KUALA LUMPUR: Malaysian Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim unveiled his Cabinet line-up on Friday night, with Barisan Nasional sBN Ahmad Zahid Hamidi and Gabungan Parti Sarawak s GPS Fadillah Yusof serving as his deputies.
Mr Anwar will serve as finance minister, while Mr Tengku Zafrul Tengku Abdul Aziz will serve as trade minister.
Mr Mohamad Hasan and Mr Rafizi Ramli will hold the defence and economy portfolios.
Anthony Loke will be the transport minister while Mohamad Sabu will serve as the agriculture minister.
Other key portfolios, including health, home affairs and education, will be held by Dr Zaliha Mustafa, Mr Saifuddin Nasution Ismail and Mrs Fadhlina Sidek.
Ahmad Zahid and Mr Fadillah will serve as a rural development minister as well as plantation industries and commodities minister at the same time.
On Saturday, the ministers will be sworn in at 3 pm.
The line-up unveiled by Mr Anwar includes 28 ministers, which are a bit less than the recent Cabinet teams helmed by Mr Ismail Sabri Yaakob and Mr Muhyiddin Yassin. The list of deputy ministers hasn't been announced yet.
There were 31 ministers and 38 deputies under the Ismail Sabri administration.
He had a Cabinet of 32 ministers and 38 deputies, according to Muhyiddin.