Department, national unity and social wellbeing), Kuala Pilah MP Eddin Syazlee Shith (communications and multimedia), and Sri Gading MP Shahruddin Md Salleh (federal territories).

Azis Jamman, a Sabah Warisan MP, is deputy home minister. His party colleague Isnaraissah Munirah Majilis gets the energy, technology, science, climate change, and environment deputy minister post.

DAP Segambut MP Hannah Yeoh is deputy minister of the Women, Family, and Community Development Ministry, while her party colleague Kulai MP Teo Nie Ching will be deputy education minister.

The party’s Bangi MP Ong Kian Ming is set to be deputy minister for international trade and industries, while his colleague, Sarawak chief Chong Chieng Jen, will take on the role of deputy domestic trade and consumers affairs minister.

Other DAP deputy ministers are Raub MP Tengku Zulpuri Shah Raja Puji (water, land and natural resources) and Bukit Mertajam MP Steven Sim Chee Keong (youth and sports).

From Amanah, the deputy ministers are Lumut MP Mohd Hatta Ramli (public enterprises), Temerloh MP Annuar Tahir (works), Pokok Sena Mahfuz Omar (human resource), Sepang MP Mohamed Hanipa Maidin (Prime Minister’s Department, law), and Senator Ahmad Termizi Ramli (housing and local government).

From PKR, the deputy ministers are Gopeng MP Dr Lee Boon Chye (health), Kuantan MP Fuziah Salleh (Prime Minister’s Department, Islamic affairs), Sim Tze Tzin (agriculture), Bandar Tun Razak MP Kamaruddin Jaffar (transport), Hang Tuah Jaya MP Shamsul Iskandar Md Akin (primary industries), Sungai Buloh MP R. Sivarasa (rural and community development), and  Balik Pulau MP Muhammad Bakhtiar Wan Chik (tourism, arts and culture). – June 26, 2018.

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  • Absentee - Tony Pua. Rafizi Ramili, Nurul Izzah, Nik Nazmi...

    Posted 7 years ago by Bigjoe Lam · Reply

    • These and a few others are the hotheads. They are really good, no doubt, but they can wait their turn. These are the second echelon leaders who must learn the ropes from the sifu Dr M.

      Posted 7 years ago by Savari CJ · Reply

    • Tony Pua and Ong Kian Ming lost somewhere in the Finance Ministry, had to ask Lara Croft for help. Rafizi forced to "lepaK" another five years, Nurul (IMO) to give up seat for Daddy .... will end up housewife like the pretty Dyanna. Nik Nazmi .... I really don't have any idea.

      Posted 7 years ago by Malaysian First · Reply

  • Great team of good men and women. Now, get down to work as soon as Agong appoints all of you.

    Posted 7 years ago by Savari CJ · Reply

  • Syabas !!!! A very strong team. Get down to work immediately after being sworn in. Prove to the world you can make malaysia great again to catch up with other neighbouring countries. I hope your works won't be interfered by Anwar who still carries with him the incompetent and tainted UMNO-DNA mindset of "ketuanan Melayu'. Don't make the NEW MALAYSIA a "syok sendiri" illusion one.

    Posted 7 years ago by Lee Soon Ching · Reply

    • DSAI is a manipulative, deceitful, devious Machiavellian !@#!!!

      Posted 7 years ago by Malaysian First · Reply

  • WTF!! DSAI, what happened to your anti-discrimination promises? Malay comprises less than half of PKR elected MPs yet only two non-Malays are Ministers ..... moreover, one was rewarded for being GaL1 (Goon and Lackey no. 1) and the other a tokenism to Sabah and Sarawak. Are the rest from the minority races pure !@#$??? Are your treating them like how UMNO treated MCA and MIC?

    Posted 7 years ago by Malaysian First · Reply

  • Why no Indian Deputy Minister in the PH Cabinet?

    Posted 7 years ago by Peter Johnson · Reply

  • A nice change of scenery indeed. It is so refreshing. Anyway the hard work of rebuilding has just begun. Good luck and stay true to your title of Wakil Rakyat. Remember, you are not LOTR (Lord of the Rakyat) like the sickening bunch before you.

    Posted 7 years ago by Henry Mancini Jr · Reply

  • While these are important and forms the face of the government of the day, I'm sure that many of the up and coming second leaders would find their persistence rewarded in many other commissions and GLC which requires their experience and leadership to move the whole country forward.

    Posted 7 years ago by Shovel Nose · Reply

  • Wow! Saifuddin Abdullah as foreign minister. Great.

    Posted 7 years ago by Henry Mancini Jr · Reply