The Announcement of Malaysia’s new cabinet saw the inclusion of Mike Tyson a.k.a Muhammad Muhammad Taib. It also saw the long serving Minister, Wanita UMNO Chief, Rafidah Aziz being left behind. It also saw for the first time a bimbo appointed as Deputy Minister, ‘ketua penyedap UMNO’ or short form, Puteri UMNO, Noraini is in.
Amongst those who were left to be history are Jamaluddin Jarjis, due to moral ground, Azmi Khalid and Radzi Sheikh Ahmad, due to the backstabbing and coup de tat in Perlis and Tengku Adnan for controversially involved in the Lingam Video.
More than half of the ministers are new faces.
They are Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, Zaid Ibrahim, Amirsham Aziz, Ismail Sabri, Douglah Unggah, Ong Tee Keat, Ng Yen Yen, Noh Omar, Zin Mohamed, Liow Tiong Lay, Ahmad Shabery Chik, Shahrir Samad, Muhammad Muhammad Taib, Ong Ka Chuan, and Shaziman Abu Mansor.
After the announcement, the press bombarded Pak Lah with question regarding Najib’s who was not with him during the press conference.
The following is the list of cabinet ministers and their deputies as announced by the prime minister at 12 noon today.
Prime MinisterAbdullah Ahmad Badawi (Umno)
Deputy Prime Minister Najib Razak (Umno)
Finance Minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi (Umno)
Second Finance Minister Nor Mohamed Yakcop (Umno)
Deputies: Ahmad Husni Hanadzlah (Umno), Kong Cho Ha (MCA)
Defence Minister Najib Razak (Umno)
Deputy: Abu Seman Yusop (Umno)
Housing and Local Government Minister Ong Ka Chuan (MCA)
Deputy: Robert Lau Hoi Chew (Supp), Hamzah Zainuddin (Umno)
Works Minister Mohd Zin Mohamed (Umno)
Deputy: Yong Khoon Seng (Supp)
Energy, Water and Communications Minister Shaziman Abu Mansor
Deputy: Joseph Salang Gandum
Agriculture and Agro-Based Industry Minister Mustapa Mohamed (Umno)
Deputy: Rohani Abdul Karim (Umno)
International Trade and Industry Minister Muhyiddin Yassin (Umno)
Deputy: Leow Wui Keong (LDP), Jacob Dungau Sagan
Foreign Minister Rais Yatim (Umno)
Deputy: Tengku Azlan Sultan Abu Bakar (Umno)
Education Minister Hishammuddin Hussein (Umno)
Deputies: Dr Wee Ka Siong (MCA), Razali Ismail (Umno)
Transport Minister Ong Tee Keat (MCA)
Deputy: Anifah Aman
Health Minister Liow Tiong Lai (MCA)
Deputy: Dr Abdul Latiff Ahmad (Umno)
Human Resources Minister S Subramaniam (MIC)
Deputy: Noraini Ahmad (Umno)
Home Affairs and Internal Security Minister Syed Hamid Albar (Umno)
Deputies: Chor Chee Heung (MCA), Wan Ahmad Farid Wan Salleh (Umno)
Women, Family and Community Development Minister Dr Ng Yen Yen (MCA)
Deputy: Noriah Kasmon (Umno)
National Unity, Culture, Arts and Heritage Minister Shafie Apdal (Umno)
Deputy: Teng Boon Soon (MCA)
Science, Technology and Innovation Minister Dr Maximus Ongkili (PBS)
Deputy: Fadillah Yusof
Entrepreneurial and Cooperative Development Minister Noh Omar (Umno)
Deputy: Saifudin Abdullah
Higher Education Minister Mohd Khaled Nordin (Umno)
Deputies: Idris Haron (Umno), Dr Hou Kok Chung (MCA)
Information Minister Ahmad Shabery Cheek (Umno)
Deputy: Tan Lian Hoe (Gerakan)
Natural Resources and Environment Minister Douglas Uggah Embas (PBB)
Deputy: Abdul Ghapur Salleh (Umno)
Rural and Regional Development Minister Senator Muhammad Muhammad Taib (Umno)
Deputies: Joseph Kurup, Joseph Entulu Belaun
Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Minister Shahrir Abdul Samad (Umno)
Deputy: Jelaing Mersat
Plantation Industries and Commodities Minister Peter Chin Fah Kui (Supp)
Deputy: Kohilan Pillay (Gerakan)
Youth and Sports Minister Ismail Sabri Yaakob (Umno)
Deputy: Wee Jeck Seng (MCA)
Tourism Minister Azalina Othman Said (Umno)
Deputy: Sulaiman Abdul Rahman Abdul Taib (PBB)
Federal Territories MinisterZulhasnan Rafique (Umno)
Deputy: M Saravanan (MIC)
Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department
Zaid Ibrahim (Umno, to be appointed senator) – legal affairs
Zahid Hamidi (Umno)
Bernard Dompok (Upko)
Mohamed Nazri Abdul Aziz (Umno)
Amirsham A Aziz (former Maybank CEO, to be appointed senator)
Deputies: Mohd Johari Baharum (Umno), Mashitah Ibrahim (Umno, to be appointed senator), SK Devamany (MIC) and Hasan Malek (Umno).
