News about Cabinet

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 27): Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob has continued the practice of his predecessor Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin to not appoint a deputy prime minister, and instead has four senior ministers, namely the minister of international trade and industry, minister of defence, minister of works and minister of education, in his Cabinet.

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 27): Datuk Seri Reezal Merican Naina Merican has been appointed as the new housing and local government minister under the new administration of newly-appointed Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob.

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 16): Yang di-Pertuan Agong has appointed Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin as the caretaker prime minister today, following the latter’s resignation as the premier together with the Perikatan Nasional (PN) Cabinet.

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 16): Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin has today announced his resignation from the prime minister's post and will serve as caretaker prime minister under orders from the Yang di-Pertuan Agong until a new prime minister is appointed.

KUALA LUMPUR (Aug 16): Science, Technology and Innovation Minister Khairy Jamaluddin has confirmed that the cabinet members have resigned, his posting on social media revealed.

KUALA LUMPUR (July 29): Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin “cannot absolve himself” of the blunder over the revocation of the emergency ordinances, said former premier Tun Dr Mahathir Mohamad (pictured).

KUALA LUMPUR (July 29): Yang di-Pertuan Agong is disappointed that the Cabinet had decided to revoke the Emergency Ordinances promulgated during the state of emergency without receiving his consent.

KUALA LUMPUR (June 25): Stressing that Yang di-Pertuan Agong must act on the advice of the Cabinet in exercising his power to convene Parliament as provided for by the Federal Constitution, Attorney-General Tan Sri Idrus Harun said the Emergency Ordinance does not remove this requirement.

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 11): No one flagged any concerns about former prime minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak's (pictured) personal interest in 1Malaysia Development Bhd (1MDB) during cabinet meetings involving the strategic investment fund, former deputy chief secretary to the Cabinet Tan Sri Mazidah Abdul Majid told the court today.

KUALA LUMPUR (Feb 11): Fugitive businessman Low Taek Jho's (Jho Low) name was not documented in the Cabinet minutes dated Sept 8, 2010 or in the supporting 14 Cabinet papers that same week, where it was revealed that the "donation" from Prince Saud Abdulaziz Al-Saud to 1Malaysia Development Bhd's (1MDB) charity arm Yayasan 1MDB was to be made but should remain confidential.