"I hope they will perform better than before and I believe that with the choice we have made we will be able to fulfil our agenda," he said. 
"I would like to tell you that this term we would go into vigorous implementation of our policies and projects. I have heard many times, and read many articles and comments by the people who said Pak Lah (Abdullah) has worked out the policies well but is short on implementation," he told a packed press conference at his office. 

Abdullah, who retained his Finance portfolio, scrapped the post of parliamentary secretary. 

He did not retain big names such as Datuk Seri Rafidah Aziz (former International Trade and Industry Minister), Datuk Azmi Khalid (former Natural Resources and Environment Minister), Radzi Sheik Ahmad (former Home Affairs Minister), Datuk Dr Jamaluddin Jarjis (former Science, Technology and Innovations Minister) and Datuk Seri Tengku Adnan Mansor (Tourism Minister). 

MCA president Datuk Seri Ong Ka Ting (former Housing and Local Government Minister) asked not to be reappointed so that he could focus his energies on rebuilding the MCA after its disappointing performance in the election. 

Abdullah also merged the Home Affairs and Internal Security ministries, saying that they had many overlapping functions, and named former Foreign Minister Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar as its minister. 

"I am still surprised with the post although I was sure I will move from the Foreign Ministry," Syed Hamid said. 
"I have to learn fast to regain public confidence in security related matters. Judging from the election results, Malaysians expect some things to be done," he said. 

In the 12th general election on March 8, the Barisan Nasional saw its two-thirds majority in the 222-seat Parliament pared down to a simple majority, lost control of four states including industrial centres such as Selangor and Penang, and failed to wrest Kelantan back from PAS. 

Higher Education Minister Datuk Seri Khaled Nordin, formerly Entrepreneur and Cooperative Development Minister, said he was looking forward to the challenges of his new portfolio. 

"I know the challenges in this ministry are very big and the expectations of the rakyat are very high, particularly in trying to make Malaysia the centre of excellence for higher education. 

"What I know is that the work is going to be very different from the ministry I was heading before, but I will reserve my plans for the ministry until I have been briefed by the ministry staff," said the Pasir Gudang MP. 

Khaled took over the portfolio from Datuk Mustapa Mohamed, who is now the Agriculture and Agro-based Industry Minister. 
Abdullah also appointed two corporate figures, who will be sworn in as senators later Tuesday, as ministers in the Prime Minister's Department. 

They are lawyer Datuk Zaid Ibrahim, the former MP of Kota Baru who was not chosen to contest in the recent general election, and Maybank chief executive officer Datuk Amirsham A. Aziz; the latter will head the Economic Planning Unit. 

In KOTA KINABALU, Liberal Democratic Party president Datuk Liew Vui Keong described the new Cabinet as a "dedicated team." 
Liew, appointed Deputy International Trade and Industry Minister, said the people in the east coast district of Sandakan were very fortunate as they had a Chief Minister, a Deputy Chief Minister and a state cabinet minister representing them with him at the federal level. 

Other new deputy ministers from Sabah in Abdullah’s line up are Kalabakan Umno MP Datuk Abdul Ghapur Salleh who was a deputy chief minister until 1999 when he resigned and Parti Bersatu Rakyat Sabah (PBRS) president Tan Sri Joseph Kurup, the Pensiangan MP. 
The fourth Sabahan was veteran Datuk Anifah Aman, the Umno MP for Kimanis, who was moved from the Plantation Industries and Commodities to the Transport ministry. 

The three ministers from Sabah were United Pasok Momogun Kadazandusun Organisation (Upko) president Tan Sri Bernard Dompok, Parti Bersatu Sabah deputy president Datuk Dr Maximus Ongkili and Sabah Umno deputy liaison chief Datuk Shafie Apdal. 
Dompok, the Penampang MP, was retained in the Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department portfolio. 

Dr Maximus, the MP for Kota Marudu, was moved from the Prime Minister’s Department to the Science, Technology and Innovation Ministry. 

Shafie, the Umno Semporna MP, was transferred from the Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs Ministry to be the Ministry of Unity, Culture, Arts and Heritage.

