Four ministers from Muhyiddin's Cabinet line-up not retained by Ismail Sabri

PUTRAJAYA: Four ministers from Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin's Cabinet were dropped from the list of ministers in Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob’s Cabinet line-up.

They are Datuk Mohd Khairuddin Aman Razali (Plantation Industries and Commodities), Datuk Dr Zulkifli Mohamad al-Bakri (Religious Affairs) and Datuk Seri Redzuan Yusof (Special Functions).

The new Plantation Industries and Commodities minister is Datuk Zuraida Kamaruddin, while the minister in charge of religious affairs is PAS vice-president Senator Idris Ahmad.

Datuk Dr Abdul Latiff Ahmad, who was Rural and Regional Development Minister, is now the new special functions minister.

Umno's Datuk Ser Dr Shamsul Anuar Nasrah, who quit as Energy and Natural Resources on Aug 3 was not reappointed to the Cabinet and his replacement is Datuk Seri Takiyuddin Hassan from PAS.

Wanita Umno chief Datuk Dr Noraini Ahmad who resigned as Higher Education Minister on Aug 6, however, was reappointed to the same post.

Former prime minister Muhyiddin was also not included in Ismail Sabri's Cabinet line-up.