DPM Fadillah gets Energy Transition and Public Utilities Ministry, also handles Sabah and Sarawak Affairs

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