Ahmad Maslan returns as Deputy Finance Minister

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