KUALA LUMPUR: In this afternoon’s cabinet reshuffle, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak appointed Home Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi as deputy prime minister.
The cabinet reshuffle sees four ministers and one deputy minister being dropped: Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin, Datuk Seri G Palanivel, Datuk Seri Mohd Shafie Apdal, Datuk Seri Hasan Malek and Datuk Dr Ewon Ebin.
The new full ministers include Datuk Wilfred Madius Tangau, Datuk Hamzah Zainudin, Datuk Dr Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar, Datuk Seri Mahdzir Khalid, Datuk Seri Azalina Datuk Othman Said, Datuk Seri Ong Ka Chuan and Senator Datuk Seri Panglima Dr Mohd Salleh Tun Said Keruak.
The new deputy ministers include Datuk Wira Mohd Johari Baharum, Datuk Mas Ermiyeati Samsudin, Datuk Nur Jazlan Mohamed, Senator Datuk Dr Asyraf Wajdi Datuk Dusuki, Senator Chong Sin Woon, Datuk Seri Reezal Merican Naina Merican, Datuk Ahmad Jazlan Yaakub, Masir Kujat and Datuk Johari Abdul Ghani.
Ministers:
Dato Sri Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar
Minister of Natural Resources and Environment
Datuk Seri Ong Ka Chuan
Minister of International Trade and Industry II
Datuk Seri Ahmad Shabery Cheek
Minister of Agriculture and Agro-Based Industry
Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob
Minister of Rural and Regional Development
Datuk Wilfred Madius Tangau
Minister of Science Technology and Innovation
Datuk Seri Idris Jusoh
Minister of Higher Education
Datuk Hamzah Zainudin
Minister of Domestic Trade Co-operatives and Consumerism
Datuk Seri Mahdzir Khalid
Minister of Education
Senator Datuk Seri Panglima Dr Mohd Salleh Tun Said Keruak
Minister of Communications and Multimedia
Deputy Ministers
Datuk Johari Abdul Ghani
Deputy Minister of Finance
Datuk Nur Jazlan Mohamed
Masir Kujat
Deputy Ministers of Home Affairs
Datuk Mas Ermieyati Samsudin
Deputy Minister of Tourism and Culture
Datuk Wira Mohd Johari Baharum
Deputy Minister of Defence
Datuk Ahmad Maslan
Deputy Minister of International Trade and Industry
Datuk Seri James Dawos Mamit
Deputy Minister of Energy, Green Technology and Water
Datuk Amhad Jazlan Yaakub
Deputy Minister of Rural and Regional Development
Datuk Reezal Merican Naina Merican
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs
Senator Datuk Dr Asyraf Wajdi Datuk Dusuki
Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Religious Affairs)
Datuk Hamim Samuri
Deputy Minister of Natural Resources and Environment
Senator Chong Sin Woon
Deputy Minister of Education
Their appointments will take effect July 29 after they are sworn in at the Istana Negara.