First Abdullah cabinet

First Abdullah cabinet
15th Cabinet of Malaysia
People and organisations
Head of state	Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin
Head of government	Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
Deputy head of government	Najib Razak (from 2004)
Member parties	Barisan Nasional United Malays National Organisation Malaysian Chinese Association United Traditional Bumiputera Party Malaysian Indian Congress Malaysian People's Movement Party Sarawak United Peoples' Party Sarawak National Party United Pasokmomogun Kadazandusun Murut Organisation Liberal Democratic Party Sabah Progressive Party United Sabah Party Sarawak Progressive Democratic Party Sarawak Native People's Party
Status in legislature	UMNO led coalition majority government
Opposition parties	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party Democratic Action Party People's Justice Party
Opposition leader	Abdul Hadi Awang
History
Election	Malaysian general election, 1999
Outgoing election	Malaysian general election, 2004
Legislature term	10th Malaysian Parliament
Incoming formation	Abdullah I Cabinet formation, 2003
Outgoing formation	Abdullah II Cabinet formation, 2004
Predecessor	Sixth Mahathir cabinet
Successor	Second Abdullah cabinet

Abdullah Ahmad Badawi formed the first Abdullah cabinet after being invited by Tuanku Syed Sirajuddin to begin a new government following the resignation of the previous Prime Minister of Malaysia, Mahathir Mohamad. Prior to the election, Mahathir led (as Prime Minister) the sixth Mahathir cabinet, a coalition government that consisted of members of the component parties of Barisan Nasional.

This is a list of the members of the first 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	Abdullah Ahmad Badawi	UMNO	Kepala Batas	3 November 2003	26 March 2004
Deputy Prime Minister	Mohd. Najib Abdul Razak	UMNO	Pekan	7 January 2004	26 March 2004
Minister in the Prime Minister's Department	Rais Yatim	UMNO	Jelebu	3 November 2003	26 March 2004
	Abdul Hamid Zainal Abidin		Senator
	Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor
	Bernard Giluk Dompok	UPKO	Penampang
Minister of Finance	Abdullah Ahmad Badawi	UMNO	Kepala Batas	3 November 2003	26 March 2004
	Jamaluddin Jarjis		Rompin
Minister of Defence	Mohd. Najib Abdul Razak	UMNO	Pekan	3 November 2003	26 March 2004
Minister of Home Affairs	Abdullah Ahmad Badawi	UMNO	Kepala Batas	3 November 2003	26 March 2004
Minister of International Trade and Industry	Rafidah Aziz	UMNO	Kuala Kangsar	3 November 2003	26 March 2004
Minister of Education	Musa Mohammad	UMNO	Senator	3 November 2003	26 March 2004
Minister of Lands and Co-operatives Development	Kasitah Gaddam	UMNO	Senator	3 November 2003	26 March 2004
Minister of Transport	Chan Kong Choy	MCA	Selayang	3 November 2003	26 March 2004
Minister of Agriculture	Mohd Effendi Norwawi	PBB	Kuala Rajang	3 November 2003	26 March 2004
Minister of Health	Chua Jui Meng	MCA	Bakri	3 November 2003	26 March 2004
Minister of Cultre, Arts and Tourism	Abdul Kadir Sheikh Fadzir	UMNO	Kulim-Bandar Baharu	3 November 2003	26 March 2004
Minister of Housing and Local Government	Ong Ka Ting	MCA	Pontian	3 November 2003	26 March 2004
Minister of Foreign Affairs	Syed Hamid Albar	UMNO	Kota Tinggi	3 November 2003	26 March 2004
Minister of Human Resources	Fong Chan Onn	MCA	Selandar	3 November 2003	26 March 2004
Minister of Domestic Trade and Consumerism	Muhyiddin Mohd. Yassin	UMNO	Pagoh	3 November 2003	26 March 2004
Minister of Entrepreneur Development	Mohamed Nazri Abdul Aziz	UMNO	Chenderoh	3 November 2003	26 March 2004
Minister of Rural Development	Azmi Khalid	UMNO	Padang Besar	3 November 2003	26 March 2004
Minister of Works	Samy Vellu	MIC	Sungai Siput	3 November 2003	26 March 2004
Minister of Science, Technology and Environment	Law Hieng Ding	SUPP	Sarikei	3 November 2003	26 March 2004
Minister of Energy, Water and Communications	Leo Moggie Irok	PBDS	Kanowit	3 November 2003	26 March 2004
Minister for Primary Industries	Lim Keng Yaik	Gerakan	Beruas	3 November 2003	26 March 2004
Minister of National Unity and Community Development	Siti Zaharah Sulaiman	UMNO	Paya Besar	3 November 2003	26 March 2004
Minister of Women and Family Development	Shahrizat Abdul Jalil	UMNO	Lembah Pantai	3 November 2003	26 March 2004
Minister of Youth and Sports	Hishammuddin Hussein	UMNO	Tenggara	3 November 2003	26 March 2004
Minister of Information	Mohd Khalil Yaakob	UMNO	Kuantan	3 November 2003	26 March 2004

