<figure id="attachment_2939472" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-2939472" style="width: 1600px" class="wp-caption aligncenter"><img loading="lazy" class="wp-image-2939472 size-full" src="https://media.freemalaysiatoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2024/12/7dd4ac75-10_mpob_johari_abdul_ghani_moganraj_fmt_16122024-copy.webp" alt="JOHARI_ABDUL_GHANI" width="1600" height="1000" /><figcaption id="caption-attachment-2939472" class="wp-caption-text">Titiwangsa MP Johari Ghani was previously plantation and commodities minister.</figcaption></figure>
PETALING JAYA: Umno vice-president and Titiwangsa MP Johari Abdul Ghani has been appointed investment, trade and industry minister in Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim’s latest Cabinet reshuffle.
Johari, who was the plantation industries and commodities minister, takes over from Tengku Zafrul Aziz, who stepped down upon the end of his second term as senator on Dec 2.
Apart from Johari, two other ministers were given new portfolios, and seven new ministers have been appointed. The shake-up also saw seven deputy ministers swapping portfolios, nine new deputy ministers appointed, while two ministers and a deputy minister have been dropped.
Youth and sports minister Hannah Yeoh takes over the federal territories portfolio from Dr Zaliha Mustafa, one of the two ministers who will no longer sit in the Cabinet.
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Meanwhile, DAP deputy secretary-general Steven Sim takes the entrepreneur development and cooperatives portfolio left vacant by the resignation of Upko president Ewon Benedick on Nov 8.
The new ministers are Sungai Buloh MP R Ramanan, Wanita Umno chief Noraini Ahmad, Johor Bahru MP Akmal Nasir, Sabah PKR chief Mustapha Sakmud, Parti Bersatu Rakyat Sabah (PBRS) president Arthur Joseph Kurup, senator Zulkifli Hasan, and Sungai Petani MP Dr Taufiq Johari.
Ramanan, who served as Ewon’s deputy at the entrepreneur development and cooperatives ministry takes over from Sim as human resources minister, while Noraini is promoted from deputy minister of family, women and community development to plantation industries and commodities minister, replacing Johari.
Akmal takes the place of Rafizi Ramli, who gave up the economy portfolio after being ousted as PKR deputy president in May, and Mustapha moves up from deputy higher education minister to minister of Sabah and Sarawak affairs. The portfolio was previously held by deputy prime minister Fadillah Yusof.
Kurup, formerly agriculture and food security deputy minister, is now natural resources and sustainability minister, taking over from Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad who quit the Cabinet along with Rafizi.
Zulkifli is promoted from deputy minister to minister in the prime minister’s department in charge of religious affairs, taking over from his former boss Na’im Mokhtar, the other minister who has been dropped from the Cabinet.
Taufiq replaces Yeoh as youth and sports minister.
Among the deputy ministers, Liew Chin Tong has been moved from investment, trade and industry to finance, while Abdul Rahman Mohamad will leave human resources to join the energy transition and water transformation ministry.
Lim Hui Ying, former deputy finance minister, is now women, family and community development deputy minister, while Hanifah Hajar Taib has moved from economy to health.
Meanwhile Adam Adli, who was recently appointed acting head of Melaka PKR, moves from youth and sports to higher education, also as deputy minister.
Among the new deputy ministers are R Yuneswaran at national unity, Lo Su Fui (federal territories), Chiew Choon Man (tourism, arts and culture), Syed Ibrahim Syed Noh (natural resources and environmental sustainability), Sim Tze Tzin (investment, trade and industry), and Wilson Ugak Kumbong (digital).
The only deputy minister who has been dropped is K Saraswathy, who formerly served in the national unity ministry.
Here is the full list of Anwar’s new Cabinet:
Prime Minister 
Anwar Ibrahim
Deputies 
Ahmad Zahid Hamidi 
Fadillah Yusof
Finance 
Anwar Ibrahim
Finance II 
Amir Hamzah Azizan
Deputy 
Liew Chin Tong
Rural and regional development 
Ahmad Zahid Hamidi
Deputy 
Rubiah Wang
Energy transition and water transformation 
Fadillah Yusof
Deputy 
Abdul Rahman Mohamad
Transport 
Loke Siew Fook
Deputy 
Hasbi Habibollah
Agriculture and food security 
Mohamad Sabu
Deputy 
Chan Foong Hin
Economy 
Akmal Nasir
Deputy 
Shahar Abdullah
Housing and local government 
Nga Kor Ming
Deputy 
Aiman Athirah Sabu
Foreign affairs 
Mohamad Hasan
Deputy 
Lukanisman Awang Sauni
Works 
Alexander Nanta Linggi
Deputy 
Ahmad Maslan
Home affairs 
Saifuddin Nasution Ismail
Deputy 
Shamsul Anuar Nasarah
Investment, trade and industry 
Johari Ghani
Deputy 
Sim Tze Tzin
Defence 
Khaled Nordin
Deputy 
Adly Zahari
Science, technology and innovation 
Chang Lih Kang
Deputy 
Yusof Apdal
Women, family and community development 
Nancy Shukri
Deputy 
Lim Hui Ying
Natural resources and sustainability 
Arthur Joseph Kurup
Deputy 
Syed Ibrahim Syed Noh
Entrepreneur and cooperatives development 
Steven Sim
Deputy 
Mohamad Alamin
Higher education 
Zambry Abdul Kadir
Deputy 
Adam Adli
Tourism, arts and culture 
Tiong King Sing
Deputy 
Chiew Choon Man
Communications 
Fahmi Fadzil
Deputy 
Teo Nie Ching
Education 
Fadhlina Sidek
Deputy 
Wong Kah Woh
National unity 
Aaron Ago Dagang
Deputy 
R Yuneswaran
Youth and sports 
Dr Taufiq Johari
Deputy 
Mordi Bimol
Domestic trade and cost of living 
Armizan Ali
Deputy 
Fuziah Salleh
Plantation and commodities 
Noraini Ahmad
Deputy 
Huang Tiong Sii
Health 
Dzulkefly Ahmad
Deputy 
Hanifah Hajar Taib
Digital 
Gobind Singh Deo
Deputy 
Wilson Ugak Kumbong
Human resources 
R Ramanan
Deputy 
Khairul Firdaus Akbar Khan
Prime Minister’s Department
Law and institutional reform 
Azalina Othman Said
Deputy 
M Kulasegaran
Religious affairs 
Zulkifli Hasan
Deputy 
Marhamah Rosli
Federal territories 
Hannah Yeoh
Deputy 
Lo Su Fui
Sabah and Sarawak 
Mustapha Sakmud

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