New Malaysian Cabinet

PUTRAJAYA: Prime Minister Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi announced his new administration on Tuesday, trimming his Cabinet from 32 to 27 seats, of which more than half featured new faces.
He also scrapped the post of parliamentary secretary and dropped big guns such as Datuk Seri Rafidah Aziz (former International Trade and Industry Minister), Datuk Azmi Khalid (former Home Affairs Minister) and Datuk Dr Jamaluddin Jarjis (former Science, Technology and Innovations Minister).
Abdullah merged the Home Affairs and Internal Security ministries, saying that they had many overlapping functions, and named former Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar as its minister.
I am still surprised with the post although I was sure I will move from the Foreign Ministry," Syed Hamid said.
"I have to learn fast to regain public confidence in security related matters. Judging from the election results, Malaysians expect some things to be done," he said.
In the 12th general election on March 8, the Barisan Nasional saw its two-thirds majority in the 222-seat Parliament pared down to a simple majority, lost control of four states including industrial centres such as Selangor and Penang, and failed to wrest Kelantan back from PAS.
Higher Education Minister Datuk Seri Khaled Nordin, formerly Entrepreneur and Cooperative Development Minister, said he was looking forward to the challenges of his new portfolio.
"I know the challenges in this ministry are very big and the expectations of the rakyat are very high, particularly in trying to make Malaysia the centre of excellence for higher education.
"What I know is that the work is going to be very different from the ministry I was heading before, but I will reserve my plans for the ministry until I have been briefed by the ministry staff," said the Pasir Gudang MP.
Khaled took over the portfolio from Datuk Mustapa Mohamed, who is now the Agriculture and Agro-based Industry Minister.

The full list:

Prime Minister
Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi

Deputy Prime Minister
Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak

Ministers in the Prime Minister's Department
Tan Sri Bernard Dompok
Datuk Seri Nazri Aziz
Datuk Ahmad Zahid Hamidi
Datuk Mohd Zaid Ibrahim
Datuk Amirsham Abdul Aziz

Deputy Ministers in the Prime Minister's Department
Datuk Johari Baharom
Datuk Dr Mashitah Ibrahim
Datuk K. Devamany
Datuk Hassan Malik


Finance
Minister - Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
Second Finance Minister - Tan Sri Nor Mohamed Yakcop
Deputies - Datuk Ahmad Husni Hanadzlah, Datuk Kong Cho Ha

Defence
Minister - Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak
Deputy - Datuk Wira Abu Seman Yusop

Internal Security and Home Affairs
Minister - Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar
Deputies - Datuk Chor Chee Heong, Senator Wan Ahmad Farid Wan Salleh

Housing and Local Government
Minister -Datuk Ong Ka Chuan
Deputies - Datuk Robert Lau , Datuk Hamzah Zainuddin

Works Minister
Minister - Datuk Mohd Zin Mohamad
Deputy- Datuk Yong Khoon Seng

Energy, Water and Communications
Minister - Datuk Shaziman Abu Mansor
Deputy- Datuk Joseph Salang Gandum

Agriculture and Agro-based Industry
Minister - Datuk Mustapa Mohamed
Deputy - Datin Paduka Rohani Abdul Karim

International Trade and Industry
Minister -Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin
Deputies- Loh Wei Keong, Datuk Jacob Dungau Sagan

Foreign Affairs
Minister -Datuk Seri Dr Rais Yatim
Deputy- Tunku Azlan Abu Bakar

Education
Minister -Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein
Deputies -Datuk Wee Ka Siong, Datuk Razali Ismail

Higher Education
Minister - Datuk Khaled Nordin
Deputies - Khoo Kok Choong, Datuk Idris Harun

Transport
Datuk Ong Tee Keat
Deputy - Anifah Aman

Human Resources
Datuk S. Subramaniam
Deputy- Datuk Noraini Ahmad

Women, Family and Community Development
Minister-Datuk Dr Ng Yen Yen
Deputy- Noriah Kasnon

National Unity, Culture, Arts and Heritage
Minister- Datuk Shafie Apdal
Deputy-Datuk Teng Boon Soon

Science, Technology and Innovation
Minister- Datuk Dr Maximus Ongkili
Deputy- Fadilah Yusof

Entrepreneurial and Cooperative Development
Minister - Datuk Noh Omar
Deputy- Datuk Saiffuddin Abdullah

Natural Resources and Environment
Minister - Datuk Douglas Unggah Embas
Deputy - Datuk Abu Ghapur Salleh

Rural and Regional Development
Minister - Tan Sri Muhammad Muhd Taib
Deputy- Tan Sri Joseph Kurup

Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs
Minister - Datuk Shahrir Samad
Deputy - Jelaing Mersat

Plantation Industries and Commodities
Minister - Datuk Peter Chin Fah Kui
Deputy- Senator A. Kohilan

Youth and Sports
Minister - Datuk Ismail Sabri Yaacob
Deputy - Wee Jack Seng

Health
Minister - Datuk Liow Tiong Lai
Deputy- Datuk Dr Abdul Latiff Ahmad

Information
Minister - Datuk Ahmad Shabery Cheek
Deputy- Datuk Tan Lian Hoe

Tourism
Minister - Datuk Azalina Othman
Deputy - Datuk Sulaiman Abdul Rahman Abu Taib