Deputy ministers

Portfolio	Office Bearer	Party	Constituency	Term Start	Term End
Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister's Department	Tengku Azlan Sultan Abu Bakar	UMNO	Jerantut	3 November 2003	26 March 2004
	M. Kayveas	PPP	Senator
Deputy Minister of Finance	Shafie Salleh	UMNO	Kuala Langat	3 November 2003	26 March 2004
	Ng Yen Yen	MCA	Raub
Deputy Minister of Defence	Shafie Apdal	UMNO	Semporna	3 November 2003	26 March 2004
Deputy Minister of Home Affairs	Zainal Abidin Zin	UMNO	Bagan Serai	3 November 2003	26 March 2004
Deputy Minister of International Trade and Industry	Kerk Choo Ting	Gerakan	Taiping	3 November 2003	26 March 2004
Deputy Minister of Education	Abdul Aziz Shamsuddin	UMNO	Senator	3 November 2003	26 March 2004
	Han Choon Kim	MCA	Seremban
Deputy Minister of Lands and Co-operatives Development	Tan Kee Kwong	Gerakan	Segambut	3 November 2003	26 March 2004
Deputy Minister of Transport	Ramli Ngah Talib	UMNO	Pasir Salak	3 November 2003	26 March 2004
	Douglas Uggah Embas	PBB	Betong
Deputy Minister of Agriculture	Mohd Shariff Omar	UMNO	Tasek Gelugor	3 November 2003	26 March 2004
Deputy Minister of Health	Suleiman Mohamed	UMNO	Titiwangsa	3 November 2003	26 March 2004
Deputy Minister of Cultre, Arts and Tourism	Fu Ah Kiow	MCA	Mentakab	3 November 2003	26 March 2004
Deputy Minister of Housing and Local Government	Peter Chin Fah Kui	SUPP	Miri	3 November 2003	26 March 2004
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs	Leo Michael Toyad	PBB	Mukah	3 November 2003	26 March 2004
Deputy Minister of Human Resources	Abdul Latiff Ahmad	UMNO	Mersing	3 November 2003	26 March 2004
Deputy Minister of Domestic Trade and Consumerism	Subramaniam Sinniah	MIC	Segamat	3 November 2003	26 March 2004
Deputy Minister of Entrepreneur Development	Mohd. Khalid Mohd. Yunos	UMNO	Jempol	3 November 2003	26 March 2004
Deputy Minister of Rural and Regional Development	Palanivel Govindasamy	MIC	Hulu Selangor	3 November 2003	26 March 2004
Deputy Minister of Works	Mohamed Khaled Nordin	UMNO	Johor Bahru	3 November 2003	26 March 2004
Deputy Minister of Science, Technology and Environment	Zainal Dahlan	UMNO	Sabak Bernam	3 November 2003	26 March 2004
Deputy Minister of Energy, Water and Communications	Tan Chai Ho	MCA	Bandar Tun Razak	3 November 2003	26 March 2004
Deputy Minister of Primary Industries	Anifah Aman	UMNO	Beaufort	3 November 2003	26 March 2004
Deputy Minister of National Unity and Community Development	Tiki Lafe	SNAP	Mas Gading	3 November 2003	26 March 2004
Deputy Minister of Youth and Sports	Ong Tee Keat	MCA	Ampang Jaya	3 November 2003	26 March 2004
Deputy Minister of Information	Zainuddin Maidin	UMNO	Senator	3 November 2003	26 March 2004
	Donald Lim Siang Chai	MCA	Petaling Jaya Selatan

First reshuffle (January 2004 – March 2004)

