About a year after the Unity Government came into power, Prime Minister Dato’ Seri Anwar Ibrahim (DSAI) made the decision to conduct and announce a cabinet reshuffle at 11am today (12 December).
He took to his official Facebook page to share the press conference of the announcement.
Here is the list of the announced changes:
Finance Minister II: Datuk Seri Amir Hamzah Azizan
Deputy Minister of Finance: Lim Hui Ying (formerly Deputy Education Minister, replacing Steven Sim)
Health Minister: Datuk Seri Dr. Dzulkefly Ahmad (replacing Dr Zaliha Mustafa)
Minister of Human Resources: Steven Sim (replacing V. Sivakumar)
Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Federal Territories): Dr Zaliha Mustafa
Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Sabah and Sarawak Affairs): Datuk Seri Fadillah Yusof (replacing Datuk Armizan Mohd Ali)
Minister of Domestic Trade and Cost of Living: Datuk Armizan Mohd Ali (replacing the late Datuk Seri Salahuddin Ayub who passed away in July 2023)
Foreign Minister: Datuk Seri Mohamad Hasan (formerly Minister of Defence, replacing Zambry Abd Kadir)
Deputy Foreign Minister: Datuk Mohamad Alamin
Minister of Higher Education: Zambry Abd Kadir (replacing Datuk Seri Mohamed Khaled Nordin)
Minister of Defence: Datuk Seri Mohamed Khaled Nordin (replacing Datuk Seri Mohamad Hasan)
Minister of Plantation and Commodities: Datuk Seri Johari Abdul Ghani (replacing Datuk Seri Fadillah Yusof)
Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Food Security: Datuk Arthur Joseph Kurup (formerly Deputy Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation)
Deputy Minister of Public Works: Datuk Seri Ahmad Maslan (formerly Deputy Finance Minister)
Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Law and Institutional Reform): M Kulasegaran (replacing Ramkarpal Singh)
Deputy Minister of Religious Affairs: Dr Zulkifli Hasan
New Ministries and their Ministers
Ministry of Energy Transition and Public Utilities
Minister of Energy Transition and Public Utilities: Datuk Seri Fadillah Yusof (who is also in charge of Sabah and Sarawak affairs.)
Deputy Minister of Energy Transition and Public Utilities: Akmal Nasrullah Mohd Nasir
Ministry of Natural Resources and Sustainability
Minister of Natural Resources and Sustainability: Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad
Ministry of Communications
Communications Minister: Fahmi Fadzil
Digital Ministry
Digital Minister: Gobind Singh Deo
Stay tuned for more updates.
Also read: PM Anwar Becomes 1st M’sian to Register for National Digital ID, Assures That The Tech is Secure
