Ismail Sabri Announces New Cabinet, But DPM Not Yet Named

Ismail Sabri announces new Cabinet line-up

Malaysia’s new Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob, was appointed on 20th August 2021 and sworn in a day later. Following his appointment, he met with the Yang di-Pertuan Agong to propose several candidates for Malaysia’s new Cabinet of Ministers under his administration.

On 27th August, he finally released his Cabinet line-up, which comprises several senior ministers, and a reshuffling of roles from the previous Cabinet under former PM Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin. The role of Deputy Prime Minister has yet to be announced.

New Cabinet under Ismail Sabri administration

Ismail Sabri took to a live telecast on 27th August to announce his Cabinet line-up, which can be viewed in full on his verified Facebook page.

Image credit: Ismail Sabri Yaakob

The key appointment of several senior ministers that were announced are:

Datuk Seri Mohamed Azmin Ali, International Trade and Industry Ministry
Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein, Defence Ministry
Datuk Seri Fadillah Yusof, Works Ministry
Datuk Seri Mohd Radzi Md Jidin, Education Ministry

However, a Deputy Prime Minister was not named in the list of Cabinet ministers.

Meanwhile, other key appointments include the reappointment of Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Abdul Aziz as Finance Minister. Some reshuffling of roles in the Cabinet, from Ismail Sabri’s predecessor, Muhyiddin, sees Khairy Jamaluddin replacing Datuk Seri Dr Adham Baba as Health Minister, and the latter being appointed as Science, Technology and Innovation Minister.

All in all, there are 69 senior ministers, ministers and deputy ministers appointed in the new Cabinet.

The current state of affairs in Malaysia, covering the Covid-19 pandemic, and economic and political uncertainties, are some of the considerations taken into account when appointing the candidates for the Cabinet.

Image credit: Istana Negara

The full list of appointed Cabinet ministers are as follows:

International Trade and Industry Ministry
Minister – Datuk Seri Mohamed Azmin Ali
Deputy Minister – Datuk Lim Ban Hong

Defence Ministry
Minister – Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein
Deputy – Datuk Seri Ikhmal Hisham bin Abdul Aziz

Finance Ministry
Minister – Datuk Seri Zafrul Tengku Abdul Aziz
Deputy One – Mohd Shahar Abdullah
Deputy Two – Yamani Hafez Musa

Works Ministry
Minister – Datuk Seri Fadillah Yusof
Deputy – Datuk Arthur Joseph Kurup

Education Ministry
Minister – Datuk Dr Mohd Radzi Md Jidin
Deputy One – Dato’ Dr Mah Hang Soon
Deputy Two – Datuk Mohamad Alamin

Minister in Prime Minister’s Department (Economy)
Minister – Datuk Seri Mustapa Mohamed
Deputy – Eddin Syazlee Shith

Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Special Functions)
Minister – Datuk Dr Hj Abdul Latiff Ahmad
Deputy – Datuk Mastura Tan Sri Dato’ Mohd Yazid

Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Parliament & Law)
Minister – Datuk Seri Dr Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar
Deputy – Datuk Wira Hajjah Mas Ermieyati Samsuddin

Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Religious Affairs)
Minister – Tuan Idris bin Ahmad
Deputy – Datuk Admad Marzuk Shaary

Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Sabah and Sarawak Affairs)
Minister – Datuk Seri Panglima Dr Maximus Johnity Ongkili
Deputy – Dato’ Hajar Hanifah Hajar Taib

Transport Minister
Minister – Datuk Seri Ir Dr Wee Ka Siong
Deputy – Dato’ Henry Sum Agong

Environment and Water Minister
Minister – Datuk Seri Tuan Ibrahim Tuan Man
Deputy – Dato’ Dr Mansor Othman

Human Resources Minister
Minister – Datuk Seri Saravanan Murugan
Deputy – Datuk Haji Awang Hashim

Federal Territories Minister
Minister – Datuk Seri Shahidan Kassim
Deputy – Datuk Seri Jalaluddin Alias

Minister of Women, Family & Community Affairs
Minister – Datuk Seri Rina Harun
Deputy – Dato’ Hajah Siti Zailah Mohd Yusoff

Higher Education Ministry
Minister – Dato’ Dr Noraini Ahmad
Deputy – Datuk Dr Ahmad Masrizal Muhammad

Minister of Energy and Natural Resources
Minister – Datuk Seri Takiyuddin Hassan
Deputy – Datuk Ali Anak Biju

Home Minister
Minister – Datuk Seri Hamzah Zainuddin
Deputy One – Datuk Seri Dr Haji Ismail Haji Mohamed Said
Deputy Two – Jonathan Yassin

Health Minister
Minister – Khairy Jamaluddin Abu Bakar
Deputy One – Dato’ Dr Noor Azmi Ghazali
Deputy Two – Datuk Aaron Ago Dagang

Agriculture and Food Industry Minister
Minister – Datuk Seri Dr Ronald Kiandee
Deputy One – Datuk Seri Hj Ahmad Hamzah
Deputy Two – Dr Nik Muhammad Zawawi Salleh

Rural Development Minister
Minister – Datuk Seri Mahdzir Khalid
Deputy One – Datuk Seri Abdul Rahman Mohamad
Deputy Two – Datuk Hasbi Habibollah

Foreign Minister
Minister – Dato’ Saifuddin Abdullah
Deputy – Kamarudin Jaffar

Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Minister
Minister – Datuk Alexander Nanta Linggi
Deputy – Dato’ Rosol Wahid

Communication and Multimedia Minister
Minister – Tan Sri Datuk Seri Panglima Annuar Musa
Deputy – Datuk Zahidi Zainul Abidin

Housing and Local Government Minister
Minister – Datuk Seri Reezal Merican Naina Merican
Deputy – Datuk Sri Ismail Abdul Mutalib

Science, Technology and Innovation Minister
Minister – Datuk Seri Dr Adham Baba
Deputy – Datuk Amzad Mohamed @ Hashim

Entrepreneur Development and Cooperatives Minister
Minister – Tan Sri Noh Omar
Deputy – Muslimin Yahaya

Plantation Industries and Commodities Minister
Minister – Datuk Zuraida binti Kamaruddin
Deputy One – Datuk Seri Wee Jeck Seng
Deputy Two – Willie Mongin

Tourism, Arts and Culture Minister
Minister – Datuk Seri Nancy Shukri
Deputy – Datuk Seri Dr Santhara Kumar Ramanaidu

National Unity Minister
Minister – Datuk Halimah Mohamed Sadique
Deputy – Wan Ahmad Fayshal Wan Ahmad Kamal

Youth and Sports Minister
Minister – Datuk Seri Ahmad Faizal Datuk Azumu
Deputy – Datuk Seri Ti Lian Ker

A full list of Ismail Sabri’s speech, and the new Cabinet line-up has been shared by the National Security Council on Facebook, which can be viewed here.

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