Prime Minister: Datuk Seri Najib Razak
Deputy Prime Minister: Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin
Prime Minister's Department:
Ministers:
Datuk Seri Jamil Khir Baharom
Datuk Seri Abdul Wahid Omar (to be appointed a senator)
Datuk Seri Idris Jala (to be appointed a senator)
Tan Sri Joseph Kurup
Datuk Seri Shahidan Kassim
Nancy Shukry
Datuk Joseph Entulu Belaun
Datuk Paul Low Seng Kuan (to be appointed a senator)
Deputy Ministers:
Datuk Razali Ibrahim
P. Waythamoorthy (to be appointed a senator)
Ministry of Finance:
Minister I: Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak
Minister II: Datuk Seri Ahmad Husni Hanadzlah
Deputy Minister:
Datuk Ahmad Maslan
Ministry of Education and Higher Learning:
Minister I: Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin
Minister II Datuk Seri Idris Jusoh
Deputy Minister I: Datuk Mary Yap
Deputy Minister II: P. Kamalanathan
Ministry of Home Affairs:
Minister: Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi
Deputy Minister: Datuk Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar
Ministry of Communication and Multimedia
Minister: Datuk Seri Ahmad Shabery Cheek
Deputy Minister: Datuk Jailani Johari
Ministry of International Trade and Industry:
Minister: Datuk Seri Mustapa Mohamed
Deputy Minister: Hamim Samuri
Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment
Minister: Datuk Seri G. Palanivel
Deputy Minister: Datuk James Dawos Mamit
Ministry of Transport
Minister: Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein (acting)
Deputy Minister: Datuk Aziz Kaprawi
Ministry of Tourism and Culture
Minister: Datuk Seri Mohamed Nazri Abdul Aziz
Deputy Minister: Datuk Joseph Salang
Ministry of Agriculture and Agro-based Industry
Minister: Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob
Deputy Minister: Datuk Tajuddin Abdul Rahman
Ministry of Defence
Minister: Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein
Deputy Minister: Datuk Abdul Rahim Bakri
Ministry of Works
Minister: Datuk Fadillah Yusof
Deputy Minister: Datuk Rosnah Abdul Rashid Shirlin
Ministry of Health
Minister: Datuk Seri Dr S. Subramaniam
Deputy Minister: Datuk Seri Dr Hilmi Yahaya
Ministry of Youth and Sports
Minister: Khairy Jamaluddin Abu Bakar
Deputy Minister: Datuk M. Saravanan
Ministry of Human Resources
Minister: Datuk Richard Riot
Deputy Minister: Datuk Ismail Abdul Muttalib
Ministry of Domestic Trade, Cooperatives and Consumerism
Minister: Datuk Hasan Malek
Deputy Minister: Datuk Ahmad Bashah Md Hanipah (to be appointed a senator)
Ministry of Women, Family and Community Development
Minister: Datuk Rohani Abdul Karim
Deputy Minister: Datuk Azizah Mohd Dun
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Minister: Datuk Seri Anifah Aman
Deputy Minister: Datuk Hamzah Zainuddin
Ministry of Urban Well-being, Housing and Local Government
Minister: Datuk Abdul Rahman Dahalan
Deputy Minister: Datuk Halimah Sadique
Ministry of Plantation Industries and Commodities
Minister: Datuk Seri Douglas Uggah Embas
Deputy Minister: Datuk Noriah Kasnon
Ministry of Rural and Regional Development
Minister: Datuk Seri Mohd Shafie Apdal
Deputy Minister: Datuk Alexander Nanta Linggi
Ministry of Federal Territories
Minister: Datuk Seri Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor
Deputy Minister: Datuk Dr J. Loga Bala Mohan
Ministry of Energy, Green Technology and Water
Minister: Datuk Seri Maximus Ongkili
Deputy Minister: Datuk Seri Mahdzir Khalid
Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation
Minister: Datuk Dr Ewon Ebin
Deputy Minister: Datuk Dr Abu Bakar Mohamad Diah
Datuk Mary Yap Kain Ching is the right person for the job for being appointed as the deputy Education minister. She can use her credibility and expertise for good to contribute.
