Third Abdullah cabinet

Abdullah Ahmad Badawi formed the third Abdullah cabinet after being invited by Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin to begin a new government following the 8 March 2008 general election in Malaysia. It was the 17th cabinet of Malaysia formed since independence. Prior to the election, Abdullah led (as Prime Minister) the second Abdullah cabinet, a coalition government that consisted of members of the component parties of Barisan Nasional.

Third Abdullah cabinet
17th Cabinet of Malaysia
Date formed	19 March 2008
Date dissolved	10 April 2009
People and organisations
Head of state	Tuanku Mizan Zainal Abidin
Head of government	Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
Deputy head of government	Najib Razak
No. of ministers	32 ministers and 38 deputy ministers
Member parties	Barisan Nasional United Malays National Organisation Malaysian Chinese Association Parti Pesaka Bumiputera Bersatu Malaysian Indian Congress Parti Gerakan Rakyat Malaysia United Sabah Party Sarawak United Peoples' Party United Pasokmomogun Kadazandusun Murut Organisation Liberal Democratic Party Sabah Progressive Party Sarawak Progressive Democratic Party Sarawak People's Party United Sabah People's Party People's Progressive Party
Status in legislature	Coalition government 140 / 222
Opposition parties	People's Justice Party Democratic Action Party Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party
Opposition leaders	Wan Azizah Wan Ismail (2008) Anwar Ibrahim (2008–2009)
History
Election	2008 Malaysian general election
Legislature term	12th Malaysian Parliament
Budget	2009
Predecessor	Second Abdullah cabinet
Successor	First Najib cabinet

This is a list of the members of the third cabinet of the fifth Prime Minister of Malaysia, Abdullah Ahmad Badawi.

Composition

Full members

The federal cabinet consisted of the following ministers:

Portfolio	Office Bearer	Party		Constituency	Term Start	Term End
Prime Minister	Dato' Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi MP		UMNO	Kepala Batas	19 March 2008	9 April 2009
Deputy Prime Minister	Dato' Sri Mohd. Najib Abdul Razak MP		UMNO	Pekan	19 March 2008	9 April 2009
Minister in the Prime Minister's Department	Dato' Seri Mohamed Nazri Abdul Aziz MP		UMNO	Padang Rengas	19 March 2008	9 April 2009
	Dato' Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi MP			Bagan Datok
	Tan Sri Amirsham Abdul Aziz			Senator
	Datuk Zaid Ibrahim					17 September 2008
	Tan Sri Datuk Seri Panglima Bernard Giluk Dompok MP		UPKO	Penampang		9 April 2009
Minister of Finance	Dato' Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi MP		UMNO	Kepala Batas	19 March 2008	23 September 2008
	Tan Sri Nor Mohamed Yakcop MP			Tasek Gelugor		9 April 2009
	Dato' Sri Mohd. Najib Abdul Razak MP			Pekan	23 September 2008
Minister of Defence	Dato' Sri Mohd. Najib Abdul Razak MP		UMNO	Pekan	19 March 2008	23 September 2008
	Dato' Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi MP			Kepala Batas	23 September 2008	9 April 2009
Minister of Home Affairs	Dato' Seri Syed Hamid Albar MP		UMNO	Kota Tinggi	19 March 2008	9 April 2009
Minister of International Trade and Industry	Tan Sri Dato' Haji Muhyiddin Mohd. Yassin MP		UMNO	Pagoh	19 March 2008	9 April 2009
Minister of Education	Dato' Seri Hishammuddin Hussein MP		UMNO	Sembrong	19 March 2008	9 April 2009
Minister of Natural Resources and Environment	Datuk Douglas Uggah Embas MP		PBB	Betong	19 March 2008	9 April 2009
Minister of Federal Territories	Dato' Sri Zulhasnan Rafique MP		UMNO	Setiawangsa	19 March 2008	9 April 2009
Minister of Transport	Dato' Sri Ong Tee Keat MP		MCA	Pandan	19 March 2008	9 April 2009
Minister of Agriculture and Agro-based Industry	Dato' Seri Mustapa Mohamed MP		UMNO	Jeli	19 March 2008	9 April 2009
Minister of Health	Dato' Sri Liow Tiong Lai MP		MCA	Bentong	19 March 2008	9 April 2009
Minister of Tourism	Dato' Sri Azalina Othman Said MP		UMNO	Pengerang	19 March 2008	9 April 2009
Minister of National Unity, Arts, Culture and Heritage	Dato' Seri Shafie Apdal MP		UMNO	Semporna	19 March 2008	9 April 2009
Minister of Housing and Local Government	Dato' Seri Ong Ka Chuan MP		MCA	Tanjong Malim	19 March 2008	9 April 2009
Minister of Foreign Affairs	Dato' Seri Utama Rais Yatim MP		UMNO	Jelebu	19 March 2008	9 April 2009
Minister of Higher Education	Dato' Seri Mohamed Khaled Nordin MP		UMNO	Pasir Gudang	19 March 2008	9 April 2009
Minister of Human Resources	Datuk Subramaniam Sathasivam MP		MIC	Segamat	19 March 2008	9 April 2009
Minister of Domestic Trade and Consumerism	Dato' Shahrir Abdul Samad MP		UMNO	Johor Bahru	19 March 2008	9 April 2009
Minister of Entrepreneur and Co-operatives Development	Dato' Noh Omar MP		UMNO	Tanjong Karang	19 March 2008	9 April 2009
Minister of Rural and Regional Development	Tan Sri Dato' Seri Muhammad Muhammad Taib MP		UMNO	Senator	19 March 2008	9 April 2009
Minister of Works	Dato' Sri Mohd Zin Mohamed MP		UMNO	Sepang	19 March 2008	9 April 2009
Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation	Datuk Maximus Johnity Ongkili MP		PBS	Kota Marudu	19 March 2008	9 April 2009
Minister of Energy, Water and Communications	Dato' Shaziman Abu Mansor MP		UMNO	Tampin	19 March 2008	9 April 2009
Minister for Plantation Industries and Commodities	Datuk Peter Chin Fah Kui MP		SUPP	Miri	19 March 2008	9 April 2009
Minister of Women, Family and Community Development	Dato' Sri Ng Yen Yen MP		MCA	Raub	19 March 2008	9 April 2009
Minister of Youth and Sports	Dato' Sri Ismail Sabri Yaakob MP		UMNO	Bera	19 March 2008	9 April 2009
Minister of Information	Dato' Ahmad Shabery Cheek MP		UMNO	Kemaman	19 March 2008	9 April 2009