The full list: 

Prime Minister
Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi 

Deputy Prime Minister
Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak 

Ministers in the Prime Minister's Department
Tan Sri Bernard Dompok
Datuk Seri Nazri Aziz
Datuk Ahmad Zahid Hamidi
Datuk Mohd Zaid Ibrahim (senator)
Datuk Amirsham Abdul Aziz (senator)

Deputy Ministers in the Prime Minister's Department
Datuk Johari Baharom
Dr Mashitah Ibrahim 
K. Devamany
Hassan Malik

Finance
Minister - Datuk Seri Abdullah Ahmad Badawi
Second Finance Minister - Tan Sri Nor Mohamed Yakcop
Deputies - Datuk Ahmad Husni Hanadzlah, Datuk Kong Cho Ha 

Defence
Minister - Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak
Deputy - Datuk Wira Abu Seman Yusop 

Internal Security and Home Affairs
Minister - Datuk Seri Syed Hamid Albar
Deputies - Datuk Chor Chee Heong, Senator Wan Ahmad Farid Wan Salleh 

Housing and Local Government
Minister -Datuk Ong Ka Chuan
Deputies - Datuk Robert Lau , Datuk Hamzah Zainuddin 

Works Minister
Minister - Datuk Mohd Zin Mohamad
Deputy - Datuk Yong Khoon Seng 

Energy, Water and Communications
Minister - Datuk Shaziman Abu Mansor
Deputy - Datuk Joseph Salang Gandum 

Agriculture and Agro-based Industry
Minister - Datuk Mustapa Mohamed
Deputy - Datin Paduka Rohani Abdul Karim 

International Trade and Industry
Minister -Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin
Deputies- Datuk Liew Vui Keong, Datuk Jacob Dungau Sagan 

Foreign Affairs
Minister - Datuk Seri Dr Rais Yatim
Deputy - Datuk Seri Tengku Azlan Abu Bakar 

Education
Minister - Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Hussein
Deputies - Datuk Wee Ka Siong, Datuk Razali Ismail 

Higher Education
Minister - Datuk Khaled Nordin
Deputies - Dr Hou Kok Chung, Datuk Idris Harun

Transport
Minister - Datuk Ong Tee Keat
Deputy - Datuk Anifah Aman 

Human Resources
Minister - Datuk S. Subramaniam
Deputy - Datuk Noraini Ahmad 

Women, Family and Community Development
Minister - Datuk Dr Ng Yen Yen
Deputy - Noriah Kasnon 

National Unity, Culture, Arts and Heritage 
Minister - Datuk Shafie Apdal
Deputy - Datuk Teng Boon Soon 

Science, Technology and Innovation
Minister - Datuk Dr Maximus Ongkili
Deputy - Fadilah Yusof 

Entrepreneurial and Cooperative Development
Minister - Datuk Noh Omar
Deputy - Datuk Saiffuddin Abdullah 

Natural Resources and Environment
Minister - Datuk Douglas Unggah Embas
Deputy - Datuk Abu Ghapur Salleh 

Rural and Regional Development
Minister - Tan Sri Muhammad Muhd Taib
Deputy - Tan Sri Joseph Kurup, Joseph Entulu Belaun

Domestic Trade and Consumer Affairs
Minister - Datuk Shahrir Samad
Deputy - Jelaing Mersat 
Plantation Industries and Commodities

Minister - Datuk Peter Chin Fah Kui
Deputy - Senator A. Kohilan 
Youth and Sports

Minister - Datuk Ismail Sabri Yaacob
Deputy - Wee Jack Seng 

Health
Minister - Datuk Liow Tiong Lai
Deputy - Datuk Dr Abdul Latiff Ahmad 

Information
Minister - Datuk Ahmad Shabery Cheek
Deputy- Datuk Tan Lian Hoe 

Tourism
Minister - Datuk Azalina Othman
Deputy - Datuk Seri Sulaiman Abdul Rahman Abu Taib 

Federal Territories
Minister - Datuk Zulhasnan Rafique
Deputy - Datuk M. Saravanan