By Aqilah Alya
PUTRAJAYA, 28 August 2021: The new Cabinet which includes the deputy ministers under the ninth Prime Minister, Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob, had been announced at 11 a.m at Bangunan Perdana Putra, Putrajaya yesterday.
In his special announcement, the Prime Minister said that all members of the Cabinet had been chosen based on the combination of their experiences, to help the nation rehabilitate and revitalise its economy, support entrepreneurs, facilitate business, and convince investors.
The Prime Minister also said that he will make sure the Cabinet stress the culture of high-performance in which every ministry has to do short-and long-term planning and achieve their target.
“With that, in the first 100 days of their work, each ministry needs to prove on their early achievement,” he said.
Below is list of the Cabinet members:
Prime Minister: Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob
Senior Minister of International Trade and Industry: Datuk Seri Azmin Ali
Deputy Minister: Datuk Lim Ban Hong
Senior Minister of Defence: Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein
Deputy Minister: Datuk Seri Ikmal Hisham Abdul Aziz
Minister of Finance: Tengku Datuk Seri Mohd Zafrul Tengku Abdul Aziz
Deputy Minister 1: Mohd Shahar Abdullah
Deputy Minister 2: Yamani Hafiz Musa
Senior Minister of Public Work: Datuk Seri Fadillah Yusof
Deputy Minister: Datuk Arthur Jospeh Kurup
Senior Minister of Education: Senator Dr Radzi Jidin
Deputy Minister 1: Datuk Dr Mah Hang Soon
Deputy Minister 2: Datuk Mohamad Alamin
Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Special Duties): Datuk Seri Abdul Latiff Ahmad
Deputy Minister: Datuk Mastura Mohd Yazid
Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Parliament and Law): Datuk Seri Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar
Timbalan Menteri: Datuk Mas Ermieyati Samsuddin
Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Religious Affairs): Senator Idris Ahmad
Deputy Minister: Datuk Ahmad Marzuk Shaary
Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Sabah, Sarawak Affairs): Datuk Seri Maximus Johnity Ongkili
Deputy Minister: Datuk Hajar Hanifah Taib
Minister of Transportation: Datuk Seri Ir. Dr. Wee Ka Siong
Deputy Minister: Datuk Henry Sum Agong
Minister of Environment and Water: Datuk Seri Tuan Ibrahim Tuan Man
Deputy Minister: Datuk Dr Mansor Othman
Minister of Human Resources: Datuk Seri Saravanan Murugan
Deputy Minister: Datuk Awang Hashim
Minister of Federal Territories: Datuk Seri Shahidan Kassim
Deputy Minister: Datuk Seri Jalaluddin Alias
Minister of Women, Family and Community: Datuk Seri Rina Harun
Deputy Minister: Datuk Siti Zailah Mohd Yusoff
Minister of Higher Education: Datuk Dr Noraini Ahmad
Deputy Minister: Senator Datuk Dr. Ahmad Masrizal Muhammad
Minister of Energy and Natural Resources: Datuk Seri Takiyuddin Hassan
Deputy Minister: Datuk Ali Anak Biju
Domestic Minister: Datuk Seri Hamzah Zainuddin
Deputy Minister I: Datuk Seri Dr Ismail Mohamed Said
Deputy Minister II: Jonathan Yassin
Minister of Health: Khairy Jamaluddin Abu Bakar
Deputy Minister I: Datuk Dr’ Dr Noor Azmi Ghazali
Deputy Minister II: YB Datuk Aaron Ago Dagang
Minister of Agriculture and Food Industry: Datuk Seri Dr Ronald Kiandee
Deputy Minister I: Datuk Seri Hj Ahmad Hamzah
Deputy Minister II: Dr. Nik Muhammad Zawawi Salleh
Minister of Rural Development: Datuk Seri Mahdzir Khalid
Deputy Minister I: Datuk Seri Abdul Rahman Mohamad
Deputy Minister II: Datuk Haji Hasbi Habibollah
Minister of Foreign Affairs: Datuk Saifuddin Abdullah
Deputy Minister: Datuk Kamarudin Jaffar
Minister of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs: Datuk Seri Alexander Nanta Linggi
Deputy Minister: Datuk Rosol Wahid
Minister of Communications and Multimedia: Tan Sri Annuar Musa
Deputy Minister: Datuk Zahidi Zainul Abidin
Minister of Housing and Local Government: Datuk Seri Reezal Merican Naina Merican
Deputy Minister: Datuk Seri Ismail Abdul Mutalib
Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation: Datuk Seri Dr Adham Baba
Deputy Minister: Datuk Amzad Mohamed @ Hashim
Minister of Entrepreneur Development and Cooperatives: Tan Sri Noh Omar
Deputy Minister: Tuan Muslimin Yahaya
Minister of Enterprises, Plantations and Commodities: Datuk Dr Hajah Zuraidah binti Kamaruddin
Deputy Minister I: Datuk Seri Wee Jeck Seng
Deputy Minister II: Willie Mongin
Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture: Datuk Seri Hajah Nancy Shukri
Deputy Minister: Datuk Seri Dr Santhara Kumar Ramanaidu
Minister of National Unity: Datuk Halimah Mohamed Sadique
Deputy Minister: Senator Tuan Wan Ahmad Fayshal Wan Ahmad Kamal
Minister of Youth and Sports: Datuk Seri Ahmad Faizal Datuk Azumu
Deputy Minister: Senator Datuk Seri Ti Lian Ker
It is hoped that the establishment of the new Cabinet would give the nation confidence in fighting against COVID-19 and taking ‘Malaysian Family’ out of the misery of current pandemic.***
Source: ASTRO Awani