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ministries that saw eight ministers dropped and seven new faces appointed.
Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin, who won the Umno deputy presidency in last months party
elections, was appointed Deputy Prime Minister and Education Minister.
Najib, who took his oath of office as the new prime minister on April 3, also retained the
finance portfolio which he has held since Sept 19 last year following the portfolio swap
between him and former premier Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi at that time.
Najibs Cabinet is slightly smaller than his predecessors 32 ministers and 27 ministries.
Najib said that the new members of the administration were highly spirited and ready to
serve.
Najib was at Istana Terengganu in Kuala Lumpur at about 10:57am where he had a 30min audience with the Yang Di-Pertuan Agong Tuanku Mizan, before leaving for
Putrajaya where he announced the new line-up at 3pm.
The premier had spent the last five days juggling names and positions to take into
consideration the requests and views of various Barisan Nasional component parties.
The new ministers and deputy ministers will take their oath of office at Istana Negara at
9.30am Friday.
Human Resources
Datuk Dr S. Subramaniam
Deputy: Datuk Maznah Mazlan
Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs
Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri
Deputy: Datuk Tan Lian Hoe
Housing and Local Government
Datuk Kong Cho Ha
Deputy: Lajim Ukin
Women, Family and Community Development
Datuk Seri Shahrizat Abdul Jalil
Deputy: Datin Paduka Chew Mei Fun
Foreign Affairs
Datuk Anifah Aman
Deputies: Datuk Lee Chee Hong, Senator A. Kohilan
Federal Territories
Datuk Raja Nong Chik Zainal Abidin
Deputy: M. Saravanan