Seventh Mahathir cabinet
Seventh Mahathir cabinet | |
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20th Cabinet of Malaysia | |
2018–2020 | |
Date formed | 21 May 2018 |
Date dissolved | 24 February 2020 |
People and organisations | |
Head of state | Sultan Muhammad V 2018-2019 Al-Sultan Abdullah 2019-2020 |
Head of government | Dr. Mahathir Mohamad |
Deputy head of government | Dr. Wan Azizah Wan Ismail |
No. of ministers | 28 ministers and 27 deputy ministers |
Member parties | |
Status in legislature | Majority (coalition) 139 / 222 |
Opposition parties | |
Opposition leaders | Malaysian general election, 2018 |
Legislature term(s) | 14th Malaysian Parliament |
Budget(s) | 2019, 2020 |
Predecessor | Second Najib cabinet |
Successor | Muhyiddin cabinet |
Composition
Full members
PKR (7)
Portfolio | Office Bearer | Party | Constituency | Term Start | Term End | |
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Prime Minister | Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad MP | BERSATU | Langkawi | 10 May 2018 | 24 February 2020[8] | |
Deputy Prime Minister | Dato' Seri Dr. Wan Azizah Wan Ismail MP | PKR | Pandan | 21 May 2018 | ||
Minister of Women, Family and Community Development | ||||||
Ministers in the Prime Minister's Department | Datuk Seri Dr. Mujahid Yusof Rawa MP (Religious Affairs) |
AMANAH | Parit Buntar | 2 July 2018 | ||
Datuk Liew Vui Keong MP (Law) |
WARISAN
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Batu Sapi
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Senator Waytha Moorthy Ponnusamy (National Unity and Social Well-being) |
MAP | Senator | 17 July 2018 | |||
Minister of Finance | Lim Guan Eng MP | DAP | Bagan | 21 May 2018 | ||
Minister of Economic Affairs
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Dato' Seri Mohamed Azmin Ali MP
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PKR | Gombak | |||
Minister of Defence | Mohamad Sabu MP | AMANAH | Kota Raja | |||
Minister of Home Affairs | Tan Sri Muhyiddin Mohd. Yassin MP | BERSATU | Pagoh | |||
Minister of International Trade and Industry
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Datuk Ignatius Darell Leiking MP | WARISAN
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Penampang | 2 July 2018 | ||
Minister of Education | Dr. Maszlee Malik MP | BERSATU | Simpang Renggam | 21 May 2018 | 3 January 2020[9] | |
Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad MP (Acting) | Langkawi | 3 January 2020 | 24 February 2020 | |||
Minister of Water, Land and Natural Resources
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Dato' Dr. Xavier Jayakumar Arulanandam MP | PKR | Kuala Langat | 2 July 2018 | ||
Minister of Federal Territories
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Khalid Abdul Samad MP | AMANAH | Shah Alam | |||
Minister of Transport | Anthony Loke Siew Fook MP
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DAP | Seremban | 21 May 2018 | ||
Minister of Agriculture and Agro-based Industry
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Datuk Seri Salahuddin Ayub MP | AMANAH | Pulai | |||
Minister of Health | Datuk Seri Dr. Dzulkefly Ahmad MP | Kuala Selangor | ||||
Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture | Datuk Mohammadin Ketapi MP
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WARISAN
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Silam | 2 July 2018 | ||
Minister of Housing and Local Government | Zuraida Kamaruddin MP | PKR | Ampang | 21 May 2018 | ||
Minister of Foreign Affairs | Dato' Saifuddin Abdullah MP | Indera Mahkota | 2 July 2018 | |||
Minister of Human Resources | Kulasegaran Murugeson MP | DAP | Ipoh Barat
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21 May 2018 | ||
Minister of Domestic Trade and Consumers Affairs
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Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail MP | PKR | Kulim-Bandar Baharu
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2 July 2018 | ||
Minister of Entrepreneurship Development and Co-operatives
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Datuk Seri Mohd. Redzuan Md. Yusof MP
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BERSATU | Alor Gajah | |||
Minister of Rural Development
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Datuk Seri Rina Mohd Harun MP | Titiwangsa | 21 May 2018 | |||
Minister of Works | Baru Bian MP | PKR | Selangau | 2 July 2018 | ||
Minister of Energy, Science, Technology, Environment and Climate Change
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Yeo Bee Yin MP | DAP | Bakri | |||
Minister of Primary Industries
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Teresa Kok Suh Sim MP | Seputeh | ||||
Minister of Youth and Sports | Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman MP
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BERSATU | Muar | |||
Minister of Communication and Multimedia
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Gobind Singh Deo MP | DAP | Puchong | 21 May 2018 |
Deputy Ministers
PKR (7)
Council of Eminent Persons (CEP)
In addition to the Cabinet, Mahathir established a five-members advisory team called "Council of Eminent Persons" or "Council of Elders" (Malay: Majlis Penasihat Kerajaan, literally Government Advisory Council), led by Daim Zainuddin as the council chairman.[11][12] The purpose of this Council is to advise the Government on matters pertaining to economic and financial matters during the transition of power period.[13] Daim declared the council which had held its final meeting on 17 August 2018, has ended its 100-day term as it has fulfilled the mandate given to it within the specified period.[14][15][16]
Members | Previous position |
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Tun Dr. Daim Zainuddin - Chairman | Former Malaysian Finance Minister |
Tan Sri Dr. Zeti Akhtar Aziz | Former Bank Negara Malaysia governor
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Professor Dr. Jomo Kwame Sundaram | Prominent Malaysian economist |
Tan Sri Robert Kuok Hok Nien | Hong Kong-based Malaysian tycoon |
Tan Sri Hassan Marican | Former CEO of Petronas
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Changes
Under this Cabinet:
- A new Ministry of Economic Affairs was established as a result of separation of economic affairs portfolio from the Prime Minister's Department.
- Ministry of Domestic Trade, Co-operatives and Consumerism was reinstated to its old name, Ministry of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs.
- Ministry of Energy, Green Technology and Water, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation formed in the previous Cabinet, were merged into two new ministries, namely Ministry of Water, Land and Natural Resources.
- Ministry of Entrepreneur Developmentwas reinstated as a result of transfer of such function from the Ministry of International Trade and Industry and the then-Ministry of Domestic Affairs, Co-operatives and Consumerism.
- Ministries of Education and Higher Education were merged. A single Ministry of Education is reinstated.
- Ministry of Plantation Industries and Commodities was renamed as Ministry of Primary Industries.
- Ministry of Rural and Regional Development was reinstated to its old name, Ministry of Rural Development.
- Ministry of Tourism and Culture was renamed as Ministry of Tourism, Art and Culture.
References
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- ^ Geraldine Tong (12 May 2018). "Daim, Zeti, Kuok, Hassan, Jomo named in advisory council". Malaysiakini. Archived from the original on 12 May 2018. Retrieved 12 May 2018.
- ^ "Tun M announces 'council of elders'". NST Online. 12 May 2018. Retrieved 12 May 2018.
- ^ Manirajan Ramasamy, Masriwanie Muhamading (20 August 2018). "CEP has ended its tenure, says Daim". New Straits Times. Archived from the original on 10 August 2019. Retrieved 20 August 2018.
- Channel News Asia. 21 August 2018. Archivedfrom the original on 20 October 2018. Retrieved 21 August 2018.
- ^ Manirajan Ramasamy (20 August 2018). "CEP has ended its tenure, says Daim". New Straits Times. Retrieved 30 August 2018.