PUTRAJAYA, July 29 – Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak chaired the first cabinet meeting Wednesday on about 2.30pm at Perdana Putra in Putrajaya after the reshuffle of the appointment of several new ministers have been made on Tuesday. Cheerful ministers was shaking hands one another and congratulating the new ministers before proceeding into the meeting room.
The meeting was attended by the six new cabinet members who namely Domestic Trade, Cooperatives and Consumerism Minister Datuk Hamzah Zainudin, Natural Resources and Environment Minister Datuk Seri Dr Wan Junaidi Tuanku Jaafar, Education Minister Datuk Seri Mahdzir Khalid.
In the same time, there were also attended by Communication and Multimedia Minister Senator Datuk Seri Panglima Dr Mohd Salleh Tun Said Keruak, Minister in Prime Minister’s Department Datuk Seri Azalina Othman Said and Second International Trade and Industry Minister Datuk Seri Ong Ka Chuan.
Besides that, Science, Technology and Innovation Minister Datuk Wilfred Madius Tangau did not attend the meeting due to he was reportedly in Italy. It was the first cabinet meeting for the four except for two others who namely Youth and Sports Minister Azalina and Tourism Minister Ong while he had been the Housing and Local Government Minister until 2009.
Dropping Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin as Deputy Prime Minister with replacing Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi with retaining his portfolio as Home Ministry had been announced by Prime Minister Najib Abdul Razak in the new cabinet line-up at a press conference on Tuesday.
