Seventh Mahathir cabinet

Dr. Mahathir Mohamad, being the Prime Minister of Malaysia for the second time on 10 May 2018,^[1] 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 cabinet of Malaysia formed since independence. Initially, he announced that the Cabinet will be composed of 10 key ministries only^[2] representing Pakatan Harapan parties, i.e. Malaysian United Indigenous Party (BERSATU), People's Justice Party (PKR), Democratic Action Party (DAP) and National Trust Party (AMANAH), as he suggested "to being a small Cabinet" rather than to have "a huge Cabinet".^[3] Then, on 21 May 2018, that list has expanded by 13 ministries.^[4] On 2 July 2018, 13 Ministers and 23 Deputy Ministers took office.^[5] It was a cabinet of 28 ministers^[6] until their fall on 24 February 2020 following Mahathir's resignation.^[7]

Seventh Mahathir cabinet
20th Cabinet of Malaysia
2018–2020
Date formed	21 May 2018
Date dissolved	24 February 2020
People and organisations
Head of state	Sultan Muhammad V 2018-2019 Al-Sultan Abdullah 2019-2020
Head of government	Mahathir Mohamad
Deputy head of government	Wan Azizah Wan Ismail
No. of ministers	28 ministers and 27 deputy ministers
Total no. of members	55 members
Member parties	Pakatan Harapan PKR DAP BERSATU AMANAH WARISAN UPKO MAP
Status in legislature	Majority (coalition) 139 / 222
Opposition parties	Barisan Nasional UMNO MCA MIC Gabungan Parti Sarawak PBB PRS PDP SUPP PAS PBS STAR PBRS PSB Independent
Opposition leaders	Ahmad Zahid Hamidi 2018-2019 Ismail Sabri Yaakob 2019-2020
History
Election	Malaysian general election, 2018
Legislature term	14th Malaysian Parliament
Budget	2019, 2020
Predecessor	Second Najib cabinet
Successor	Muhyiddin cabinet

Composition

Main article: Mahathir Mohamad's Second Term (2018-2020)

Full members

The federal cabinet consisted of the following ministers:

  PKR (7)   DAP (6)   BERSATU (6)   AMANAH (5)   WARISAN (3)   MAP (1)

Portfolio	Office Bearer	Party		Constituency	Term Start	Term End
Prime Minister	Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad MP		BERSATU	Langkawi	10 May 2018	24 February 2020[8]
Deputy Prime Minister	Dato' Seri Dr. Wan Azizah Wan Ismail MP		PKR	Pandan	21 May 2018
Ministers in the Prime Minister's Department	Datuk Seri Dr. Mujahid Yusof Rawa MP (Religious Affairs)		AMANAH	Parit Buntar	2 July 2018
	Datuk Liew Vui Keong MP (Legal Affairs)		WARISAN	Batu Sapi
	Senator Waytha Moorthy Ponnusamy (National Unity and Social Well-being)		MAP	Senator	17 July 2018
Minister of Finance	Lim Guan Eng MP		DAP	Bagan	21 May 2018
Minister of Economic Affairs	Dato' Seri Mohamed Azmin Ali MP		PKR	Gombak
Minister of Defence	Mohamad Sabu MP		AMANAH	Kota Raja
Minister of Home Affairs	Tan Sri Dato' Haji Muhyiddin Mohd. Yassin MP		BERSATU	Pagoh
Minister of International Trade and Industry	Datuk Ignatius Darell Leiking MP		WARISAN	Penampang	2 July 2018
Minister of Education	Dr. Maszlee Malik MP		BERSATU	Simpang Renggam	21 May 2018	3 January 2020[9]
	Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad MP (Acting)			Langkawi	3 January 2020	24 February 2020
Minister of Water, Land and Natural Resources	Dato' Dr. Xavier Jayakumar Arulanandam MP		PKR	Kuala Langat	2 July 2018
Minister of Federal Territories	Khalid Abdul Samad MP		AMANAH	Shah Alam
Minister of Transport	Anthony Loke Siew Fook MP		DAP	Seremban	21 May 2018
Minister of Agriculture and Agro-based Industry	Datuk Seri Salahuddin Ayub MP		AMANAH	Pulai
Minister of Health	Datuk Seri Dr. Dzulkefly Ahmad MP			Kuala Selangor
Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture	Datuk Mohammadin Ketapi MP		WARISAN	Silam	2 July 2018
Minister of Housing and Local Government	Zuraida Kamaruddin MP		PKR	Ampang	21 May 2018
Minister of Foreign Affairs	Dato' Saifuddin Abdullah MP			Indera Mahkota	2 July 2018
Minister of Human Resources	Kulasegaran Murugeson MP		DAP	Ipoh Barat	21 May 2018
Minister of Domestic Trade and Consumers Affairs	Datuk Seri Saifuddin Nasution Ismail MP		PKR	Kulim-Bandar Baharu	2 July 2018
Minister of Entrepreneurship Development and Co-operatives	Datuk Seri Mohd. Redzuan Md. Yusof MP		BERSATU	Alor Gajah
Minister of Rural Development	Datuk Seri Rina Mohd Harun MP			Titiwangsa	21 May 2018
Minister of Works	Baru Bian MP		PKR	Selangau	2 July 2018
Minister of Energy, Science, Technology, Environment and Climate Change	Yeo Bee Yin MP		DAP	Bakri
Minister of Primary Industries	Teresa Kok Suh Sim MP			Seputeh
Minister of Women, Family and Community Development	Dato' Seri Dr. Wan Azizah Wan Ismail MP		PKR	Pandan	21 May 2018
Minister of Youth and Sports	Syed Saddiq Syed Abdul Rahman MP		BERSATU	Muar	2 July 2018
Minister of Communication and Multimedia	Gobind Singh Deo MP		DAP	Puchong	21 May 2018

