KUCHING: Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) parliamentary chief whip Datuk Seri Fadillah Yusof has been retained as a deputy prime minister in the federal new Cabinet line-up.
The Petra Jaya Member of Parliament (MP) is also named as the new Energy Transition and Public Utilities Minister. Additionally, Fadillah is now the Minister in-charge of Sabah and Sarawak Affairs.
He was the former Plantation and Commodities Minister before the cabinet reshuffle.
In making the announcement in Putrajaya today, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim said he decided to make some changes to the Cabinet after discussions with leaders in the unity government.
The restructured Cabinet now comprises 31 ministers, supported by 29 deputy ministers, which represents a slight expansion from his initial Cabinet of 28 members, with assistance from 27 deputy ministers.
Other GPS ministers who retained their ministerial posts were Works Minister Datuk Seri Alexander Nanta Linggi, Women, Family and Community Development Minister Datuk Seri Nancy Shukri, Tourism, Arts and Culture Minister Datuk Seri Tiong King Sing and National Unity Minister Datuk Aaron Ago Dagang.
Also reappointed to their deputy ministerial posts were Deputy Health Minister Datuk Lukanisman Awang Sauni, Deputy Economy Minister Datuk Hanifah Taib, Deputy Transport Minister Datuk Hasbi Habibollah and Deputy Rural and Regional Development Minister Datuk Rubiah Wang.
Meanwhile, former Natural Resources, Environment and Climate Change (NRECC) deputy minister Datuk Seri Huang Tiong Sii is now the Deputy Natural Resources and Environmental Sustainability Minister.
As for Datuk Wilson Ugak Kumbong, the former Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Sabah and Sarawak Affairs and Special Functions), has been appointed as the Deputy Digital Minister.
The full list of the Cabinet line-up:
Prime Minister
Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim
Deputies
Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi
Datuk Seri Haji Fadillah Haji Yusof
Finance Minister
Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim
Finance Minister II
Datuk Seri Amir Hamzah Azizan
Deputy
Lim Hui Ying
Rural and Regional Development Minister
Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi
Deputy
Datuk Hajah Rubiah Wang
Energy Transition and Public Utilities Minister
Datuk Seri Haji Fadillah Haji Yusof
Deputy
Haji Akmal Nasrullah Mohd Nasir
Transport Minister
Loke Siew Fook
Deputy
Datuk Haji Hasbi Habibollah
Agriculture and Food Security Minister
Datuk Seri Haji Mohamad Sabu
Deputy
Datuk Arthur Joseph Kurup
Economy Minister
Mohd Rafizi Ramli
Deputy
Datuk Hajjah Hanifah Hajar Taib
Local Government Development Minister
Nga Kor Ming
Deputy
Datuk Aiman Athirah Sabu
Foreign Minister
Datuk Seri Utama Haji Mohamad Hasan
Deputy
Datuk Mohamad Alamin
Works Minister
Datuk Seri Alexander Nanta Linggi
Deputy
Datuk Seri Haji Ahmad Haji Maslan
Home Minister
Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail
Deputy
Datuk Seri Dr Shamsul Anuar Haji Nasarah
Investment, Trade and Industry Minister
Tengku Datuk Seri Utama Zafrul Tengku Abdul Aziz
Deputy
Liew Chin Tong
Defence Minister
Datuk Seri Mohamed Khaled Nordin
Deputy
Adly Zahari
Science, Technology and Innovation Minister
Chang Lih Kang
Deputy
Datuk Haji Mohammad Yusof Apdal
Women, Family and Community Development Minister
Datuk Seri Hajah Nancy Shukri
Deputy
Datuk Seri Dr Noraini Ahmad
Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Law and Institutional Reform)
Datuk Seri Azalina Othman
Deputy
M. Kulasegaran
Natural Resources and Environmental Sustainability Minister
Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad
Deputy
Datuk Seri Huang Tiong Sii
Entrepreneur Development and Cooperatives Minister
Datuk Ewon Benedick
Deputy
Datuk Ramanan Ramakrishnan
Higher Education Minister
Datuk Seri DiRaja Dr Zambry Abd Kadir
Deputy
Datuk Mustapha@Mohd Yunus Sakmud
Tourism, Arts and Culture Minister
Datuk Seri Tiong King Sing
Deputy
Khairul Firdau Akbar Khan
Communications Minister
Ahmad Fahmi Mohamed Fadzil
Deputy
Teo Nie Ching
Education Minister
Fadhlina Sidek
Deputy
Wong Kah Woh
National Unity Minister
Datuk Aaron Ago Anak Dagang
Deputy
Saraswathy Kandasami
Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Federal Territories)
Dr Zaliha Mustafa
Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Religious Affairs)
Datuk Setia Dr Haji Mohd Na’im Haji Mokhtar
Deputy
Dr Zulkifli Hasan
Youth and Sports Minister
Hannah Yeoh Tseow Suan
Deputy
Adam Adli Abd Halim
Domestic Trade and Cost of Living Minister
Datuk Armizan Mohd Ali
Deputy
Hajah Fuziah Salleh
Plantation and Commodities Minister
Datuk Seri Johari Abdul Ghani
Deputy
Datuk Chan Foong Hin
Health Minister
Datuk Seri Dr Hj Dzulkefly Ahmad
Deputy
Datuk Lukanisman Awang Sauni
Digital Minister
Gobind Singh Deo
Deputy
Datuk Ugak Anak Kumbong
Human Resources Minister
Steven Sim Chee Keong
Deputy
Datuk Sri Abdul Rahman Haji Mohamad
