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Tuesday, July 28, 2015
Najib reshuffles Cabinet, dropping five ministers including deputy Muhyiddin
KUALA LUMPUR - Malaysian Prime Minister Najib Razak is to reshuffle his Cabinet this week, dropping five ministers including his deputy Muhyiddin Yassin, it was reported on Tuesday.
Najib is said to have met the Yang di-Pertuan Agong to present his new cabinet line-up and details of the reshuffle could be out as soon as Tuesday afternoon, Malaysiakini news portal reported, quoting the Malay-language Utusan Online, an Umno party mouthpiece.
The Malaysian Insider, citing government sources, reported that Najib will drop five out of the 35-strong slate of ministers, including his deputy Muhyiddin, who has been critical of the prime minister's handling of state investor 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB).
Umno's popular vice-president and Home Minister Ahmad Zahid Hamidi is expected to be the new deputy prime minister and will keep his home minister portfolio, sources said.
The news portal said two other Umno ministers - vice-president and Rural and Regional Development Minister Mohd Shafie Apdal, and Domestic Trade, Cooperative and Consumerism Minister Hasan Malek, will also be dropped in the mid-term review of Najib's cabinet.
The remaining two people expected to be out are Natural Resources and Environment Minister G. Palanivel, who has been stripped of his Malaysian Indian Congress presidency and membership, and Senator Idris Jala, the government efficiency unit Pemandu chief executive.
Muhyiddin was widely expected to be dropped after he renewed his criticism of 1MDB at the Cheras Umno division annual meeting on Sunday. He said Umno is suffering from a perception crisis from the 1MDB controversy and would lose a general election if one is held now.
"I speak the truth. If the Parliament is dissolved tomorrow we won't win the general election. There has been research that says we will find it hard to to win the next general election,'' he said.
Malaysian Insider also reported that Muhyiddin revealed that he had asked Najib to step down as chairman of the board of advisers of the 1MDB but the latter ignored his advice. Muhyiddin said he had no ill intentions by suggesting this, but had not wanted Najib’s name to be tarnished because of his involvement with the debt-ridden state investment fund.
The Wall Street Journal reported on July 3 that US$700 million (S$956 million) had been transferred from 1MDB to Mr Najib’s personal accounts. The prime minister had denied using state funds for his own personal use.
MINISTERS
Najib Abdul Razak - Prime minister and finance minister
Ahmad Zahid Hamidi - Deputy prime minister and home minister
Ahmad Husni Mohamad Hanadzlah - Finance minister II
Liow Tiong Lai - Transport minister
Nazri Abdul Aziz - Tourism and culture minister
Hishammuddin Hussein - Defence minister
Mustapa Mohamed - International trade and industries minister
Ong Ka Chuan - International trade and industry minister II
Maximus Johnity Ongkili - Energy, green technology and water minister
Amar Douglas Uggah Embas - Plantation industries and Commodities minister
Ahmad Shabery Cheek - Agriculture and agro-based industries minister
Ismail Sabri Yaakob - Rural and regional development minister
Anifah Aman - Foreign minister
Wilfred Madius Tangau - Science, technology and innovation minister
Rohani Abdul Karim - Women and family development minister
Fadillah Yusof - Works minister
Richard Riot Anak Jaem - Human resource minister
Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor - Federal territories minister
Idris Jusoh - Higher education minister
Khairy Jamaluddin Abu Bakar - Youth and sports minister
Abdul Rahman Dahlan - Housing and local government minister
Hamzah Zainudin - Domestic trade, cooperatives and consumerism minister
Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar - Natural resources and environment minister
Mahdzir Khalid - Education minister
Mohd Salleh Said Keruak - Communications and multimedia minister
Mah Siew Keong - Minister in the prime minister's department
Azalina Othman Said - Minister in the prime minister's department
Nancy Shukri - Minister in the prime minister's department
Abdul Wahid Omar - Minister in the prime minister's department
Wee Ka Siong - Minister in the prime minister's department
Shahidan Kassim - Minister in the prime minister's department
Paul Low Seng Kuan - Minister in the prime minister's department
Joseph Entulu Anak Belaun - Minister in the prime minister's department
Idris Jala - Minister in the prime minister's department
Panglima Joseph Kurup - Minister in the prime minister's department
DEPUTY MINISTERS
Razali Ibrahim - Deputy minister in the prime minister's department
Chua Tee Yong - Deputy finance minister
Johari Abdul Ghani - Deputy finance minister
Nur Jazlan Mohamed - Deputy home minister
Masir Anak Kujat - Deputy home minister
Ermieyati Samsudin - Deputy tourism and culture minister
Johari Baharum - Deputy defence minister
Ahmad Maslan - Deputy international trade and industries minister
Lee Chee Leong - Deputy international trade and industries minister
James Dawos Mamit - Deputy energy, green technology and water minister
Noriah Kasnon - Deputy plantation industries and Commodities minister
Tajuddin Abdul Rahman - Deputy agriculture and agro-based industries minister
Alexander Nanta Linggi - Deputy rural and regional development minister
Ahmad Jazlan Yaakub - Deputy rural and regional development minister
Reezal Merican Naina Merican - Deputy foreign minister
Azizah Panglima Mohd Dun - Deputy women and family development minister
Chew Mei Fun - Deputy women and family development minister
Abu Bakar Mohamad Diah - Deputy science, technology and innovation minister
Rosnah Abdul Rashid Shirlin - Deputy works minister
Ismail Abd Muttalib - Deputy human resource minister
Loga Bala Mohan Jaganathan - Deputy federal territories minister
Mary Yap Kain Ching - Deputy higher education minister
M Saravanan - Deputy youth and sports minister
Halimah Mohd Sadique - Deputy housing and local government minister
Ahmad Bashah Md Hanipah - Deputy domestic trade, cooperations and consumerism minister
Hamim Samuri - Deputy natural resources and environment minister
P Kamalanathan - Deputy education minister
Chong Sin Woon - Deputy education minister
Jailani Johari - Deputy communications and multimedia minister
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