Anwar reveals the Cabinet's deputy ministers
SHAH ALAM -- Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim has finally unveiled the soon-to-be sworn deputy ministers of his unity government Cabinet.
He said that the list of names had been consented to by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri'ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah.
"The swearing-in ceremony will be conducted at the Istana Negara, at 3 pm tomorrow," he said in a televised special address today.
The following are the names of the deputy ministers and their respective ministerial portfolios.
Finance Ministry: Datuk Seri Ahmad Maslan and Steven Sim Chee Keong
Transport Ministry: Hasbi Habibullah
Rural and Regional Development Ministry: Datuk Rubiah Wang
Economic Affairs Ministry: Datuk Hanifah Hajar Taib
Local Government Development Ministry: Akmal Nasrullah Mohd Nasir
Works Ministry: Datuk Abdul Rahman Mohamad
Home Ministry: Datuk Seri Shamsul Anuar Nasarah
International Trade and Industry Ministry: Liew Chin Tong
Higher Education Ministry: Datuk Seri Yusuf Apdal
Science and Technology Ministry: Datuk Arthur Joseph Kurup
Women, Family and Community Development Ministry: Aiman Athirah Sabu
Prime Minister's Department (Law and Institutional Reform): Ramkarpal Singh
Plantation Industries and Commodities Ministry: Siti Aminah Aching
Agriculture and Food Security Ministry: Chang Fong Chin
Defence Ministry: Adly Zahari
Communications and Digital Ministry: Teo Nie Ching
Domestic Trade and Cost of Living Ministry: Fuziah Salleh
Entrepreneur Development and Cooperatives Ministry: Saraswathy Kandasamy
Foreign Ministry: Datuk Mohamad Alamin
Tourism Ministry: Khairul Firdaus Akhbar Khan
Youth and Sports Ministry: Adam Adli
Education Ministry: Lim Hui Ying
Natural Resources, Environment and Climate Change Ministry: Hwang Tiong Si
Health Ministry: Lukanisman Awang Sauni
Human Resources Ministry: Mustapha @ Mohd Yunus Sakmud
Anwar however did not announce the deputy ministers for three other portfolios.
They were the deputies in the National Unity Ministry, as well as two in the Prime Minister's Department for Religious Affairs as well as Sabah and Sarawak Affairs.
