KUALA LUMPUR: UMNO secretary-general Datuk Seri Ahmad Maslan and DAP national organising secretary Steven Sim are among those with previous experience who have been appointed as deputy ministers of the Unity Government Cabinet.
Ahmad, who is Pontian MP, returns as Deputy Finance Minister, having last served in the same position in former Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak's administration.
Sim, the Bukit Mertajam MP, meanwhile, served as Deputy Youth and Sports Minister under the Pakatan Harapan (PH) administration from 2018 to 2020.
In addition, Barisan Nasional communications director Datuk Seri Dr Shamsul Anuar Nasarah, who was formerly Energy and Natural Resources Minister, and former Deputy Minister in Prime Minister's Department (Economy) in former Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yasin's administration are now serving as Deputy Home Minister and Deputy Science and Technology Minister respectively.
The appointment of all 27 deputy ministers were announced by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim last night.
Also, three old faces from the previous PH administration are now deputy ministers with different portfolios, the first being former Deputy Education Minister Teo Nie Ching, who has been appointed Deputy Communications and Digital Minister.
The second is former Deputy Minister in Prime Minister's Department Fuziah Salleh, who now is Deputy Domestic Trade and Cost of Living Minister and the third is former Deputy Defence Minister Liew Chin Tong, who has been appointed Deputy International Trade and Industry.
All deputy ministers are scheduled to be sworn in at Istana Negara at 3 pm today.
Following is the list of deputy ministers in the unity government led by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim:
Finance
Datuk Seri Ahmad Maslan
Steven Sim Chee Keong
Rural and Regional Development
Datuk Rubiah Wang
Plantation Industries and Commodities
Datuk Siti Aminah Aching
Transport
Datuk Hasbi Habibollah
Agriculture and Food Security
Chan Foong Hin
Economy
Datuk Hanifah Hajar Taib
Local Government Development
Akmal Nasrullah Mohd Nasir
Defence
Adly Zahari
Works
Datuk Seri Abdul Rahman Mohamad
Home Affairs
Datuk Seri Dr Shamsul Anuar Nasarah
International Trade and Industry
Liew Chin Tong
Higher Education
Mohammad Yusof Apdal
Science, Technology and Innovation
Datuk Arthur Joseph Kurup
Women, Family and Community Development
Aiman Athirah Sabu
Domestic Trade and Cost of Living
Fuziah Salleh
Prime Minister's Department (Law and Institutional Reform)
Ramkarpal Singh
Natural Resources, Environment and Climate Change
Datuk Seri Huang Tiong Sii
Entrepreneur Development and Cooperatives
Saraswathy Kandasami
Foreign Affairs
Datuk Mohamad Alamin
Tourism, Arts and Culture
Khairul Firdaus Akbar Khan
Communications and Digital
Teo Nie Ching
Education
Lim Hui Ying
Youth and Sports
Adam Adli Abd Halim
Human Resources
Mustapha @ Mohd Yunus Sakmud
Health
Lukanisman Awang Sauni
Prime Minister's Department
Datuk Wilson Ugak Kumbong
-- BERNAMA
Bernama
Sat Dec 10 2022
UMNO secretary-general Datuk Seri Ahmad Maslan is among those with previous experience who have been appointed as deputy ministers of the Unity Government Cabinet. - BERNAMA/Filepic
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