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