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:
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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)
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