Dr M drops education portfolio, names 9 more Ministers

PETALING JAYA: Prime Minister Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad announced a 14- member Cabinet following approval by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong Sultan Muhammad V, Friday.The list of Cabinet members are as follows:

1. Prime Minister: Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad (Pribumi – Langkawi)

2. Deputy Prime Minister: Datuk Seri Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail (PKR – Pandan), who is also Minister of Women and Family Development.

3. Home Minister: Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin (Pribumi – Pagoh)

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4. Education Minister: Dr Maszlee Malik (Pribumi - Simpang Renggam)

5. Minister of Rural Development: Rina Harun (Pribumi - Titiwangsa)

6. Minister of Economic Affairs – Datuk Seri Mohamed Azmin Ali (PKR – Gombak)

7. Minister of Housing and Local Government: Datuk Zuraida Kamaruddin (PKR - Ampang)

8. Minister of Finance: Lim Guan Eng (DAP-Bagan)

9. Minister of Transport: Anthony Loke Siew Fook (DAP-Seremban)

10. Minister of Communications and Multimedia: Gobind Singh Deo (DAP-Puchong)

11. Human Resource Minister – M. Kulasegaran (DAP-Ipoh Barat)

12. Defence Minister: Mohamad Sabu (Amanah - Kota Raja)

13. Minister of Agriculture and Agro-Based Industry: Salahuddin Ayub (Amanah - Pulai)

14. Health Minister: Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad (Amanah - Kuala Selangor)

The Yang di-Pertuan Agong had consented to the names and the swearing-in ceremony of the Federal Ministers will be held on May 21st, 2018 at 11.30am at Istana Negara.

Dr Mahathir announced that he is no longer the education minister, a day after he named himself for the portfolio, sparking criticism from some Pakatan Harapan leaders who said it violated a promise by the coalition that the prime minister would not hold any other ministerial posts.

"I cannot break (the promise) at the moment, unless of course there is a demand that I take up the education portfolio," he said.

Several PH leaders said Mahathir's announcement went against the coalition's election manifesto which clearly states the Prime Minister would not hold any other portfolios, especially finance.

But top PH leaders such as Anwar Ibrahim and Lim Kit Siang had come to Mahathir's defence.

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Kit Siang said the statement was "open to different construction".

"Mahathir's helping of the education ministry does not violate the letter and spirit of the Pakatan Harapan manifesto," the DAP leader had said.

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