New cabinet line-up
The following is the new cabinet line-up after Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi's minor cabinet reshuffle today. The minor cabinet reshuffle involved six ministries.
The following is the new cabinet line-up after Prime Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi's minor cabinet reshuffle today. The minor cabinet reshuffle involved six ministries.
The cabinet
Prime Minister/Minister of Finance/Minister of Internal Security
Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
Deputy Prime Minister/Minister of Defence
Najib Abdul Razak
Minister of Housing and Local Government
Ong Ka Ting
Minister of Works
S Samy Vellu
Minister of Energy, Water and Communications
Dr Lim Keng Yaik
Ministers in the Prime Minister's Department
Bernard Dompok (Public Services)
Mohamed Nazri Abdul Aziz (Parliament)
Dr Maximus Ongkili (National Unity)
Dr Mohd Abdullah Zin (Religious Affairs)
New: Effendi Norwawi
Transferred: Radzi Sheikh Ahmad (Legal Affairs) to Home Minister,
Mustapa Mohamed (National Economic Planning) to Higher Education Minister
Minister of International Trade and Industry
Rafidah Aziz
Minister of Foreign Affairs
Syed Hamid Albar
Minister of Agriculture and Agro-Based Industry
Muhyiddin Yasin
Minister of Information
Zainuddin Maidin
Out: Abdul Kadir Sheikh Fadzir
Minister of Human Resources
Dr Fong Chan Onn
Home Minister
Radzi Sheikh Ahmad
Transferred: Azmi Khalid to Natural Resources and Environment Minister
Minister of Education
Hishammuddin Hussein
Minister of Culture, Arts and Heritage
Dr Rais Yatim
Minister of Women, Family and Community Development
Shahrizat Abdul Jalil
Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation
Dr Jamaluddin Jarjis
Minister of Transport
Chan Kong Choy
Minister of Health
Dr Chua Soi Lek
Minister of Finance II
Nor Mohamed Yakcop
Minister of Tourism
Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor
Out: Dr Leo Michael Toyad
Minister of Plantation Industries and Commodities
Peter Chin
Minister of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs
Mohd Shafie Apdal
Minister of Higher Education
Mustapa Mohamed
Out: Dr Shafie Salleh
Minister of Rural and Regional Development
Abdul Aziz Shamsudin
Minister of Entrepreneur and Co-operative Development
Mohamed Khaled Nordin
Minister of Natural Resources and Environment
Azmi Khalid
Out: Adenan Satem
Minister of Youth and Sports
Azalina Othman Said
Changes among deputy ministers
Prime Minister's Department
Senator Abdul Rahman Suliman (new face)
Ministry of Information (two deputy posts)
Ahmad Zahid Hamidi (former Deputy Tourism Minister)
Chia Kwang Chye (former Deputy Internal Security Minister)
Promoted: Zainudin Maidin to Minister of Information
Transferred: Donald Lim to Deputy Tourism Minister
Ministry of Federal Territories
Abu Seman Yusop (former Internal Security Ministry's parliamentary secretary)
Promoted: Zulhasnan Rafique to Federal Territories Minister
Ministry of Higher Education
Ong Tee Keat (former Deputy Youth and Sports Minister)
Transferred: Fu Ah Kiow to Deputy Internal Security Minister
Ministry of Tourism
Donald Lim (former Deputy Information Minister)
Transferred: Ahmad Zahid Hamidi to Deputy Information Minister
Ministry of International Trade and Industry
Ng Lip Yong (former Plantation Enterprises and Commodities parliamentary secretary)
Transferred: Mah Siew Keong to Deputy Agriculture and Agro-based Industries Minister
Ministry of Agriculture and Agro-based Industries
Mah Siew Keong (former Deputy International Trade and Industry Minister)
Out: Kerk Choo Ting
Ministry of Internal Security (two deputy posts)
Mohd Johari Baharum (former PM's Department parliamentary secretary)
Fu Ah Kiow (former Deputy Ministry of Higher Education Minister)
Transferred: Noh Omar to Deputy Education Minister
Chia Kwang Chye to Deputy Information Minister
Ministry of Finance
Dr Awang Adek Hussin (former Deputy Rural and Regional Development Minister)
Out: Tengku Putera Tengku Awang
Ministry of Youth and Sports
Liow Tiong Lai (new face)
Transferred: Ong Tee Kiat to Deputy Higher Education Minister
Ministry of Education
Noh Omar (former Deputy Internal Security Minister)
Out: Mahadzir Mohd Khir
Ministry of Rural and Regional Development
Zainal Abidin Osman (former Foreign Ministry parliamentary secretary)
Transferred: Dr Awang Adek Hussin to Deputy Finance Minister
Ministry of Plantation Enterprises and Commodities (parliamentary secretary)
Dr S Vijayaratnam (new face)
Promoted: Ng Lip Yong to Deputy International Trade and Industry Minister
Ministry of Foreign Affairs (parliamentary secretary)
Ahmad Shabery Cheek (new face)
Promoted: Zainal Abidin Osman to Deputy Rural and Regional Development Minister


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