ReplyDeleteSabah Tourism, Culture and Environment Minister Datuk Masidi Manjun Said she can bring improvements in Sabah education as well as she is now holding a high post in the federal cabinet.
ReplyDeleteAs far as the people of Malysia is concerned, we hope to see improvements especially in terms of better implementation of projects related to education
ReplyDeletePrime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak annouced a "balanced cabinet" comprising experienced and youthful individuals as well as technocrats. Which dynamic i think can spearhead for improvements.
ReplyDeleteHowever, Najib however reassured that in line with the Barisan Nasional (BN) concept, no community would be left behind. He also said a place in the cabinet has been reserved for the MCA pending on the outcome of the party's EGM.
ReplyDeleteNajib explained that those who held cabinet positions before, either as ministers or deputy ministers, would ensure continuity based on their past experiences.
ReplyDeleteTechnocrats, Najib said, were those with specialised areas of expertise of whichever was important in order to come up with creative and sound ideas.
ReplyDeleteThe "youthful" cabinet members meanwhile had the ability to cater to the needs of the younger generation, he added.
ReplyDeleteThe cabinet selected will be able to continue the transformation agenda to increase the trust and confidence among the 'rakyat'.
ReplyDeleteNajib also clarified that the new line up was "slimmer" with the doing away of 11 deputy minister posts.
ReplyDeletePerhaps by having a slimmer cabinet there will be more " efficiency''. Thus Najib also states Defending the nation is a huge responsibility and I promise to serve the country well.
ReplyDeletePrime Minister Najib Tun Razak today unveiled a new, dynamic cabinet to drive through his ambitious economic and political transformation agenda. The cabinet includes a mix of technocrats and civil society representatives, who bring valuable experience from outside government, as well as experienced ministers and younger faces. The cabinet also draws on Malaysia’s diverse ethnic communities.
ReplyDelete“The new cabinet will be responsible for delivering transformation in Malaysia and continuing the economic and political reforms that began four years ago,” said Najib while announcing his cabinet. He was flanked by his deputy Muhyiddin Yassin and Chief Secretary to the Government Ali Hamsa. The new ministers bring both the measured calm of experience, and the vibrant energy of new ideas; a grounding in anti-corruption and human rights law, and an appreciation for the dynamism of the private sector.
ReplyDelete“Over the past months and years, divisions have opened up in Malaysian society. Now it is time for all of us, in government and beyond, to put the bitterness behind us, and work towards national reconciliation – and national unity. It is in that spirit that I have asked these men and women to serve, not just as ministers, but as a unity Cabinet. Together we will act to bring about national reconciliation, secure Malaysia’s economic future, and build a stronger, more harmonious society,” he said.
ReplyDeleteSabah and Sarawak which both gave a large chunk of MP seats to BN were rewarded with 15 parliamentarians being named in the cabinet, of which 10 were full ministers. There were no representatives from Gerakan and MCA although Najib has set aside the Transport Ministry for the latter in the event it decides to join the government. There are only two Chinese representatives in the cabinet – Senator Paul Low (minister) and Mary Yap (deputy minister).
ReplyDeleteThere were 35 Umno parliamentarians in the cabinet, including 16 full ministers. Most of them were the old faces who had been retained – but given different portfolios – by Najib. However former Agriculture and Agro-based Industry minister and Tanjung Karang MP Noh Omar was dropped. The two prominent new Umno faces are Khairy Jamaluddin and Abdul Rahman Dahlan.
ReplyDeleteit was stated that the cabinet includes a mix of technocrats and civil society representatives, who bring valuable experience from outside government, as well as experienced ministers and younger faces
ReplyDeleteThe cabinet also draws on Malaysia’s diverse ethnic communities.
ReplyDeletePM said the new cabinet will be responsible for delivering transformation in Malaysia
ReplyDeleteas well as in continuing the economic and political reforms that began four years ago...
ReplyDeleteNajib further mentioned that the new ministers bring both the measured calm of experience, and the vibrant energy of new ideas; a grounding in anti-corruption and human rights law, and an appreciation for the dynamism of the private sector.
