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Cabinet System

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Cabinet system
The Cabinet of Malaysia is the executive branch of Malaysia's government. Led by the Prime Minister, the cabinet is a council of ministers who are accountable collectively to the Parliament. According to the Article 43 of the Constitution, members of the Cabinet can only be selected from members of either houses of Parliament. Formally, the Yang di-Pertuan Agong appoints all Ministers on the advice of the Prime Minister, which he is obliged to follow.[1]According to Article 43 of the Constitution, members of the cabinet including all the ministers and deputy ministers shall not be a member of state legislative assembly, a member shall resign from the Assembly before exercising the functions of his office. Ministers other …show more content…

g Cho Ha | MCA | Minister of Plantation Industries and Commodities | Bernard Dompok | UPKO | Minister of Home Affairs | Hishammuddin Tun Hussein | UMNO | Minister of Information, Communications and Culture | Rais Yatim | UMNO | Minister of Energy, Green Technology and Water | Peter Chin Fah Kui | SUPP | Minister of Rural and Regional Development | Mohd Shafie Apdal | UMNO | Minister of Higher Education | Mohamed Khaled Nordin | UMNO | Minister of International Trade and Industry | Mustapa Mohamed | UMNO | Minister of Science, Technology and Innovation | Maximus Ongkili | PBS | Minister of Natural Resources and Environment | Douglas Uggah Embas | PBB | Minister of Tourism | Ng Yen Yen | MCA | Minister of Agriculture and Agro-based Industry | Noh Omar | UMNO | Minister of Defence | Ahmad Zahid Hamidi | UMNO | Minister of Works | Shaziman Abu Mansor | UMNO | Minister of Health | Liow Tiong Lai | MCA | Minister of Youth and Sports | Ahmad Shabery Cheek | UMNO | Minister of Human Resources | Subramaniam Sathasivam | MIC | Minister of Domestic Trade, Co-operatives and Consumerism | Ismail Sabri Yaakob | UMNO | Minister of Housing and Local Government | Chor Chee Heung | MCA | Minister of Women, Family and Community Development | Shahrizat Abdul Jalil (Senator) | UMNO | Minister of Foreign Affairs | Anifah Aman | UMNO | Minister of the Federal Territories and Urban Well-being | Raja Nong Chik Zainal Abidin (Senator) | UMNO |

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