2008-03-18

20080318: New Malaysian Cabinet is out (revised)

Yay! Aunty Raffie is OUT! Does this mean the END of AP?
Uncle Sam is also out, so have to make ends meet with the new Works Minister, crucial if you are to attend the CIDB Awards 2008!

Here's the new line up sorted by 26 Ministries in a LOGICAL alphabetical order (unlike other sites which just copy & paste), after the PM's Dept.:

Prime Minister (PM)
Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi

Deputy Prime Minister (DPM)
Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak

Ministers in the Prime Minister's Department
Tan Sri Bernard Dompok
Datuk Seri Nazri Aziz
Datuk Ahmad Zahid Hamidi
Datuk Mohd Zaid Ibrahim (resigned 20080915)
Datuk Amirsham Abdul Aziz

Deputy Ministers in the Prime Minister's Department
Datuk Johari Baharom
Datuk Dr Mashitah Ibrahim
Datuk K. Devamany
Datuk Hassan Malik

1 1 Agriculture and Agro-based Industry
1 2 Minister - Datuk Mustapa Mohamed
1 3 Deputy - Datin Paduka Rohani Abdul Karim

2 1 Defence
2 2 Minister - Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi (DPM - swapped with PM w.e.f 2008-09-22)



2 3 Deputy - Datuk Wira Abu Seman Yusop

3 1 Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs
3 2 Minister - Datuk Shahrir Samad
3 3 Deputy - Jelaing Mersat

4 1 Education
4 2 Minister - Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein
4 3 Deputies - Datuk Wee Ka Siong, Datuk Razali Ismail

5 1 Energy, Water and Communications
5 2 Minister - Datuk Shaziman Abu Mansor
5 3 Deputy - Datuk Joseph Salang Gandum

6 1 Entrepreneurial and Cooperative Development
6 2 Minister - Datuk Noh Omar
6 3 Deputy - Datuk Saiffuddin Abdullah

7 1 Finance
7 2 Minister - Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak (DPM - swapped with PM w.e.f.  2008-09-22)

7 3 Second Finance Minister - Tan Sri Nor Mohamed Yakcop

7 4 Deputies - Datuk Ahmad Husni Hanadzlah, Datuk Kong Cho Ha

8 1 Foreign Affairs
8 2 Minister - Datuk Seri Dr Rais Yatim
8 3 Deputy - Datuk Abdul Rahim Bakri (Kudat MP) replacing Tengku Azlan Abu Bakar (vacant from 2008-03-27 til 04-21)

9 1 Federal Territory
9 2 Minister - Datuk Zulhasnan Rafique
9 3 Deputy - M. Saravanan

10 1 Health
10 2 Minister - Datuk Liow Tiong Lai
10 3 Deputy - Datuk Dr Abdul Latiff Ahmad

11 1 Higher Education
11 2 Minister - Datuk Khaled Nordin
11 3 Deputies - Khoo Kok Choong, Datuk Idris Harun

12 1 Housing and Local Government
12 2 Minister - Datuk Ong Ka Chuan
12 3 Deputies - Datuk Robert Lau , Datuk Hamzah Zainuddin

13 1 Human Resources
13 2 Minister - Datuk S. Subramaniam
13 3 Deputy- Datuk Noraini Ahmad

14 1 Information
14 2 Minister - Datuk Ahmad Shabery Cheek
14 3 Deputy - Datuk Tan Lian Hoe

15 1 Internal Security and Home Affairs
15 2 Minister - Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar
15 3 Deputies - Datuk Chor Chee Heong, Senator Wan Ahmad Farid Wan Salleh "

16 1 International Trade and Industry (Kak Pidah is out!)
16 2 Minister - Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin
16 3 Deputies - Loh Wei Keong, Datuk Jacob Dungau Sagan

17 1 National Unity, Culture, Arts and Heritage
17 2 Minister - Datuk Shafie Apdal
17 3 Deputy - Datuk Teng Boon Soon

18 1 Natural Resources and Environment
18 2 Minister - Datuk Douglas Unggah Embas
18 3 Deputy - Datuk Maznah Mazlan, (Muadzam Shah MP), a Pahang assemblyman and executive council member, replacing Datuk Abu Ghapur Salleh (who resigned on 2008-03-26)

19 1 Plantation Industries and Commodities
19 2 Minister - Datuk Peter Chin Fah Kui
19 3 Deputy - Senator A. Kohilan

20 1 Rural and Regional Development
20 2 Minister - Tan Sri Muhammad Muhd Taib
20 3 Deputy - Tan Sri Joseph Kurup

21 1 Science, Technology and Innovation
21 2 Minister - Datuk Dr Maximus Ongkili
21 3 Deputy - Fadilah Yusof

22 1 Tourism
22 2 Minister - Datuk Azalina Othman
22 3 Deputy - Datuk Sulaiman Abdul Rahman Abu Taib

23 1 Transport
23 2 Minister - Datuk Ong Tee Keat
23 3 Deputy - Datuk Seri Lajim Ukin (Beaufort MP) replacing Anifah Aman (who declined 2008-03-08 and vacant until 04-21)

24 1 Women, Family and Community Development
24 2 Minister - Datuk Dr Ng Yen Yen
24 3 Deputy - Noriah Kasnon

25 1 Works Minister (Samy is out!)
25 2 Minister - Datuk Mohd Zin Mohamad
25 3 Deputy - Datuk Yong Khoon Seng

26 1 Youth and Sports
26 2 Minister - Datuk Ismail Sabri Yaacob
26 3 Deputy - Wee Jack Seng