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) (kesilapan sumber Malaysiakini – P33 Besut, Abdullah Md Zin menang)
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
Information on the new Information Minister
http://www.chanlilian.net/2008/03/18/information-on-the-information-minister-ahmad-shabery-cheek/
Bro Sheih, something wrong with this posting?
1/2 an hour ago my comments with the others was here. Suddenly all missing?
Sheih said: I know bro, 26 comments when missing when I updated this posting. hehehe. so sorry.
Well, Ahmad Zahid Hamidi is a good choice.
Shahrir Samad also good, I suppose.
Muhammad x2 Taib ?? Tak ada orang lain ke ?
Ong Ka Ting => Ong Ka Chuan. All in the family , bad example.
Fresh face for Works Minister. I hope he can build a more professional setup in this ministry. Semi-Value ran it like a personal empire, especially JKR.
Dato’ Abdullah Md Zain Kat mana Sheikh?
Sorry Sheikh,
Abdullah Md Zain kan menang di Besut.
Sheikh Said : Benar, P33 Besut, Abdullah Md Zin UMNO (29,376). Maaf, sumber yang saya petik (MalaysiaKini) nampaknya membuat kesilapan. Saya perbetulkan. Terima kasih.
Kittykat46
Ahmad Zahid Hamidi a good choice?
He is the Chairman Of Kuala Dimensi The company involved in the $4.6 billion Port Klang Free Zone Fiasco.
I wonder why Dr Abdullah Md Zin dropped? Who is taking over his duties? Dr. Mashitah? And Noraini is a bimbo? Wow… I thought Zahid goes where the money is.
harap2 Datuk Pa akan amik alih KADA dan memperkasakannya.. biarpun diturunkan ke PERTANIAN.. saya fikir Datuk Pa boleh menyumbang sesuatu buat kesejahteraan NEGERI KELANTAN..
Datuk Zaib?? mengapa tidak Datuk Rais Yatim..
Tidak pasti siapa yg mengarahkan Peguam Negara supaya mengeluarkan statement yg keterlaluan terhadap Yg di Pertuan Agong bersabit kedudukan MB Terengganu.
Walhal Terengganu ada Penasihat Undang-Undang sendiri yg juga duduk dlm Majlis Penasihat Di Raja.
Kalau baru-baru ini rakyat Malaysia bersatu marah kpd Lim Kit Siang, dalam hal ini juga, keterlajuran AG ini tidak boleh dipandang rengan.
Better apologize publicly and unreservedly.
Kalau tak, boleh dipertimbangkan Mesyuarat Majlis Raja2X khas bagi membincangkan langkah2x sewajar yg aptutu diambil terhadap AG dan pihak2X yg bersekongkol.
pak lah’s cabinet has to many tainted old ministers, how can you have m2m back in his list. such a choice will make me angry with you as a pm. you think the country has no more good people, how are they to declare their asset without lying,
Noraini is NOT a bimbo brader..If you don’t like her, I’ll marry her! She’s a sweet little thing! hmmm…
the country has gone to the bog and bodohwis
kurang ajar and full of crap=a new dimension of stupidity shown by the pm who fared very badly in the election.
high time umno intellectuals rise up against bodohwi anak beranak
the pru13 will more damaging to bn and umno =unless new leadership appears. bodohwi does not seem to be moving towards any solution of the sad predicament in which umno has found itself -the bog.
day by day umno will try to bogwash the mind of the people. no wonder kj and azeez
[umno p pinang] can only recruit mat rempit and mat dadahs to be rakan umno[a legacy of
the corrupt dr feelgood-the ultimate king of the bog.]. Now that zaib is asking for forgiveness from tun salleh ,feelgood is
probably shtting brick on the way to his grave. and if zaib go another one more step=asking for anwar’s- that will send the sob to his grave in shame
I think our Pak Lah still not yet wake up from his sleep lah.I don’t know he know what Malaysian want or not.Malaysia have 3 big races but as you can see,Indian races is the less and Chinese not that good also in the cabinet.Do you know why other races don’t to vote for BN,let’s me tell you,actually WE DON’T FEEL THE EQUAL there.Other than Malay,is that other races is not MALAYSIAN and not born over here.
I’am not blaming or saying bad on any races here,just want to say The World has Change.USA can accept a woman or American Black Man as their future president,why Malaysia cannot open as them.Yes,we are Asean country culture is different but we still human beings,we got the right to choose anyone.Let’s don’t talk others country,we come back to Malaysia here.What we want is Equal treatment.
I really hoping,one day Malaysia can do that and after that I will proudly said that I’M MALAYSIAN and no more Malay Malaysia,Chinese Malaysia or Indian Malaysia.
Please treat other races more equal….
Tun Mahathir will moves the UMNO people to the new PM. All the message can be take from http://whitenaval.wordpress.com
From Ehsan MalaysiaKini Video during the Forum at Subang Jaya on 1 April 2008. Datuk Mukhriz and Dr Khir Toyo are among the top leader who come to support Tun Mahathir
tak nak komen lagi lah harap lah pm yg baru dah laju dah kami org swk asik2 ja gaduh bila nak pilih pm tpm np 123 dan mt
semua tak ikut plembagaan party