THE STAR
PUTRAJAYA: Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi (pic) has been appointed Deputy Prime Minister.
He replaces Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin.
In announcing the Cabinet reshuffle on Tuesday, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak said that the decision to drop Muhyiddin was a tough one but necessary so that the Cabinet was united
Malaysia's Prime Minister Najib Razak (right) arrives with his newly-appointed Deputy Prime Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi (left) for a press conference at the Prime Minister's office in Putrajaya on July 28, 2015, following a cabinet reshuffle. - AFP
PUTRAJAYA: The following is the list of new ministerial appointments:
1. Science, Technology and Innovation Minister - Datuk Wilfred Madius Tangau
2. Domestic Trade Cooperatives and Consumerism Minister - Datuk Hamzah Zainuddin
3. Natural Resources and Environmental Minister - Datuk Dr Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar
4. Education Minister - Datuk Seri Mahdzir Khalid
5. Minister in the Prime Minister's Department - Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said
6. International Trade and Industry Minister II - Datuk Seri Ong Ka Chuan
7. Communication and Multimedia Minister - Datuk Seri Mohd Salleh Keruak
Ministers with new portfolio
1. Agriculture and Agro-based Industry Minister - Datuk Seri Ahmad Shabery Cheek (Former Communications and Multimedia Minister)
2. Higher Education Minister - Datuk Seri Idris Jusoh (Former Education Minister II)
3. The Rural and Regional Development Ministry - Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob (Former Agriculture and Agro-based Industry Minister)Below is the full list of Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak's new cabinet line up:
MINISTERS
Najib Abdul Razak - Prime minister and finance minister
Ahmad Zahid Hamidi - Deputy prime minister and home minister
Ahmad Husni Mohamad Hanadzlah- Finance minister II
Liow Tiong Lai - Transport minister
Nazri Abdul Aziz - Tourism and culture minister
Hishammuddin Hussein - Defence minister
Mustapa Mohamed - International trade and industries minister
Ong Ka Chuan - International trade and industry minister II
Maximus Johnity Ongkili - Energy, green technology and water minister
Amar Douglas Uggah Embas - Plantation industries and Commodities minister
Ahmad Shabery Cheek - Agriculture and agro-based industries minister
Ismail Sabri Yaakob - Rural and regional development minister
Anifah Aman - Foreign minister
Wilfred Madius Tangau - Science, technology and innovation minister
Rohani Abdul Karim - Women and family development minister
Fadillah Yusof - Works minister
Richard Riot Anak Jaem - Human resource minister
Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor - Federal territories minister
Idris Jusoh - Higher education minister
Khairy Jamaluddin Abu Bakar - Youth and sports minister
Abdul Rahman Dahlan - Housing and local government minister
Hamzah Zainudin - Domestic trade, cooperations and consumerism minister
Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar - Natural resources and environment minister
Mahdzir Khalid - Education minister
Mohd Salleh Said Keruak - Communications and multimedia minister
Mah Siew Keong - Minister in the prime minister's department
Azalina Othman Said - Minister in the prime minister's department
Nancy Shukri - Minister in the prime minister's department
Abdul Wahid Omar - Minister in the prime minister's department
Wee Ka Siong - Minister in the prime minister's department
Shahidan Kassim - Minister in the prime minister's department
Paul Low Seng Kuan - Minister in the prime minister's department
Joseph Entulu Anak Belaun - Minister in the prime minister's department
Idris Jala - Minister in the prime minister's department
Panglima Joseph Kurup - Minister in the prime minister's department
DEPUTY MINISTERS
Razali Ibrahim - Deputy minister in the prime minister's department
Chua Tee Yong - Deputy finance minister
Johari Abdul Ghani - Deputy finance minister
Nur Jazlan Mohamed - Deputy home minister
Masir Anak Kujat - Deputy home minister
Ermieyati Samsudin - Deputy tourism and culture minister
Johari Baharum - Deputy defence minister
Ahmad Maslan - Deputy international trade and industries minister
Lee Chee Leong - Deputy international trade and industries minister
James Dawos Mamit - Deputy energy, green technology and water minister
Noriah Kasnon - Deputy plantation industries and Commodities minister
Tajuddin Abdul Rahman - Deputy agriculture and agro-based industries minister
Alexander Nanta Linggi - Deputy rural and regional development minister
Ahmad Jazlan Yaakub - Deputy rural and regional development minister
Reezal Merican Naina Merican - Deputy foreign minister
Azizah Panglima Mohd Dun - Deputy women and family development minister
Chew Mei Fun - Deputy women and family development minister
Abu Bakar Mohamad Diah - Deputy science, technology and innovation minister
Rosnah Abdul Rashid Shirlin - Deputy works minister
Ismail Abd Muttalib - Deputy human resource minister
Loga Bala Mohan Jaganathan - Deputy federal territories minister
Mary Yap Kain Ching - Deputy higher education minister
M Saravanan - Deputy youth and sports minister
Halimah Mohd Sadique - Deputy housing and local government minister
Ahmad Bashah Md Hanipah - Deputy domestic trade, cooperations and consumerism minister
Hamim Samuri - Deputy natural resources and environment minister
P Kamalanathan - Deputy education minister
Chong Sin Woon - Deputy education minister
Jailani Johari - Deputy communications and multimedia minister
