KUALA LUMPUR, March 9 (NNN-BERNAMA) — Malaysia’s new Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin today announced his list of Cabinet members comprising 31 ministers, but for the first time in the country’s history, no name was listed for the post of Deputy Prime Minister.
Instead, Muhyiddin announced four senior ministers, namely Minister of International Trade and Industry Datuk Seri Mohamed Azmin Ali; Defence Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob; Works Minister Datuk Seri Fadillah Yusof; and Education Minister Dr Mohd Radzi Md Jidin.
He made the announcements during a press conference held at Perdana Putra here today.
Following is the full Cabinet line-up announced by the Prime Minister.
Senior Minister – International Trade and Industry Minister
Datuk Seri Mohamed Azmin Ali
Deputy Minister: Datuk Lim Ban Hong (to be appointed as Senator)
Senior Minister – Defence Minister
Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob
Deputy Minister: Datuk Seri Ikhmal Hisham Abdul Aziz
Finance Minister
Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Tengku Abdul Aziz (to be appointed as Senator)
Deputy Minister I: Datuk Abd. Rahim Bakeri
Deputy Minister II: Mohd Shahar Abdullah
Senior Minister – Works Minister
Datuk Seri Fadillah Yusof
Deputy Minister: Datuk Dr Shahruddin Md Salleh
Senior Minister – Education Minister
Dr Mohd Radzi Md Jidin
Deputy Minister I: Datuk Dr Mah Hang Soon (to be appointed as Senator)
Deputy Minister II: Muslimin Yahaya
