PRIME Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob today announced his cabinet of 30 ministers to help with his administration, preferring to continue with the experiment of having four senior ministers, and without a deputy prime minister. 

He also retained almost all the same faces from Muhyiddin Yassin’s cabinet, bringing in a small number of new faces, and swapped portfolios for some. 

The four senior ministers remained the same as in the previous administration – International Trade and Industry Minister Mohamed Azmin Ali, Defence Minister Hishammuddin Hussein, Works Minister Fadillah Yusof and Education Minister Mohd Radzi Jidin.

As for the Finance Ministry portfolio, Tengku Zafrul Tengku Abdul Aziz retains his previous post. 

The biggest changes are Khairy Jamaluddin being made health minister while Dr Adham Baba is now science, technology and innovation minister.

The new faces included in the line up are Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Religious Affairs) Idris Ahmad, Federal Territories Minister Shahidan Kassim, Youth and Sports Minister Ahmad Faizal Azumu and Rural and Regional Development Minister Mahdzir Khalid. 

Those dropped from the cabinet were ministers in the Prime Minister’s Department Mohd Redzuan Md Yusof (special functions) and Zulkifli Mohamad Al-Bakri (religious affairs), as well as Mohd Khairuddin Aman Razali, who was plantation and commodities minister. 

Ismail announced his line-up in a special press conference at Perdana Putra in Putrajaya today. 

The previous Perikatan Nasional administration had 32 ministers. 

Ismail said the cabinet line-up formed today was a management team that will work with the people. 

“This cabinet needs to act swiftly and integrate in an effort to free Malaysia from the threat of the Covid-19 outbreak, economic and political turmoil.”

The new cabinet as announced by Prime Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob in a live telecast today is as follows:

• Senior International Trade and Industry Minister Mohamed Azmin Ali 
Deputy Minister Lim Ban Hong

• Senior Defence Minister Hishammuddin Hussein
Deputy Minister Ikhmal Hisham Abdul Aziz

• Senior Minister Works Minister Fadillah Yusof
Deputy Minister Arthur Joseph Kurup

• Senior Education Minister
Senator Mohd Radzi Md Jidin
Deputy Minister I  Senator Dr Mah Hang Soon
Deputy Minister II Mohamad Alamin

•  Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Economy) Mustapa Mohamed 
Deputy Minister Eddin Syazlee Shith

•  Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Special Functions) Abdul Latiff bin Ahmad
Deputy Minister Mastura Mohd Yazid

•  Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Parliament and Law) Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar
Deputy Minister Mas Ermieyati Samsuddin 

•  Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Religious Affairs) Senator Tuan Idris Ahmad 
Deputy Minister Ahmad Marzuk Shaary

•  Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Sabah and Sarawak Affairs) Dr Maximus Johnity Ongkili
Deputy Minister Hanifah Hajar Taib

• Finance Minister Tengku Zafrul Abdul Aziz
Deputy Minister I Mohd Shahar Abdullah
Deputy Minister II Yamani Hafez Musa

•  Home Minister Hamzah Zainuddin
Deputy Minister I Ismail bin Mohamed Said
Deputy Minister II Jonathan Yassin

• Health Minister Khairy Jamaluddin
Deputy Minister I Dr Noor Azmi Ghazali
Deputy Minister II Aaron Ago Dagang

• Agriculture and Food Industries Minister Dr Ronald Kiandee
Deputy Minister I Ahmad Hamzah 
Deputy Minister II Dr Nik Muhammad Zawawi Salleh 

•  Rural and Regional Development Minister Mahadzir Khalid
Deputy Minister I Abdul Rahman Mohamad
Deputy Minister II Hasbi Habibollah 

• Foreign Affairs Minister Saifuddin Abdullah 
Deputy Minister Kamarudin Jaffar 

•  Transport Minister Wee Ka Siong
Deputy Minister Henry Sum Agong

•  Environment and Water Minister Tuan Ibrahim Tuan Man
Deputy Minister Dr Mansor Othman 

•  Human Resources Minister M. Saravanan
Deputy Minister Awang Hashim 

•  Federal Territories Minister Shahidan Kassim 
Deputy Minister Jalaluddin Alias 

•  Women, Family and Community Minister Rina Harun 
Deputy Minister Siti Zailah Mohd Yusoff

•  Higher Education Minister Dr Noraini Ahmad
Deputy Minister Senator Dr Ahmad Masrizal Muhammad 

•  Energy and Natural Resources Minister Takiyuddin Hassan 
Deputy Minister Ali Biju

•  Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Minister  Alexander Nanta Linggi 
Deputy Minister Rosol Wahid

•  Communications and Multimedia Minister Annuar Musa 
Deputy Minister Zahidi bin Zainul Abidin

•  Housing and Local Government Minister Reezal Merican Naina Merican 
Deputy Minister Ismail Abdul Mutalib

•  Science, Technology and Innovation Minister Dr Adham Baba 
Deputy Minister Amzad Mohamed@Hashim

•  Entrepreneur Development and Cooperatives Minister Noh Omar 
Deputy Minister Tuan Muslimin Yahaya 

•  Primary Industries, Plantation and Commodities Minister Zuraidah Kamaruddin 
Deputy Minister I Wee Jeck Seng 
Deputy Minister II : Willie Mongin

•  Tourism, Arts and Culture Minister Nancy Shukri 
Deputy Santhara Kumar Ramanaidu

• National Unity Minister Halimah Mohamed Sadique
Deputy Minister Senator Tuan Wan Ahmad Fayshal Wan Ahmad Kamal 

•  Youth and Sports Minister Ahmad Faizal Azumu
Deputy Minister Senator Ti Lian Ker – August 27, 2021.