Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak has named Umno deputy president Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin as the Deputy Prime Minister.
Najib made the announcement, when naming his 28-member Cabinet line-up in Putrajaya on Thursday.
In his new team, Najib will remain as Finance Minister I while Muhyiddin will be Education Minister.
The new Cabinet is leaner, being downsized to 28 ministers from the previous 32.
There are now 25 Ministries compared to 27 previously.
Najib also appointed seven new faces to the new Cabinet and dropped eight from the previous one.
Najib was at Istana Terengganu in Kuala Lumpur at about 10:57am where he had a 30-min audience with the Yang Di-Pertuan Agong Tuanku Mizan, before leaving for Putrajaya where he announced the new line-up at 3pm.
The premier had spent the last five days juggling names and positions to take into consideration the requests and views of various Barisan Nasional component parties.
The new ministers and deputy ministers will take their oath of office at Istana Negara at 9.30am Friday.
NEW CABINET LINE-UP:Prime Minister and Finance Minister : Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak
Deputy PM and Education Minister : Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin
Ministers in Prime Minister’s Department :
Unity : Dr Koh Tsu Koon
Law and Parliament : Datuk Seri Mohamed Nazri Aziz
Religious Affairs : Brig. Gen. (Rtd) Datuk Jamil Khir Baharum
Economic Planning Unit : Tan Sri Nor Mohamed Yakcop
Finance : Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak Deputies: Datuk Chor Chee Heung, Datuk Dr Awang Adek Hussein
Education : Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin Deputies: Datuk Wee Ka Seong, Datuk Puad Zarkashi
Transport : Datuk Seri Ong Tee Keat Deputies: Datuk Abdul Rahim Bakri, Datuk Robert Lau
Home : Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein Deputy:: Datuk Wira Abu Seman Yusop
Information, Unity, Culture and Arts : Datuk Seri Dr Rais Yatim Deputies: Datuk Joseph Salang Gandum, Heng Sai Kee
Energy, Green Tech & Water : Datuk Peter Chin Fah Kui Deputy: Noriah Kasnon
Plantation Industries and Commodoties : Tan Sri Bernard Dompok Deputy: Datuk Hamzah Zainuddin
Rural and Regional Development : Datuk Shafie Apdal Deputies: Datuk Hassan Malek, Datuk Joseph Entulu
Higher Education : Datuk Seri Khaled Nordin Deputies: Dr Hou Kok Chung, Dato' Saifuddin Abdullah
International Trade and Industry : Datuk Mustapa Mohamed Deputies: Datuk Muhkriz Mahathir, Datuk Jacob Dungau
Science, Tech and Innovation : Datuk Dr Maximus Ongkili Deputy: Fadillah Yusof
Natural Resources and Environment : Datuk Douglas Unggah Embas Deputy: Tan Sri Joseph Kurup
Tourism : Datuk Seri Dr Ng Yen Yen Deputy: Datuk Seri Sulaiman Abdul Rahman Abdul Taib
Agriculture and Agro-based industries : Datuk Noh Omar Deputies: Johari Baharum, Rohani Abdul Karim
Defence : Datuk Ahmad Zahid Hamidi Deputy: Datuk Dr Abdul Latif
Works : Datuk Shaziman Abu Mansor Deputy: Datuk Yong Khoon Seng
Health : Datuk Seri Liow Tiong Lai Deputy: Datuk Rosnah Rashid Shilin
Youth and Sport : Datuk Ahmad Shabery Cheek Deputies: Datuk Razali Ibrahim, Wee Jeck Sing
Human Resource : Datuk Dr S. Subramaniam Deputy: Datuk Maznah Mazlan
Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs : Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Deputy: Datuk Tan Lian Hoe
Housing and Local Government : Datuk Kong Cho Ha Deputy: Lajim Ukin
Women, Family and Community Development : Datuk Seri Shahrizat Abdul Jalil
Deputy: Datin Paduka Chew Mei Fun
Foreign Affairs : Datuk Anifah Aman Deputies: Lee Chee Hong, A. Kohilan
Federal Territory : Datuk Raja Nong Chik Zainal Abidin Deputy: M. Saravanan