ReplyDeleteSYMBOLICALLY the Cabinet is formed on the day of celebration of the noble profession -- Teachers Day! For the first time in Malaysia's history there are more Ministers from Sabah and Sarawak in Cabinet. The day will come when someone from Sabah and Sarawak will become the Prime Minister. Observing the vagaries of political destinies can assist laypersons and elites alike to develop mindsets which can believe in the unlikely.
ReplyDeleteIn the consciousness of the people, there is understanding of Otto von Bismarck's insight that "politics is the art of the possible, the attainable, the art of the next best."
ReplyDeleteThe ministers and deputy ministers have their jobs as managers of ministries cut out for them. They need to work well with each other and their ministry secretaries-general and directors-generals to achieve the strategic national development agenda through the Government Transformation Plan, the Economic Transformation Plan and related plans, programmes and projects.
ReplyDeleteThe prime minister cannot and should not think for everybody. Each minister and his or her team should implement all the transformation plans. Within the National Transformation Agenda there are vast spaces and extensive opportunities for new initiatives, creativity and innovation.
ReplyDeleteBillions of ringgit have already been invested and billions more are now held in trust to be used for the people. Civil society institutions and the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission, National Institute of Integrity and similar organisations are eagled-eyed watching that integrity and anti-corruption lessons learned are not forgotten, promises made are kept and no particular individual entrusted to lead the people will get out of line.
ReplyDeleteOne of Malaysia's strengths is that the prime minister is regarded as the CEO of Malaysia Inc. The Malaysian cabinet and government have run Malaysia using the best practices of corporations. The new roles of cabinet members and their teams are about managing development excellence, not about rhetoric and rebel rousing talk, characteristic of the early years of nation building and the election season.
ReplyDeleteMalaysia has practised realpolitik defined by Ludwig von Rochau, as: "The study of the powers that shape, maintain and alter the state is the basis of all political insight and leads to understanding that the law of power governs the world of states just as the law of gravity governs the physical world."
ReplyDeleteThe realpolitik laws of power, of campaigns, party manifestos and promises have now come to the stage of the formation of the cabinet. While realpolitik is regarded as Machiavellian, amoral and coercive, the Malaysian cabinet has to be moral, ethical, and liberating.
ReplyDeleteThe government now has to build trust, show evidence of unrelenting commitment, be unequivocally accountable, confront those who create unhappiness of the people and pay attention to results.
ReplyDeleteBeyond the economic agenda the people want the cabinet members to be stewards who:
ReplyDeleteACT as an enlightened Council of Elders;
ARE fair, level headed leaders they can trust to give to the people;
UNDERSTAND that there are many citizens more knowledgeable than those who stood for elections and won or lost;
KNOW that citizens love the nation not any less than elected parliamentarians and their rivals;
UPHOLD the principle that the means in doing the right things must be as just and fair as the ends;
RECOGNISE that there may be greater differences of faith, ideology and personality between people of the same political party or race rather than between people from different parties or race;
CHAMPION the cause of unequivocal political and social conscience;
BELIEVE that citizens are not pawns in the game of thrones and lust for power;
WILL not allow hatemongers and bigots to cause stress and fester hatred through approval, consent or support of the blatant and subtle destructive messages of such people; and,
UPHOLD that the happiness of the people matter.
There are many more beautiful, wonderful and inspiring things that the people want. The people do not want to be dragged down, levelled down to the blinded vision of the lowest level of distractive and destructive toxic leaders.
ReplyDeleteThe cabinet formed reflects recognition that there are many common values held by people from different political parties and all have significant roles in genuine efforts to build a Bangsa Malaysia that is inclusive, enlightened and inspiring.
ReplyDeleteAs the collectivity of managers at the helm, the cabinet members are the people responsible to oversee that Malaysia achieves its vision to attain developed status by 2020.
ReplyDeleteThe next five years is critical. There is no time to waste because of distraction of one type or another. The cabinet has to be creatively pragmatic to drive the agenda of progress.
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