Deputy ministers

Portfolio	Office Bearer	Party		Constituency	Term Start	Term End
Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister's Department	Dato' Hasan Malek MP		UMNO	Kuala Pilah	19 March 2008	9 April 2009
	Dato' Wira Mohd. Johari Baharum MP			Kubang Pasu
	Dato' Mashitah Ibrahim			Senator
	Devamany Krishnasamy MP		MIC	Cameron Highlands
	Dato' Murugiah Thopasamy		PPP	Senator
Deputy Minister of Finance	Dato' Ahmad Husni Hanadzlah MP		UMNO	Tambun	19 March 2008	9 April 2009
	Dato' Kong Cho Ha MP		MCA	Lumut
Deputy Minister of Defence	Datuk Wira Abu Seman Yusop MP		UMNO	Masjid Tanah	19 March 2008	9 April 2009
Deputy Minister of Home Affairs	Dato' Wan Ahmad Farid Wan Salleh		UMNO	Senator	19 March 2008	9 April 2009
	Dato' Wira Chor Chee Heung MP		MCA	Alor Setar
Deputy Minister of International Trade and Industry	Datuk Liew Vui Keong MP		LDP	Sandakan	19 March 2008	9 April 2009
	Dato Jacob Dungau Sagan MP		SPDP	Baram
Deputy Minister of Education	Dato' Razali Ismail MP		UMNO	Kuala Terengganu	19 March 2008	17 January 2009
	Datuk Wee Ka Siong MP		MCA	Ayer Hitam		9 April 2009
Deputy Minister of Natural Resources and Environment	Dato' Maznah Mazlan		UMNO	Senator	19 March 2008	9 April 2009
Deputy Minister of Federal Territories	Datuk Saravanan Murugan MP		MIC	Tapah	19 March 2008	9 April 2009
Deputy Minister of Transport	Datuk Seri Panglima Lajim Ukin MP		UMNO	Beaufort	19 March 2008	9 April 2009
Deputy Minister of Agriculture and Agro-based Industry	Datuk Rohani Abdul Karim MP		PBB	Batang Lupar	19 March 2008	9 April 2009
Deputy Minister of Health	Datuk Abdul Latiff Ahmad MP		UMNO	Mersing	19 March 2008	9 April 2009
Deputy Minister of Tourism	Dato Sri Sulaiman Abdul Rahman Taib MP		PBB	Kota Samarahan	19 March 2008	9 April 2009
Deputy Minister of National Unity, Arts, Culture and Heritage	Teng Boon Soon MP		MCA	Tebrau	19 March 2008	9 April 2009
Deputy Minister of Housing and Local Government	Dato' Hamzah Zainudin MP		UMNO	Larut	19 March 2008	9 April 2009
	Datuk Robert Lau Hoi Chew MP		SUPP	Sibu
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs	Datuk Abdul Rahim Bakri MP		UMNO	Kudat	19 March 2008	9 April 2009
Deputy Minister of Higher Education	Datuk Idris Haron MP		UMNO	Tangga Batu	19 March 2008	9 April 2009
	Hou Kok Chung MP		MCA	Kluang
Deputy Minister of Human Resources	Dato' Noraini Ahmad MP		UMNO	Parit Sulong	19 March 2008	9 April 2009
Deputy Minister of Domestic Trade and Consumerism	Jelaing Mersat MP		SPDP	Saratok	19 March 2008	9 April 2009
Deputy Minister of Entrepreneur and Co-operatives Development	Dato' Saifuddin Abdullah MP		UMNO	Temerloh	19 March 2008	9 April 2009
Deputy Minister of Rural and Regional Development	Tan Sri Datuk Seri Panglima Joseph Kurup MP		PBRS	Pensiangan	19 March 2008	9 April 2009
	Datuk Joseph Entulu Belaun MP		PRS	Selangau
Deputy Minister of Works	Dato' Yong Khoon Seng MP		SUPP	Stampin	19 March 2008	9 April 2009
Deputy Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation	Fadillah Yusof MP		PBB	Petra Jaya	19 March 2008	9 April 2009
Deputy Minister of Energy, Water and Communications	Dato' Joseph Salang Gandum MP		PRS	Julau	19 March 2008	9 April 2009
Deputy Minister of Plantation Industries and Commodities	A. Kohillan Pillay		Gerakan	Senator	19 March 2008	9 April 2009
Deputy Minister of Women, Family and Community Development	Noriah Kasnon MP		UMNO	Sungai Besar	19 March 2008	9 April 2009
Deputy Minister of Youth and Sports	Wee Jeck Seng MP		MCA	Tanjong Piai	19 March 2008	9 April 2009
Deputy Minister of Information	Dato' Tan Lian Hoe MP		Gerakan	Gerik	19 March 2008	9 April 2009

See also

• Members of the Dewan Rakyat, 12th Malaysian Parliament