First Abdullah cabinet

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	Coalition government; 148 / 193
Opposition parties	Pan-Malaysian Islamic Party; Democratic Action Party; People's Justice Party
Opposition leader	Abdul Hadi Awang
History
Outgoing election	2004 Malaysian general election
Legislature term	10th Malaysian Parliament
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. It was the 15th cabinet of Malaysia formed since independence.

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		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		Senator
	Bernard Giluk Dompok	UPKO	Kinabalu
Minister of Finance	Abdullah Ahmad Badawi	UMNO	Kepala Batas	3 November 2003	26 March 2004
Minister of Finance	Jamaluddin Jarjis	UMNO	Rompin	3 November 2003	26 March 2004
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		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
Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister's Department	M. Kayveas	PPP	Senator	3 November 2003	26 March 2004
Deputy Minister of Finance	Shafie Salleh	UMNO	Kuala Langat	3 November 2003	26 March 2004
Deputy Minister of Finance	Ng Yen Yen	MCA	Raub	3 November 2003	26 March 2004
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
Deputy Minister of Education	Han Choon Kim	MCA	Seremban	3 November 2003	26 March 2004
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
Deputy Minister of Transport	Douglas Uggah Embas	PBB	Betong	3 November 2003	26 March 2004
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
Deputy Minister of Information	Donald Lim Siang Chai	MCA	Petaling Jaya Selatan	3 November 2003	26 March 2004