The Anwar Ibrahim cabinet is the current

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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

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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

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. Although

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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

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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''. *

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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. *

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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

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was transferred to the returning ''Ministry of Economy''. It was previously the Ministry of Economic Affairs under the

seventh Mahathir cabinet Dr. Mahathir Mohamad, being the Prime Minister of Malaysia for the second time on 10 May 2018, formed the seventh Mahathir cabinet after being invited by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong, Sultan Muhammad V to form a new government. It was the 20th cabi ...

References

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