The Anwar Ibrahim cabinet is the current
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of
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, formed on 3 December 2022, eight days after
Anwar Ibrahim
Anwar bin Ibrahim ( ms, انور بن ابراهيم, label= Jawi, script=arab, italic=unset, IPA: ; born 10 August 1947) is a Malaysian politician who has served as the 10th Prime Minister of Malaysia since November 2022. He served as the 12 ...
took office as the 10th
Prime Minister of Malaysia
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. The composition of the cabinet was announced a day earlier on 2 December 2022, consisting of almost all parties represented in the 15th
Parliament
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. Although
Perikatan Nasional
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was also invited to join the government, it decided to reject the offer and instead formed the federal opposition. The governing parties have named this cabinet the "Unity Government Cabinet" (
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: ''Kabinet Kerajaan Perpaduan'') despite not technically being a
unity government
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Composition
Ministers
As of 3 December 2022, the ministers have been:
Deputy Ministers
The following lists deputy ministers.
Changes
Under this cabinet:
* The number of
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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 Communication and Multimedia was renamed to ''Ministry of Communication 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
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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
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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
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was transferred to the returning ''Ministry of Economy''. It was previously the Ministry of Economic Affairs under the
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.
References
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