Prime Minister Najib Announces Zahid Hamidi as New Deputy Prime Minister and New Cabinet Changes (Video)

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Zahid Hamidi new DPM, Muhyiddin dropped

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

New ministers in Najib’s Cabinet

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