KUALA LUMPUR: UMNO secretary-general Datuk Seri Ahmad Maslan and DAP national organising secretary Steven Sim are among those with previous experience who have been appointed as deputy ministers of the Unity Government Cabinet.

Ahmad, who is Pontian MP, returns as Deputy Finance Minister, having last served in the same position in former Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak's administration.

Sim, the Bukit Mertajam MP, meanwhile, served as Deputy Youth and Sports Minister under the Pakatan Harapan (PH) administration from 2018 to 2020.

In addition, Barisan Nasional communications director Datuk Seri Dr Shamsul Anuar Nasarah, who was formerly Energy and Natural Resources Minister, and former Deputy Minister in Prime Minister's Department (Economy) in former Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yasin's administration are now serving as Deputy Home Minister and Deputy Science and Technology Minister respectively.

The appointment of all 27 deputy ministers were announced by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim last night.


Also, three old faces from the previous PH administration are now deputy ministers with different portfolios, the first being former Deputy Education Minister Teo Nie Ching, who has been appointed Deputy Communications and Digital Minister.

The second is former Deputy Minister in Prime Minister's Department Fuziah Salleh, who now is Deputy Domestic Trade and Cost of Living Minister and the third is former Deputy Defence Minister Liew Chin Tong, who has been appointed Deputy International Trade and Industry.

All deputy ministers are scheduled to be sworn in at Istana Negara at 3 pm today.


Following is the list of deputy ministers in the unity government led by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim:



Finance

Datuk Seri Ahmad Maslan

Steven Sim Chee Keong



Rural and Regional Development

Datuk Rubiah Wang



Plantation Industries and Commodities

Datuk Siti Aminah Aching



Transport

Datuk Hasbi Habibollah



Agriculture and Food Security

Chan Foong Hin



Economy

Datuk Hanifah Hajar Taib



Local Government Development

Akmal Nasrullah Mohd Nasir



Defence

Adly Zahari



Works

Datuk Seri Abdul Rahman Mohamad



Home Affairs

Datuk Seri Dr Shamsul Anuar Nasarah



International Trade and Industry

Liew Chin Tong



Higher Education

Mohammad Yusof Apdal



Science, Technology and Innovation

Datuk Arthur Joseph Kurup



Women, Family and Community Development

Aiman Athirah Sabu



Domestic Trade and Cost of Living

Fuziah Salleh



Prime Minister's Department (Law and Institutional Reform)

Ramkarpal Singh



Natural Resources, Environment and Climate Change

Datuk Seri Huang Tiong Sii



Entrepreneur Development and Cooperatives

Saraswathy Kandasami



Foreign Affairs

Datuk Mohamad Alamin



Tourism, Arts and Culture

Khairul Firdaus Akbar Khan



Communications and Digital

Teo Nie Ching



Education

Lim Hui Ying



Youth and Sports

Adam Adli Abd Halim



Human Resources

Mustapha @ Mohd Yunus Sakmud



Health

Lukanisman Awang Sauni



Prime Minister's Department

Datuk Wilson Ugak Kumbong



-- BERNAMA