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PMX Anwar’s 31-member Cabinet

KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 12, 2023: Malaysia’s 10^th Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim today announced his first Cabinet reshuffle just a week into his second year in office.

The only clear disappointment to Malaysians was the retention of Anwar’s “useless” Education Minister Fadhlina Sidek who stubbornly defended her education officials who promoted the use of “violence and firearms” in schools in its so-called Solidarity for Palestinians Week.

To date, no one has been known to have been held responsible for the shocking endorsement of school children and education officials and teachers’ display of violence and firearms in schools.

No News Is Bad News reproduces below news reports on the Cabinet reshuffle:

Biggest winners and losers in Cabinet reshuffle

Some of the biggest changes in the Cabinet involve DAP.

Elill Easwaran - 12 Dec 2023, 12:36pm

(From left) V Sivakumar lost his place in the Cabinet to DAP colleague Steven Sim, while M Kula Segaran replaced Ramkarpal Singh as deputy law and institutional reform minister.

PETALING JAYA: DAP’s V Sivakumar appears to be the biggest loser in Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s Cabinet reshuffle, becoming the only minister to be dropped from the administration.

On the other hand, his replacement, Steven Sim, was promoted from deputy finance minister to human resources minister.

Sim, the Bukit Mertajam MP, is also the youngest minister in the Cabinet.

Sim’s previous post is now held by Lim Hui Ying, the sister of DAP chairman and former finance minister Lim Guan Eng.

Two deputy ministers were dropped from the lineup, the most prominent being Ramkarpal Singh, who was deputy law and institutional reform minister.

The Bukit Gelugor MP was replaced by Ipoh Barat MP M Kula Segaran, a former human resources minister in the previous Pakatan Harapan (PH) government.

Meanwhile, Ramkarpal’s brother, Gobind Singh Deo, is back in the Cabinet as the digital minister. The Damansara MP was previously the communications and multimedia minister in the PH administration.

Beaufort MP Siti Aminah Aching was Umno’s sole casualty in the reshuffle, with her post as deputy plantation and commodities minister taken over by Chan Foong Hin. Chan was the deputy agriculture and food security minister prior to this.

While Siti Aminah is out, Wanita Umno chief Noraini Ahmad is back with a government post, albeit as a deputy minister. The former higher education minister is now deputy women, family and community development minister.

Another noteworthy appointment is PKR’s R Ramanan, who was named deputy entrepreneur and cooperatives development minister.

Ramanan, who is serving his first term as Sungai Buloh MP, is also the chairman of the Malaysian Indian Transformation Unit or Mitra.

Dzulkefly, Johari back as federal ministers in Cabinet shake-up

Dzulkefly Ahmad returns as health minister, a portfolio he held between 2018 and 2020.

FMT Reporters - 12 Dec 2023, 11:16am

Umno’s Johari Ghani (left) served as second finance minister from 2016 to 2018 while Amanah’s Dzulkefly Ahmad was the health minister from 2018 to 2020.

PETALING JAYA: Amanah’s Dzulkefly Ahmad and Umno’s Johari Ghani have been appointed as federal ministers in Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s first Cabinet reshuffle.

Dzulkefly will take over the health portfolio from Dr Zaliha Mustafa.

Johari meanwhile has been appointed as plantation and commodities minister.

There are 31 ministers in Anwar’s revamped Cabinet, who will be aided by 29 deputy ministers. This is slightly larger than his initial 28-member Cabinet, which was assisted by 27 deputy ministers.

However, it is still leaner than that of his predecessors.

The new list of Cabinet members is as follows:

Prime Minister
Anwar Ibrahim

Deputies
Ahmad Zahid Hamidi
Fadillah Yusof

Finance
Anwar Ibrahim

Finance II
Amir Hamzah Azizan

Deputy
Lim Hui Ying

Rural and regional development
Ahmad Zahid Hamidi

Deputy
Rubiah Wang

Energy transition and renewable energy
Fadillah Yusof

Deputy
Akmal Nasir

Sabah and Sarawak affairs
Fadillah Yusof

Transport
Loke Siew Fook

Deputy
Hasbi Habibollah

Agriculture and food security
Mohamad Sabu

Deputy
Arthur Joseph Kurup

Economic affairs
Rafizi Ramli

Deputy
Hanifah Hajar Taib

Local government development
Nga Kor Ming

Deputy
Aiman Athirah Sabu

Foreign affairs
Mohamad Hasan

Deputy
Mohamad Alamin

Works
Alexander Nanta Linggi

Deputy
Ahmad Maslan

Home affairs
Saifuddin Nasution Ismail

Deputy
Shamsul Anuar Nasarah

International trade and industry
Tengku Zafrul Aziz

Deputy
Liew Chin Tong

Defence
Khaled Nordin

Deputy
Adly Zahari

Science, innovation and technology
Chang Lih Kang

Deputy
Yusof Apdal

Women, family and community development
Nancy Shukri

Deputy
Noraini Ahmad

Natural resources and environmental sustainability
Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad

Deputy
Huang Tiong Sii

Entrepreneur and cooperatives development
Ewon Benedick

Deputy
R Ramanan

Higher education
Zambry Abdul Kadir

Deputy
Mustapha Sakmud

Tourism, arts and culture
Tiong King Sing

Deputy
Khairul Firdaus Akhbar Khan

Communications
Fahmi Fadzil

Deputy
Teo Nie Ching

Education
Fadhlina Sidek

Deputy
Wong Kah Woh

National unity
Aaron Ago Dagang

Deputy
K Saraswathy

Youth and sports
Hannah Yeoh

Deputy
Adam Adli

Domestic trade and cost of living
Armizan Ali

Deputy
Fuziah Salleh

Plantation and commodities
Johari Ghani

Deputy
Chan Foong Hin

Health
Dzulkefly Ahmad

Deputy
Lukanisman Awang Sauni

Digital
Gobind Singh Deo

Deputy
Wilson Ugak Kumbong

Human resources
Steven Sim

Deputy
Abdul Rahman Mohamad

Prime Minister’s Department

Law and institutional reform
Azalina Othman Said

Deputy
M Kula Segaran

Religious affairs
Na’im Mokhtar

Deputy
Zulkifli Hassan

Federal territories
Dr Zaliha Mustafa - FMT

Khaled Nordin is new defence minister

He takes over from Mohamad Hasan who will now serve as foreign minister.

FMT Reporters - 12 Dec 2023, 11:23am

 

PETALING JAYA: Umno vice-president Khaled Nordin has been appointed as the new defence minister in Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s first Cabinet reshuffle.

Khaled, who previously served as higher education minister, takes over from Mohamad Hasan who will now serve as foreign minister. Mohamad is the Umno deputy president.

Zambry Abdul Kadir, who previously served as foreign minister, has been reassigned to the higher education portfolio.

Umno vice-president Johari Ghani was appointed as plantation and commodities minister, taking over the portfolio previously held by deputy prime minister Fadillah Yusof.

Pontian MP Ahmad Maslan meanwhile was shifted from the finance ministry to the works ministry, serving as a deputy minister.

Beaufort MP Siti Aminah Aching was the sole Umno figure dropped from the line-up of ministers and deputies. She was previously deputy plantation and commodities minister.

Meanwhile, Wanita Umno chief Noraini Ahmad is the new deputy women, family and community development minister. She takes over from Aiman Athirah Sabu, who was transferred to the local government development ministry.

Lipis MP Abdul Rahman Mohamad was also transferred as a deputy minister in the works ministry to the human resources ministry. - FMT