FT
Minister - Datuk Zulhasnan Rafique
Deputy- M. Saravanan

Those who didn't make it
A total of 16 ministers did not make it into the new cabinet. They are the following:

Those dropped from list
International Trade and Industry
Rafidah Aziz (Umno)
Human Resources
Dr Fong Chan Onn (MCA)
Home Affairs
Mohd Radzi Sheikh Ahmad (Umno)
Science, Technology and Innovation
Dr Jamaluddin Jarjis (Umno)
Natural Resources and Environment
Azmi Khalid (Umno)
Tourism
Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor (Umno)

Lost in 2008 general elections
Works
S Samy Vellu (MIC)
Women, Family and Community Development
Shahrizat Abdul Jalil (Umno)
Information
Zainuddin Maidin (Umno)
Rural and Regional Development
Abdul Aziz Shamsuddin (Umno)
Prime Minister's Department
Dr Abdullah Md Zin (Umno)

Declined to accept post

Housing and Local Government
Ong Ka Ting (MCA)

Did not contest parliament seat

Transport
Chan Kong Choy (MCA)
Prime Minister’s Department
Mohd Effendi Norwawi (PBB)

Those resigned and retired

Health
Chua Soi Lek (MCA), resigned in January 2008
Energy, Water and Communications
Dr Lim Keng Yaik (Gerakan), retire from politics

Who's in, who's out?

Fifteen out of 32 ministers have kept their jobs. There is no change for eight, and new portfolios for seven. Nine have been given a promotion while eight moved to new ministries.

No change for 8

* Abdullah Ahmad Badawi (Finance - Umno)
* Najib Abdul Razak (Defence - Umno)
* Hishamuddin Hussein (Education - Umno)
* Nor Mohamed Yakcop (Second finance minister - Umno)
* Zulhasnan Rafique (Federal Territories - Umno)
* Bernard Dompok (Prime Minister’s Department - Upko)
* Mohamed Nazri Abdul Aziz (Prime Minister’s Department - Umno)
* Peter Chin Fah Kui (Plantation Industries and Commodities - Supp)

New posts for 7

* Mustapa Mohamed (Agriculture and Agro-based Industry - Umno)
* Muhyiddin Yassin (International Trade and Industry - Umno)
* Syed Hamid Albar (Home Affairs and Internal Security - Umno)
* Dr Maximus Ongkili (Science, Technology and Innovation - PBS)
* Mohamed Khaled Nordin (Higher Education - Umno)
* Shafie Apdal (National Unity, Culture, Arts and Heritage - Umno)
* Azalina Othman Said (Tourism - Umno)

6 new faces

* Ong Ka Chuan (Housing and local government - MCA)
* Shahrir Abdul Samad (Domestic trade and consumer affairs - Umno)
* Muhammad Muhammad Taib (Rural and regional development - Umno)
* Ismail Sabri Yaakob (Youth and sports - Umno)
* Zaid Ibrahim (PM’s Department in charge of legal affairs - Umno)
* Amirsham A Aziz (PM’s Department in charge of EPU - Umno)

10 promoted

Promoted from deputy minister

* Mohd Zin Mohamed (Works - Umno)
* Shaziman Abu Mansor (Energy, water and communications - Umno)
* Ong Tee Keat (Transport - MCA)
* Liow Tiong Lai (Health - MCA)
* Dr Ng Yen Yen (Women, Family and Community Development - MCA)
* Douglas Uggah Embas (Natural Resources and Environment - PBB)
* Nor Omar (Entrepreneurial and Cooperative Development - Umno)
* Zahid Hamidi (PM’s Department - Umno)

Promoted from parliamentary secretary

* Ahmad Shabery Cheek (Information/ Umno)
* S Subramaniam (Human Resources/ MIC)

8 moved to new ministries

* Mustapa Mohamed (Higher Education to Agriculture and Agro-based Industry - Umno)
* Muhyiddin Yassin (Agriculture and Agro-based Industry to International Trade and Industry - Umno)
* Syed Hamid Albar (Foreign Affairs to Home Affairs and Internal Security - Umno)
* Dr Rais Yatim (Culture, Arts and Heritage to Foreign Affairs - Umno)
* Shafie Apdal (Domestic Trade and Industry to National Unity, Culture, Arts and Heritage - Umno)
* Dr Maximus Ongkili (PM’s Department to Science, Technology and Innovation)
* Mohamed Khaled Nordin (Entrepreneurial and Cooperative Development to Higher Education)
* Azalina Othman Said (Youth and Sports to Tourism)

Ministerial portfolios merged

* Internal Security + Home Affairs
* Culture, Arts and Heritage + National Unity and Integration (previously under PM’s Department)

MINISTER
UMNO - 22
MCA - 4
MIC - 1
PBS - 1
PBB - 1
SUPP - 1
UPKO - 1

DEPUTY MINISTER

UMNO - 17
MCA - 6
MIC - 2
GERAKAN - 2
PBB - 2
SUPP - 2
PRS - 2
SPDP - 2
PBRS - 1
LDP - 1