CABINET-FULL LIST (Bernama 10/12/1999)
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10 DEC 1999 Cabinet-List CABINET-FULL LIST KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 10 (Bernama) -- Following is the full list of Malaysia's new federal Cabinet announced here today. * Prime Minister - Datuk Seri Dr Mahathir Mohamad * Deputy Prime Minister - Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi * Special Functions Minister - Tun Daim Zainuddin Prime Minister's Department: ---------------------------- Ministers: 1.Datuk Dr Abdul Hamid Othman 2.Datuk Pandikar Amin Mulia 3.Tan Sri Bernard Dompok 4.Datuk Rais Yatim Deputy Ministers: 1.Datuk Shahrizat Abdul Jalil 2.Tengku Azlan ibni Sultan Abu Bakar Parliamentary Secretaries: 1.Kamsiyah Yeop 2.Haji Noh Haji Omar Home Ministry ------------- * Minister - Datuk Seri Abdullah Haji Ahmad Badawi Deputy Ministers: 1.Datuk Zainal Abidin Zin 2.Datuk Chor Chee Heung. Parliamentary Secretary - Datuk Abu Zahar Isnin Transport Ministry ------------------ * Minister - Datuk Seri Dr Ling Liong Sik Deputy Minister - Tan Sri Ramli Ngah Talib Parliamentary Secretary - Donald Lim Siang Chai The new Cabinet will be sworn in before the Yang di-Pertuan Agong on Tuesday. The three ministers dropped are Datuk Amar Dr Sulaiman Daud (Agriculture), Datuk Dr Ting Chew Peh (Housing and Local Government) and Datin Paduka Zaleha Ismail (National Unity and Community Development). Dompok and Rais are appointed Ministers in the Prime Minister's Department, Fong takes over as Human Resources Minister, Nazri as Entrepreneur Development Minister, Hishammuddin as Youth and Sports Minister, Effendi as Agriculture Minister and Azmi as Rural Development Minister. Among the nine new ministers, only Effendi, who hails from Sarawak and owner of private television station NTV7, and Musa and complete new faces who have never held any ministerial positions before. Dompok and Rais had once served as Cabinet ministers in the 1980's and early 1990's. Dompok was a former Sabah Chief Minister and Rais a former Foreign Minister. Fong, Ong, Nazri, Hishammuddin and Azmi were previously deputy ministers. Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak, who was Education Minister in the previous Cabinet, takes over as Defence Minister, a post he had once held. Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin goes to Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs from Youth and Sports. Dr Mahathir however retained the two other woman ministers -- Datuk Seri Rafidah Aziz at International Trade and Industry and Datuk Dr Siti Zaharah Sulaiman who goes to National Unity and Community Development Ministry from Prime Minister's Department. Other senior ministers comprising Barisan Nasional component party leaders retained their posts. Works Ministry -------------- * Minister - Datuk Seri S Samy Vellu Deputy Minister - Mohamed Khaled Nordin Parliamentary Secretary - Yong Khoon Seng Primary Industries Ministry --------------------------- * Minister - Datuk Seri Dr Lim Keng Yaik Deputy Minister - Anifah Aman @ Haniff Amman Finance Ministry ---------------- * Minister - Tun Daim Zainuddin Deputy Ministers: 1.Datuk Dr Shafie Mohd Salleh 2.Datuk Chan Kong Choy Parliamentary Secretary - Hashim Ismail Energy, Communications and Multimedia Ministry ---------------------------------------------- * Minister - Datuk Leo Moggie Deputy Minister - Datuk Tan Chai Ho Parliamentary Secretary - Chia Kwang Chye International Trade and Industry Ministry ----------------------------------------- * Minister - Datuk Seri Rafidah Aziz Deputy Minister - Datuk Kerk Choo Ting Defence Ministry ---------------- * Minister - Datuk Seri Mohamed Najib Tun Razak Deputy Minister - Mohamed Shafie Apdal Science, Technology and Environment ----------------------------------- * Minister - Datuk Law Hieng Ding Deputy Minister - Datuk Zainal Dahlan Foreign Ministry ---------------- * Minister - Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Syed Jaafar Albar Deputy Minister - Datuk Leo Michael Toyad Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Ministry -------------------------------------------- * Minister - Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin Deputy Minister - Datuk S. Subramaniam Parliamentary Secretary - Wong Kam Hoong Health Ministry --------------- * Minister - Datuk Chua Jui Meng Deputy Minister - Datuk Dr Suleiman Mohamed Parliamentary Secretary - S. Anpalagan Land and Cooperative Development Ministry ------------------------------------------ * Minister - Tan Sri Kasitah Gaddam Deputy Minister - Dr Tan Kee Kwong Parliamentary Secretary - Dr Robia Kosai National Unity and Social Development Ministry ---------------------------------------------- * Minister - Datuk Dr Siti Zaharah Sulaiman Deputy Minister - Tiki Anak Lafe Parliamentary Secretary - P. Veerasingamal Suppiah Information Ministry -------------------- * Minister - Tan Sri Khalil Yaakob Deputy Miniser - Datuk Mohamed Khalid Mohamed Yunus Culture, Arts and Tourism Ministry ---------------------------------- * Minister - Datuk Abdul Kadir Sheikh Fadzir Deputy Minister - Datuk Dr Ng Yen Yen Human Resources Ministry ------------------------ * Minister - Datuk Dr Fong Chan Onn Deputy Minister - Dr Abdul Latiff Ahmad Housing and Local Government Ministry ------------------------------------- * Minister - Datuk Ong Ka Ting Deputy Minister - Datuk Peter Chin Fah Kui Enterpreneur Development Ministry --------------------------------- * Minister - Datuk Mohamed Nazri Abdul Aziz Parliamentary Secretary - Rizalman @ Sumen Abdullah Rural Development Ministry -------------------------- * Minister - Datuk Azmi Khalid Deputy Minister - Datuk G. Palanivel Parliamentary Secretary - Rohani Abdul Karim Youth and Sports Ministry ------------------------- * Minister - Datuk Hishammuddin Tun Hussein Deputy Minister - Datuk Ong Tee Keat Agriculture Ministry --------------------- * Minister - Datuk Mohamed Effendi Norwawi Deputy Minister - Datuk Mohamed Shariff Omar Parliamentary Secretary - Datuk Abu Bakar Taib Education Ministry ------------------ * Minister - Tan Sri Musa Mohamad Deputy Ministers: 1.Datuk Abdul Aziz Samsuddin 2.Datuk Hon Choon Kim Parliamentary Secretary - Dr Mahadzir Mohamed Khir -- BERNAMA ARA RYN.