Deputy Ministers

  PKR (7)   DAP (7)   BERSATU (6)   AMANAH (5)   WARISAN (2)

Portfolio	Office Bearer	Party		Constituency	Term Start	Term End
Deputy Ministers in the Prime Minister's Department	Fuziah Salleh MP (Religious Affairs)		PKR	Kuantan	2 July 2018	24 February 2020
	Mohamed Hanipa Maidin MP (Law)		AMANAH	Sepang
	Datuk Wira Dr. Mohamed Farid Md Rafik MP (National Unity and Social Wellbeing)		BERSATU	Tanjung Piai		21 September 2019[10]
Deputy Minister of Finance	Dato' Wira Ir. Haji Amiruddin Hamzah MP			Kubang Pasu		24 February 2020
Deputy Minister of Economic Affairs	Senator Dr. Mohd Radzi Md Jidin			Senator	17 July 2018
Deputy Minister of Defence	Senator Liew Chin Tong		DAP
Deputy Minister of Home Affairs	Datuk Mohd. Azis Jamman MP		WARISAN	Sepanggar	2 July 2018
Deputy Minister of International Trade and Industry	Dr. Ong Kian Ming MP		DAP	Bangi
Deputy Minister of Education	Teo Nie Ching MP			Kulai
Deputy Minister of Water, Land and Natural Resources	Tengku Zulpuri Shah Raja Puji MP			Raub
Deputy Minister of Federal Territories	Datuk Dr. Shahruddin Md. Salleh MP		BERSATU	Sri Gading
Deputy Minister of Transport	Dato' Kamarudin Jaffar MP		PKR	Bandar Tun Razak
Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Agro-based Industry	Sim Tze Tzin MP			Bayan Baru
Deputy Minister of Health	Dr. Lee Boon Chye MP			Gopeng
Deputy Minister of Tourism, Arts and Culture	Muhammad Bakhtiar Wan Chik MP			Balik Pulau
Deputy Minister of Housing and Local Government	Senator Dato' Raja Kamarul Bahrin Shah Raja Ahmad		AMANAH	Senator	17 July 2018
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs	Senator Datuk Wira Marzuki Yahya		BERSATU
Deputy Minister of Human Resources	Dato' Wira Mahfuz Omar MP		AMANAH	Pokok Sena	2 July 2018
Deputy Minister of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs	Chong Chieng Jen MP		DAP	Stampin
Deputy Minister of Entrepreneurship Development	Datuk Wira Dr. Mohd Hatta Md Ramli MP		AMANAH	Lumut
Deputy Minister of Rural Development	Sivarasa Rasiah MP		PKR	Sungai Buloh
Deputy Minister of Works	Datuk Wira Mohd Anuar Mohd Tahir MP		AMANAH	Temerloh
Deputy Minister of Energy, Science, Technology, Environment and Climate Change	Isnaraissah Munirah Majilis MP		WARISAN	Kota Belud
Deputy Minister of Primary Industries	Datuk Seri Shamsul Iskandar Md. Akin MP		PKR	Hang Tuah Jaya
Deputy Minister of Women, Family and Community Development	Hannah Yeoh Tseow Suan MP		DAP	Segambut
Deputy Minister of Youth and Sports	Steven Sim Chee Keong MP			Bukit Mertajam
Deputy Minister of Communication and Multimedia	Dato' Eddin Syazlee Shith MP		BERSATU	Kuala Pilah

Council of Eminent Persons

In addition to the Cabinet, Mahathir established a five-members advisory team called "Council of Eminent Persons" or "Council of Elders" (Malay: Majlis Penasihat Kerajaan, literally Government Advisory Council), led by Daim Zainuddin as the council chairman.^[11][12] The purpose of this council is to advise the Government on matters pertaining to economic and financial matters during the transition of power period.^[13] Daim declared the council which had held its final meeting on 17 August 2018, has ended its 100-day term as it has fulfilled the mandate given to it within the specified period.^[14][15][16]

Members	Previous position
Tun Dr. Daim Zainuddin - Chairman	Former Malaysian Finance Minister
Tan Sri Dr. Zeti Akhtar Aziz	Former Bank Negara Malaysia governor
Professor Dr. Jomo Kwame Sundaram	Prominent Malaysian economist
Tan Sri Robert Kuok Hok Nien	Hong Kong-based Malaysian tycoon
Tan Sri Hassan Marican	Former CEO of Petronas

Changes

Under this Cabinet:

• A new Ministry of Economic Affairs was established as a result of separation of economic affairs portfolio from the Prime Minister's Department.
• Ministry of Domestic Trade, Co-operatives and Consumerism was reinstated to its old name, Ministry of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs.
• Ministry of Energy, Green Technology and Water, Ministry of Natural Resources and Environment, Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation formed in the previous Cabinet, were merged into two new ministries, namely Ministry of Energy, Science, Technology, Environment and Climate Change and Ministry of Water, Land and Natural Resources.
• Ministry of Entrepreneur Development was reinstated as a result of transfer of such function from the Ministry of International Trade and Industry and the then-Ministry of Domestic Affairs, Co-operatives and Consumerism.
• Ministries of Education and Higher Education were merged. A single Ministry of Education is reinstated.
• Ministry of Plantation Industries and Commodities was renamed as Ministry of Primary Industries.
• Ministry of Rural and Regional Development was reinstated to its old name, Ministry of Rural Development.
• Ministry of Tourism and Culture was renamed as Ministry of Tourism, Art and Culture.