The swearing-in today completes Dr Mahathir Mohamad’s Cabinet line-up.
Almost two months after winning the May 9 general election, the final group of Cabinet members took their oaths of office before the Yang di-Pertuan Agong Sultan Muhammad V of Kelantan at the Istana Negara this morning.
The first batch of seven was named as Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman, Mohd Redzuan Yusof, Xavier Jayakumar, Datuk Saifuddin Nasution Ismail, Baru Bian, Datuk Saifuddin Abdullah and Teresa Kok.
The second group of six was named as Yeo Bee Yin, Datuk Mujahid Yusof Rawa, Khalid Samad, Datuk Liew Vui Keong, Darrel Leiking and Mohamad Din Ketapi.
PKR got the biggest share with four new ministers while Bersatu, DAP and Amanah all got two new ministers each.
PKR’s new ministers are Saifuddin Abdullah (Foreign), Saifuddin Nasution (Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs), Dr Xavier Kumar (Water, Land and Natural Resources) and Baru Bian (Works).
Baru is the only minister from Sarawak while Sabah was allocated three new ministers.
Liew Vui Keong from Warisan was appointed as the new minister in the Prime Minister’s Department for the law affairs portfolio.
The other Warisan ministers are Darell Leiking (International Trade and Industry) and Mohamed Din Ketapi (Tourism, Arts and Culture).
Beside Yeoh, DAP’s Teresa Kok was appointed as the Primary Industries Minister.
Amanah’s Khalid Samad is the new Federal Territories Minister while his colleague Mujahid Yusof is appointed as the Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department entrusted with religious affairs.
Notable exceptions from the new cabinet list are Perak DAP chairperson Nga Kor Ming and Pakatan Harapan Youth chief Nik Nazmi Nik Ahmad.