KUALA LUMPUR (AFP, THE STAR/ASIA NEWS NETWORK) - Embattled Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak on Tuesday sacked his deputy premier and attorney general as part of a major cabinet reshuffle widely seen as an attempt to tighten his hold on office amid corruption allegations.
The following is the list of new ministerial appointments:
New ministers
1. Deputy Prime Minister, Home Minister - Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi
2. Science, Technology and Innovation Minister - Datuk Wilfred Madius Tangau
3. Domestic Trade Cooperatives and Consumerism Minister - Datuk Hamzah Zainuddin
4. Natural Resources and Environmental Minister - Datuk Dr Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar
5. Education Minister - Datuk Seri Mahdzir Khalid
6. Minister in the Prime Minister's Department - Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said
7. International Trade and Industry Minister II - Datuk Seri Ong Ka Chuan
8. Communication and Multimedia Minister - Datuk Seri Mohd Salleh Keruak
Ministers with new portfolios
1. Agriculture and Agro-based Industry Minister - Datuk Seri Ahmad Shabery Cheek (Former Communications and Multimedia Minister)
2. Higher Education Minister - Datuk Seri Idris Jusoh (Former Education Minister II)
3. The Rural and Regional Development Ministry - Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob (Former Agriculture and Agro-based Industry Minister)
New Deputy Ministers and new portfolios
1. Deputy Foreign Affairs Minister - Datuk Seri Reezal Merican Naina Merican
2. Deputy Home Minister - Datuk Nur Jazlan Mohamed
3. Deputy Home Minister - Tuan Masir Anak Kujat
4. Deputy Tourism Minister - Datuk Mas Ermieyati Samsudin
5. Deputy International Trade and Industry Minister (Miti) - Datuk Ahmad Maslan (Former Deputy Finance Minister)
6. Deputy Higher Education Minister - Datuk Mary Yap (Former Deputy Education Minister)
7. Deputy Education Minister - Chong Sin Woon
8. Deputy Natural Resources and Environmental Minister - Datuk Hamim Samuri
9. Deputy Defence Minister - Mohd Johari Baharum
10. Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister's Department in charge of religious affairs - Datuk Dr Asyraf Wajdi Dusuki
11. Deputy Finance Minister - Datuk Johari Abdul Ghani
Ministers dropped
1. Deputy Prime Minister & Education Minister - Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin
2. Natural Resources and Environment Minister - Datuk Seri Palanivel Govindasamy
3. Science, Technology and Innovation Minister - Datuk Dr Ewon Ebin
4. Domestic Trade Cooperatives and Consumerism Minister - Datuk Seri Hasan Malek
5. Rural and Regional Development - Datuk Seri Shafie Apdal