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 148 / 193
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	Kinabalu
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 Mohamad		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 Culture, 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 Culture, 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 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

See also

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