Malaysia

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The Cabinet of Malaysia is the executive branch of Malaysia's government. Led by the Prime Minister, the cabinet is a council of ministers who are accountable to the Parliament. According to the Article 43 of the Constitution, members of the Cabinet can only be selected from members of either houses of Parliament. Formally, the Yang di-Pertuan Agong appoints all Ministers on the advice of the Prime Minister, which he is obliged to follow.^[1]

By convention, members of the Cabinet are typically appointed from the lower house of Parliament, the Dewan Rakyat. Although Deputy Ministers and/or Parliamentary Secretaries may be appointed to each portfolio, they are not included in the Cabinet. The Cabinet meets weekly, originally every Wednesday.^[2] After the position of Parliamentary Secretary was removed and partial live telecasts of Parliament proceedings began in 2008, Cabinet meetings were moved to Fridays whenever Parliament sat, so as to allow Ministers to personally answer questions during Question Time in Parliament.^[3]

The composition of the Cabinet, and the number of portfolios depends mainly on the wishes of the Prime Minister at the time. However, the post of Finance Minister was considered so important as to be a necessity, and as a result was incorporated by the Minister of Finance (Incorporation) Act 1957 (Act 375).^[4] The position of Deputy Prime Minister is one that exists by convention, and as a result a Prime Minister could theoretically form a Cabinet without a Deputy.^[5]

Deputy Ministers exist for each portfolio, although they are not considered members of the Cabinet. The position of Deputy Minister was created by constitutional amendment in 1960. Parliamentary Secretaries used to be appointed but there were no parliamentary secretaries in the cabinet formed after the 2008 Malaysian general election. Parliamentary Secretaries were provided for by an amendment in 1963. Deputy Ministers and Parliamentary Secretaries are also appointed from members of Parliament, and hold the same powers as Ministers. An additional office, that of Political Secretary, exists. Political Secretaries need not be members of Parliament. Before taking office, all members of the Cabinet, Deputy Ministers, Parliamentary Secretaries and Political Secretaries take an oath of secrecy concerning the proceedings of the Cabinet. (See also Official Secrets Act (Malaysia).)^[5]

Contents 1 Current cabinet 2 See also 3 Notes and references 4 External links

[edit] Current cabinet

The Barisan Nasional coalition won the general elections to the 12th Malaysian Parliament on March 8, 2008 and formed the government. Following Abdullah Ahmad Badawi's stepping down as Prime Minister, the new Malaysian Cabinet line up was announced by the new coalition leader, Najib Tun Razak, on April 9, 2009 and were sworn in on April 10, 2009.

Portfolio	Office Bearer	Party
Prime Minister of Malaysia Deputy Prime Minister of Malaysia	Najib Tun Razak Muhyiddin Yassin	UMNO UMNO
Ministers (without portfolio) in the Prime Minister's Department	Koh Tsu Koon (Senator) Nazri Aziz Nor Mohamed Yakcop Jamil Khir Baharom (Senator) Idris Jala (Senator)	GERAKAN UMNO UMNO UMNO Independent
Minister of Finance Minister of Finance II	Najib Tun Razak Ahmad Husni Hanadzlah	UMNO UMNO
Minister of Education	Muhyiddin Yassin	UMNO
Minister of Transport	Ong Tee Keat	MCA
Minister of Plantation Industries and Commodities	Bernard Dompok	UPKO
Minister of Home Affairs	Hishammuddin Tun Hussein	UMNO
Minister of Information, Communications and Culture	Rais Yatim	UMNO
Minister of Energy, Green Technology and Water	Peter Chin Fah Kui	SUPP
Minister of Rural and Regional Development	Mohd Shafie Apdal	UMNO
Minister of Higher Education	Mohamed Khaled Nordin	UMNO
Minister of International Trade and Industry	Mustapa Mohamed	UMNO
Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation	Maximus Ongkili	PBS
Minister of Natural Resources and Environment	Douglas Uggah Embas	PBB
Minister of Tourism	Ng Yen Yen	MCA
Minister of Agriculture and Agro-based Industry	Noh Omar	UMNO
Minister of Defence	Ahmad Zahid Hamidi	UMNO
Minister of Works	Shaziman Abu Mansor	UMNO
Minister of Health	Liow Tiong Lai	MCA
Minister of Youth and Sports	Ahmad Shabery Cheek	UMNO
Minister of Human Resources	Subramaniam Sathasivam	MIC
Minister of Domestic Trade, Co-operatives and Consumerism	Ismail Sabri Yaakob	UMNO
Minister of Housing and Local Government	Kong Cho Ha	MCA
Minister of Women, Family and Community Development	Shahrizat Abdul Jalil (Senator)	UMNO
Minister of Foreign Affairs	Anifah Aman	UMNO
Minister of the Federal Territories and Urban Well-being	Raja Nong Chik Zainal Abidin (Senator)	UMNO

[edit] See also

• Earlier cabinets of Malaysia

[edit] Notes and references

[edit] External links

• Cabinet 2006