Anwar Ibrahim Cabinet

The Anwar Ibrahim cabinet is the current federal cabinet of Malaysia, formed on 3 December 2022, nine days after Anwar Ibrahim took office as the 10th Prime Minister of Malaysia. The composition of the cabinet was announced by Anwar a day earlier on 2 December 2022, consisting of most of the political coalitions and parties represented in the 15th Parliament. It was the 23rd cabinet of Malaysia formed since independence. Although Perikatan Nasional (PN) was also invited to join the government, it decided to decline the invitation and instead formed the opposition. The government is often referred to as " unity government" ( Malay: ''Kerajaan Perpaduan'').

Composition

Ministers

The following are the ministers of Malaysia.

Deputy Ministers

The following are the deputy ministers.

Changes

Changes in result of the new incoming cabinet

From the appointment of Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim to 12 December 2023:
* The number of Deputy Prime Ministers increased from one to two.
* The number of Deputy Ministers of several ministries decreased from two to one.
* No Deputy Ministers for Ministry of National Unity and for the Minister in the Prime Minister' Department (Religious Affairs).
* Ministry of Agriculture and Food Industries was renamed to '' Ministry of Agriculture and Food Security''.
* Ministry of Communications and Multimedia was renamed to '' Ministry of Communications and Digital''.
* Ministry of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs was renamed to ''Ministry of Domestic Trade and Living Costs''.
* Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources and Ministry of Environment and Water were merged into a single ministry named ''Ministry of Natural Resources, Environment and Climate Change''.
* Ministry of Federal Territories was transferred the Prime Minister's Department as a portfolio and a department under the Prime Minister.
* Ministry of Housing and Local Government was renamed to ''Ministry of Local Government Development''. Housing portfolio remains in this ministry for now.
* Ministry of Rural Development was renamed to ''Ministry of Rural and Regional Development''.
* Economic affairs portfolio under the Prime Minister's Department was transferred to the returning ''Ministry of Economy''. It was previously the Ministry of Economic Affairs under the seventh Mahathir cabinet.
* Ministry of International Trade and Industry was renamed to ''Ministry of Investment, Trade and Industry''.

Changes in result of the reshuffling on 12 December 2023

Since 12 December 2023:
* Deputy Ministers for Ministry of National Unity and for the Minister in the Prime Minister' Department (Religious Affairs) have been appointed.
* Ministry of Communications and Digital was split to two different ministries, i.e. ''Ministry of Communications'' and ''Ministry of Digital''.
* Ministry of Natural Resources, Environment and Climate Change was split to two different ministries, i.e. '' Ministry of Natural Resources and Environmental Sustainability'' and ''Ministry of Energy Transition and Water Transformation.''
* Federal Territories Department under the Prime Minister's Department is given a specific minister.
* Ministry of Local Government Development was renamed to ''Ministry of Housing and Local Government''.

Unity Government Secretariat

The Unity Government formed a secretariat to coordinate the activities of its component coalitions and parties in February 2023. Deputy Prime Minister, Chairman of the Barisan Nasional (BN) and President of the United Malays National Organisation (UMNO) Ahmad Zahid Hamidi added that the inaugural meeting of the secretariat would pay attention to finding common ground between the manifestos of its different components and strengthening the government. The inaugural secretariat meeting was held at the headquarters of UMNO and attended by Prime Minister, Chairman of the Pakatan Harapan (PH) and President of the People's Justice Party (PKR) Anwar Ibrahim, Minister of Transport, Deputy President of PH and Secretary-General of the Democratic Action Party (DAP) Anthony Loke Siew Fook and among others. This marked the first time Anwar had revisited the headquarters of UMNO in over 20 years after his sacking from UMNO and removal from government positions in September 1998 that sparked the Reformasi movement and the first time a DAP leader had visited the headquarters of UMNO. Anwar subsequently announced the formation of three secretariat committees namely the elections committee, the strategy committee and the government and political agenda monitoring committee.

The leaders of the secretariat are:
*Chairman
**Anwar Ibrahim (Prime Minister, Chairman of PH & President of PKR)
*Deputy Chairmen
**Ahmad Zahid Hamidi (Deputy Prime Minister, Chairman of BN & President of UMNO)
** Abang Abdul Rahman Johari Abang Openg (Premier of Sarawak, Chairman of the Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) & President of the Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu (PBB))
** Hajiji Noor ( Chief Minister of Sabah, Chairman of the Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS) & President of the Parti Gagasan Rakyat Sabah (GAGASAN))
**Shafie Apdal (State Leader of the Opposition of Sabah & President of the Heritage Party (WARISAN))
*Secretary-General
** Fadillah Yusof (Deputy Prime Minister, Acting Secretary-General and Parliamentary Whip of GPS & Senior Vice President of PBB)
*Secretariat Chief
** Asyraf Wajdi Dusuki (Chairman of the Majlis Amanah Rakyat (MARA) & Secretary-General of UMNO)

The members of the secretariat are:

* Pakatan Harapan (PH)
** Anwar Ibrahim
** Saifuddin Nasution Ismail
** Mohamad Sabu
** Anthony Loke Siew Fook
** Ewon Benedick
** Rafizi Ramli
** Fahmi Fadzil
** Adly Zahari
** Aiman Athirah Sabu
* Barisan Nasional (BN)
** Ahmad Zahid Hamidi
** Wee Ka Siong
** Vigneswaran Sanasee
** Arthur Joseph Kurup
** Mohamad Hasan
** Zambry Abdul Kadir
** Asyraf Wajdi Dusuki
** Noraini Ahmad
* Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS)
** Abang Abdul Rahman Johari Abang Openg
** Fadillah Yusof
** Alexander Nanta Linggi
** Tiong King Sing
** Sim Kui Hian
** Joseph Salang Gandum
** Nancy Shukri
* Gabungan Rakyat Sabah (GRS)
** Hajiji Noor
** Jeffrey Kitingan
** Pandikar Amin Mulia
** Maximus Ongkili
** Joachim Gunsalam
** Armizan Mohd Ali
** Edward Linggu Bukut
* Heritage Party (WARISAN)
** Shafie Apdal
** Darell Leiking
** Azis Jamman
** Loretto Padua Jr.

See also

* 2023 Malaysian cabinet reshuffle

Notes

References

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