Where are the women in Malaysia's Cabinet?


Malaysia's Cabinet is seriously imbalance in terms of women's representation. - filepix

Last December, Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim announced a Cabinet reshuffle that saw the executive body expand to 60 (from 55), with 31 ministers (from 28) and 29 deputy ministers (from 27).

In this exercise, held a year after his premiership, Anwar brought back ministers from previous administrations to head key portfolios (Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad to lead the Health Ministry and Gobind Singh Deo to lead the Digital Ministry).

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