PUTRAJAYA: Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak announced a 28-member Cabinet with 25 ministries that saw eight ministers dropped and seven new faces appointed

PUTRAJAYA: Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak announced a 28-member Cabinet with 25 ministries that saw eight ministers dropped and seven new faces appointed.

Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin, who won the Umno deputy presidency in last months party elections, was appointed Deputy Prime Minister and Education Minister.

Najib, who took his oath of office as the new prime minister on April 3, also retained the finance portfolio which he has held since Sept 19 last year following the portfolio swap between him and former premier Tun Abdullah Ahmad Badawi at that time.

Najibs Cabinet is slightly smaller than his predecessors 32 ministers and 27 ministries.

Najib said that the new members of the administration were highly spirited and ready to serve.

Najib was at Istana Terengganu in Kuala Lumpur at about 10:57am where he had a 30-min audience with the Yang Di-Pertuan Agong Tuanku Mizan, before leaving for Putrajaya where he announced the new line-up at 3pm.

The premier had spent the last five days juggling names and positions to take into consideration the requests and views of various Barisan Nasional component parties.

The new ministers and deputy ministers will take their oath of office at Istana Negara at 9.30am Friday.

NEW CABINET LINE-UP:Prime Minister and Finance Minister 1 Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak

Deputy PM and Education Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin

Ministers in Prime Ministers DepartmentUnity and Performance Dr Koh Tsu KoonLaw and Parliament Datuk Seri Mohamed Nazri AzizReligious Affairs Brig. Gen. (Rtd) Datuk Jamil Khir BaharumEconomic Planning Unit Tan Sri Nor Mohamed Yakcop

Deputies: Datuk Liew Vui Keong, Senator Datuk Dr Mashitah Ibrahim, Datuk SK Devamany, Ahmad Maslan, Senator T. Murugiah

FinanceDatuk Seri Najib Tun RazakFinance Minister II: Datuk Ahmad Husni HanadzlahDeputies: Datuk Chor Chee Heung, Datuk Dr Awang Adek Hussein

EducationTan Sri Muhyiddin YassinDeputies: Datuk Wee Ka Siong, Datuk Dr Puad Zarkashi

TransportDatuk Seri Ong Tee KeatDeputies: Datuk Abdul Rahim Bakri, Datuk Robert Lau

HomeDatuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun HusseinDeputies: Datuk Wira Abu Seman Yusop, Jelaing Mersat

Information, Culture, Arts and CommunicationsDatuk Seri Dr Rais YatimDeputies: Datuk Joseph Salang Gandum, Senator Heng Sai Kee

Energy, Green Tech & WaterDatuk Peter Chin Fah KuiDeputy: Noriah Kasnon

Plantation Industries and CommodotiesTan Sri Bernard DompokDeputy: Datuk Hamzah Zainuddin

Rural and Regional Development Datuk Seri Shafie ApdalDeputies: Datuk Hassan Malek, Datuk Joseph Entulu

Higher EducationDatuk Seri Khaled NordinDeputies: Dr Hou Kok Chung, Saifuddin Abdullah

International Trade and IndustryDatuk Mustapa MohamedDeputies: Datuk Muhkriz Mahathir, Datuk Jacob Dungau

Science, Tech and InnovationDatuk Dr Maximus OngkiliDeputy: Fadillah Yusof

Natural Resources and EnvironmentDatuk Douglas Uggah EmbasDeputy: Tan Sri Joseph Kurup

TourismDatuk Seri Dr Ng Yen YenDeputy: Datuk Seri Sulaiman Abdul Rahman Abdul Taib

Agriculture and Agro-based IndustriesDatuk Noh OmarDeputies: Johari Baharum, Rohani Abdul Karim

DefenceDatuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid HamidiDeputy: Datuk Dr Abdul Latif

WorksDatuk Shaziman Abu MansorDeputy: Datuk Yong Khoon Seng

HealthDatuk Seri Liow Tiong LaiDeputy: Datuk Rosnah Rashid Shilin

Youth and SportsDatuk Ahmad Shabery CheekDeputies: Datuk Razali Ibrahim, Wee Jeck Seng

Human ResourcesDatuk Dr S. SubramaniamDeputy: Datuk Maznah Mazlan

Domestic Trade and Consumer AffairsDatuk Seri Ismail SabriDeputy: Datuk Tan Lian Hoe

Housing and Local GovernmentDatuk Kong Cho HaDeputy: Lajim Ukin

Women, Family and Community DevelopmentDatuk Seri Shahrizat Abdul JalilDeputy: Datin Paduka Chew Mei Fun

Foreign AffairsDatuk Anifah AmanDeputies: Datuk Lee Chee Hong, Senator A. Kohilan

Federal TerritoriesDatuk Raja Nong Chik Zainal AbidinDeputy: M. Saravanan