Malaysia's 12th General Election
The Honourable Dato' Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi took oath of office as Prime Minister for a second term before
His Majesty the Yang Di-Pertuan Agong of Malaysia
The ruling Government, Barisan Nasional (BN) won 140 of the 222 Parliamentary seats (63% majority) in the 12th General Election held on 8 March 2008. The Honourable Dato' Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi was re-elected as Prime Minister for a second term on 10 March 2008.
The election were carried out in an environmental that was free, fair and transparent without any untoward incidents. It clearly shows that Malaysia has a mature democracy. With the strong majority, Malaysia will continue to offer business-friendly policies and adopt free market economy with powerful attractions for international investors.
List of Malaysia Cabinet 2008
Prime Minister: Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
Deputy Prime Minister: Datuk Seri Mohd Najib Abdul Razak
1. Prime Minister's Department
Ministers
i. Tan Sri Bernard Giluk Dompok
ii. Datuk Ahmad Zahid Hamidi
iii. (Sen) Datuk Mohd Zaid Ibrahim
iv. (Sen) Datuk Amirsham Aziz
v. Datuk Seri Nazri Abdul Aziz
Deputy Ministers
i. Datuk Johari Baharum
ii. (Sen) Datuk Dr Mashitah Ibrahim
iii. S. K. Devamany
iv. Datuk Hasan Malek
2. Ministry of Agriculture & Agro-Based Industry
Minister: Datuk Mustapa Mohamed
Deputy: Datuk Rohani Abdul Karim
3. Ministry of Unity, Arts & Culture
Minister: Datuk Mohd Shafie Apdal
Deputy: Teng Boon Soon
4. Ministry of Defence
Minister: Datuk Seri Mohd Najib Abdul Razak
Deputy: Datuk Wira Abu Seman Yusop
5. Ministry of Domestic Trade & Consumer Affairs
Minister: Datuk Shahrir Abdul Samad
Deputy: Jelaing Mersat
6. Ministry of Education
Minister: Datuk Hishammuddin Hussein
Deputy: Datuk Wee Ka Siong
Deputy: Datuk Razali Ismail
7. Ministry of Energy, Water & Communications
Minister: Datuk Shaziman Abu Mansor
Deputy: Datuk Joseph Salang Gandum
8. Ministry of Entrepreneur & Co-operative Development
Minister: Datuk Noh Omar
Deputy: Saifuddin Abdullah
9. Ministry of Federal Territories
Minister: Datuk Zulhasnan Rafique
Deputy: Datuk M. Saravanan
10. Ministry of Finance
Minister: Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
2nd Minister: Tan Sri Nor Mohamed Yakcop
Deputy: Datuk Ahmad Husni Mohamad Hanadzlah
Deputy: Datuk Kong Cho Ha
11. Ministry of Foreign Affairs
Minister: Datuk Seri Rais Yatim
Deputy: Vacant
12. Ministry of Health
Minister: Datuk Liow Tiong Lai
Deputy: Datuk Dr Abdul Latiff Ahmad
13. Ministry of Higher Education
Minister: Datuk Khaled Nordin
Deputy: Hou Kok Chung
Deputy: Datuk Idris Harun
14. Ministry of Housing & Local Government
Minister: Datuk Ong Ka Chuan
Deputy: Datuk Robert Lau
Deputy: Datuk Hamzah Zainudin
15. Ministry of Human Resources
Minister: Datuk S. Subramaniam
Deputy: Datuk Noraini Ahmad
16. Ministry of Information
Minister: Datuk Ahmad Shabery Cheek
Deputy: Datuk Tan Lian Hoe
17. Ministry of Internal Security & Home Affairs
Minister: Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar
Deputy: Datuk Chor Chee Heung
Deputy: (Sen) Datuk Wan Ahmad Farid Wan Salleh
18. Ministry of International Trade & Industry
Minister: Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin
Deputy: Datuk Liew Vui Keong
Deputy: Datuk Jacob Dungau Sagan
19. Ministry of Natural Resources & Environment
Minister: Datuk Douglas Uggah Embas
Deputy: Vacant
20. Ministry of Plantation Industries & Commodities
Minister: Datuk Peter Chin Fah Kui
Deputy: (Sen) A. Kohilan Pillay
21. Ministry of Rural & Regional Development
Minister: (Sen) Tan Sri Muhammad Mohd Taib
Deputy: Tan Sri Joseph Kurup
Deputy: Joseph Entulu
22. Ministry of Science, Technology & Innovations
Minister: Datuk Dr Maximus Ongkili
Deputy: Datuk Fadillah Yusof
23. Ministry of Tourism
Minister: Datuk Azalina Othman Said
Deputy: Datuk Seri Sulaiman Abdul Rahman Taib
24. Ministry of Transport
Minister: Datuk Ong Tee Keat
Deputy: Vacant
25. Ministry of Women, Family & Community Development
Minister: Datuk Dr Ng Yen Yen
Deputy: Senator Noriah Kasnon
26. Ministry of Works
Minister: Datuk Mohd Zin Mohamed
Deputy: Datuk Yong Khoon Seng
27. Ministry of Youth & Sports
Minister: Datuk Ismail Sabri Yaakob
Deputy: Wee Jeck Seng
The Cabinet 2008 done in PDF format (930K) is available for download here
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