Malaysia's New Cabinet - Post GE13

Prime Minister: Najib Razak (UMNO)

*Deputy Prime Minister: Muhyiddin Yassin (UMNO)

Prime Minister's Department:

*Ministers:

Jamil Khir Baharom (UMNO), 2. Abdul Wahid Omar (Senator), 3. Idris Jala (senator); 4. Joseph Kurup (PBRS), 5. Shahidan Kassim (UMNO), 6. Nancy Shukri (PBB), 7. Paul Low Seng Kwan (senator), 8. Joseph Entulu Belaun (PRS)

Deputy Ministers: 1. Razali Ibrahim (UMNO); 2. Waytha Moorthy Ponnusamy (Senator)

*Ministry of Finance:

Minister of Finance 1: Najib Razak (UMNO)

Minister of Finance 2: Ahmad Husni Mohamad Hanadzlah (UMNO)

Deputy Minister of Finance

Ahmad Maslan (UMNO)

Ministry of Transport:

Minister: (Acting post being held open pending MCA decision) Hishammuddin Hussein (UMNO)

Deputy Minister: Ab Aziz Kaprawi (UMNO)

*Ministry of Defence

Hishammuddin Hussein (UMNO)

Deputy Minister: Abdul Rahim Bakri (UMNO)

*Ministry of Home Affairs:

Minister: Ahmad Zahid Hamidi (UMNO)

Deputy Minister: Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar (PBB)

*Ministry of Education & Higher Learning

Minister 1: Muhyiddin Yassin (UMNO)

Minister 2: Idris Jusoh (UMNO)

Deputy Minister 1: Mary Yap Kain Ching (PBS)

Deputy Minister 2: P. Kamalanathan (MIC)

*Ministry of Works:

Minister: Fadillah Yusof (PBB)

Deputy Minister: Rosnah Abdul Rashid Shirlin (UMNO)

*Ministry of International Trade & Industry

Minister: Mustapa Mohamed (UMNO)

Deputy Minister: Hamim Samuri (UMNO)

*Ministry of Foreign Affairs

Minister: Anifah Aman (UMNO)

Deputy Minister: Hamzah Zainuddin

*Ministry of Domestic Trade, Co-operatives and Consumerism

Minister: Hasan Malek (UMNO)

Deputy Minister: Ahmad Bashah Mohamad Hanipah (Senator)

*Ministry of Communication & Multimedia

Minister: Ahmad Shabery Cheek (UMNO)

Deputy Minister: Jailani Johari (UMNO)

*Ministry of Human Resources

Minister: Richard Riot Jaem (SUPP)

Deputy Minister: Ismail Abdul Muttalib (UMNO)

*Ministry of Rural & Regional Development

Minister: Shafie Apdal (UMNO)

Deputy Minister: Alexander Nanta Linggi (PBB)

*Ministry of Urban Wellbeing, Housing & Local Government

Minister: Abdul Rahman Dahlan (UMNO)

Deputy Minister: Halimah Mohamad Saddique (UMNO)

*Ministry of Youth & Sport

Minister: Khairy Jamaluddin Abu Bakar (UMNO)

Deputy Minister: M. Saravanan (MIC)

*Ministry of Health

Minister: S. Subramaniam (MIC)

Deputy Minister: Hilmi Yahaya (UMNO)

*Ministry of the Federal Territories

Minister: Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor (UMNO)

Deputy Minister: J. Loga Bala Mohan (Senator)

*Ministry of Plantation Industries & Commodities

Minister: Douglas Uggah Embas (PBB)

Deputy Minister: Noriah Kasnon (UMNO)

*Miistry of Energy, Green Technology & Water

Minister: Maximus Johnity Ongkili (PBS)

Deputy Minister: Mahdzir Khalid (UMNO)

*Ministry of Agriculture and Agro-Based Industry

Minister: Ismail Sabri Yaakob (UMNO)

Deputy Minister: Tajuddin Abdul Rahman (UMNO)

*Ministry of Tourism & Culture

Minister: Mohamed Nazri Abdul Aziz (UMNO)

Deputy Minister: Joseph Salang Gandum (PRS)

*Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation

Minister: Ewon Ebin (UPKO)

Deputy Minister: Abu Bakar Mohamad Diah (UMNO)

*Ministry of Natural Resources & Environment

Minister: G. Palanivel (MIC)

Deputy Minister: James Dawos Mamit (PBB)

*Ministry of Women, Family and Community Development

Minister: Rohani Abdul Karim (PBB)

Deputy Minister: Azizah Mohamad Dun (UMNO)

Ministers: 30

Deputy Ministers: 27

Total: 57

Total ministries: 24

MY COMMENTS: This is supposed to be a cabinet to push the Economic Transformation Programme. Let's see how they do. 

I note that they've put Abdul Wahid Omar and Idris Jala as Ministers in the Prime Minister's Department. Is this they way of quietly getting rid of people who've been busy 'restructuring'  GLCs by selling off assets and claiming them as profits later on? I think so. Put them in a place of supposed power so that they can do less damage? 

I note that Khairy Jamaluddin is now a Minister. For youth and sports. I am slightly worried as he was one of the reasons people hate Barisan Nasional. You can search elsewhere on why he has such a reputation. Yes he did win in his constituency, but is this reward too big for him? My opinion was that he takes over Nazri Aziz's job as Minister in PM's office in charge of Parliament. Let Khairy put his debating skills against the Opposition. He's Oxford trained. He should use his skills to put the Opposition in his place. And in this position, he won't be a threat to any ministry. 

I also note that Nazri Aziz is Minister of Tourism. He should have taken over Hishamuddin's job. He would do a better job at knocking all those illegal assemblies down. And he isn't a populist. He would just GET THE JOB DONE.

Then we have Hishammudin and Zaid Hamidi swapping places. Hmmm....Hisham was a lame Home Minister and now he may be a lame Defence Minister. Let's wait and see what strange things will happen. I am worried. The Ministry of Defence is also a cashcow for anyone there. I wait to see how the game is played over there.

Datuk Paul Low Seng Kuan - the only chinese in the cabinet? Anti Corruption campaigner and President of transparancy international. A senator. So this is a chinese community but not one from MCA. I suppose he will be the chap in charge of dealing with corruption here in Malaysia.

The HINDRAF chap Waya moorthy gets a place as deputy minister. I suppose he'll be trying to make the  Indian community better. At least the Government listened to HINDRAF and wasn't pulling their legs.

That's all for now. Oh yes. There was a pre-cabinet lineup debate that Ali Rustam should have been made senator and be Tourism minister so that he can develop the tourism industry like he did Melaka. I suppose this would be good. But according to some he cannot converse well in English. A drawback to such an international ministry? Who knows. It didn't come to pass.