Full members

Office	Incumbent	Party	Constituency
Prime Minister	Abdullah Ahmad Badawi MP	UMNO	Kepala Batas
Minister of Home Affairs
Minister of Finance
Deputy Prime Minister	Najib Razak MP	UMNO	Pekan
Minister of Defence
Minister of Housing and Local Government	Ong Ka Ting MP	MCA	Pontian
Minister of Works	Samy Vellu MP	UMNO	Sungai Siput
Minister of Primary Industries	Lim Keng Yaik MP	GERAKAN	Beruas
Minister of Energy, Communications and Multimedia	Leo Moggie Irok MP	PBDS	Kanowit
Minister of International Trade and Industry	Rafidah Aziz MP	UMNO	Kuala Kangsar
Minister of Science, Technology and Environment	Law Hieng Ding MP	SUPP	Sarikei
Minister of Foreign Affairs	Syed Hamid Albar MP	UMNO	Kota Tinggi
Minister of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs	Muhyiddin Yassin MP	UMNO	Pagoh
Minister of Health	Chua Jui Meng MP	MCA	Bakri
Minister of National Unity and Community Development	Siti Zaharah Sulaiman MP	UMNO	Paya Besar
Minister of Information	Mohd Khalil Yaakob MP	UMNO	Kuantan
Minister of Culture, Arts and Tourism	Abdul Kadir Sheikh Fadzir MP	UMNO	Kulim-Bandar Baharu
Minister of Human Resources	Fong Chan Onn MP	MCA	Selandar
Minister of Entrepreneur Development	Mohamed Nazri Abdul Aziz MP	UMNO	Chenderoh
Minister of Rural Development	Azmi Khalid MP	UMNO	Padang Besar
Minister of Youth and Sports	Hishammuddin Hussein MP	UMNO	Tenggara
Minister in the Prime Minister's Department	Bernard Giluk Dompok MP	UPKO	Kinabalu
Minister in the Prime Minister's Department	Rais Yatim MP	UMNO	Jelebu
Minister of Agriculture	Mohd Effendi Norwawi MP	PBB	Kuala Rajang
Minister of Women and Family Development	Shahrizat Abdul Jalil MP	UMNO	Lembah Pantai
Second Minister of Finance	Jamaluddin Jarjis MP	UMNO	Rompin
Minister of Transport	Chan Kong Choy MP	MCA	Selayang
Minister of Lands and Co-operatives Development	Senator Kasitah Gaddam	UMNO
Minister of Education	Senator Musa Mohammad	UMNO
Minister in the Prime Minister's Department	Senator Abdul Hamid Zainal Abidin	UMNO
Minister in the Prime Minister's Department	Senator Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor	UMNO

Deputy ministers

Office	Incumbent	Party	Constituency
Deputy Minister of Entrepreneur Development	Mohd. Khalid Mohd. Yunus MP	UMNO	Jempol
Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs	Leo Michael Toyad MP	PBB	Mukah
Deputy Minister of Health	Suleiman Mohamed MP	UMNO	Titiwangsa
Deputy Minister of Housing and Local Government	Peter Chin Fah Kui MP	SUPP	Miri
Deputy Minister of International Trade and Industry	Kerk Choo Ting MP	GERAKAN	Taiping
Deputy Minister of Finance	Ng Yen Yen MP	MCA	Raub
Deputy Minister of Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs	Subramaniam Sinniah MP	MIC	Segamat
Deputy Minister of Defence	Shafie Apdal MP	UMNO	Semporna
Deputy Minister of Transport	Douglas Uggah Embas MP	PBB	Betong
Deputy Minister of Finance	Shafie Salleh MP	UMNO	Kuala Langat
Deputy Minister of Home Affairs	Chor Chee Heung MP	MCA	Alor Setar
Deputy Minister of Energy, Communications and Multimedia	Tan Chai Ho MP	MCA	Bandar Tun Razak
Deputy Minister of Rural Development	Palanivel Govindasamy MP	MIC	Hulu Selangor
Deputy Minister of Youth and Sports	Ong Tee Keat MP	MCA	Ampang Jaya
Deputy Minister of Transport	Ramli Ngah Talib MP	UMNO	Pasir Salak
Deputy Minister of Agriculture	Mohd Shariff Omar MP	UMNO	Tasek Gelugor
Deputy Minister of Science, Technology and Environment	Zainal Dahlan MP	UMNO	Sabak Bernam
Deputy Minister of Home Affairs	Zainal Abidin Zin MP	UMNO	Bagan Serai
Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister's Department	Tengku Azlan Sultan Abu Bakar MP	UMNO	Jerantut
Deputy Minister of Works	Mohamed Khaled Nordin MP	UMNO	Johor Bahru
Deputy Minister of Primary Industries	Anifah Aman MP	UMNO	Beaufort
Deputy Minister of Lands and Co-operatives Development	Tan Kee Kwong MP	GERAKAN	Segambut
Deputy Minister of National Unity and Community Development	Tiki Lafe MP	SNAP	Mas Gading
Deputy Minister of Information	Donald Lim Siang Chai MP	MCA	Petaling Jaya Selatan
Deputy Minister of Culture, Arts and Tourism	Fu Ah Kiow MP	MCA	Mentakab
Deputy Minister of Human Resources	Abdul Latiff Ahmad MP	UMNO	Mersing
Deputy Minister of Education	Hon Choon Kim MP	MCA	Seremban
Deputy Minister of Education	Senator Abdul Aziz Shamsuddin	UMNO
Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister's Department	Senator M. Kayveas	PPP
Deputy Minister of Information	Senator Zainuddin Maidin	UMNO

See also

• Members of the Dewan Rakyat, 10th Malaysian Parliament
• List of Parliamentary Secretaries of Malaysia#First Abdullah cabinet