Brunei’s monarch announced a surprise cabinet reshuffle on Tuesday, replacing some of the country’s longest-serving government ministers.
In a televised address at 2.30pm, His Majesty Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Mu’izzaddin Waddaulah, the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of Brunei Darussalam announced the changes, which saw six ministers being replaced and several new promotions, including two women as deputy ministers.
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FULL LIST OF CABINET MINISTERS AND DEPUTY MINISTERS, AS OF JANUARY 30, 2018:
1. His Majesty Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah Mu’izzaddin Waddaulah, the Sultan and Yang Di-Pertuan of Brunei Darussalam — Prime Minister; Minister of Defence; Minister of Finance; and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade
2. His Royal Highness Prince Haji Al-Muhtadee Billah, the Crown Prince — Senior Minister at the Prime Minister’s Office
3. Pehin Orang Kaya Laila Setia Bakti Di-Raja Dato Laila Utama Hj Awang Isa Pehin Datu Perdana Manteri Dato Laila Utama Hj Awang Ibrahim — Special Advisor to His Majesty; and Minister at the Prime Minister’s Office
4. Pehin Orang Kaya Seri Kerna Dato Seri Setia (Dr.) Hj Awang Abu Bakar Hj Apong — Minister of Home Affairs
5. Pehin Udana Khatib Dato Paduka Seri Setia Ustaz Hj Awang Badaruddin Pengarah Dato Paduka Hj Othman — Minister of Religious Affairs
6. Dato Seri Setia Hj Ali Apong — Minister of Primary Resources and Tourism
7. Pehin Datu Laila Raja Major General (Rtd) Dato Paduka Seri Awang Hj Halbi Hj Mohd. Yussof — Second Minister of Defence
8. Dato Paduka Dr Hj Md Isham Jaafar — Minister of Health
9. Dato Seri Paduka Hj Abdul Mokti Hj Mohd Daud — Minister at the Prime Minister’s Office
10. Dato Seri Paduka Dr Hj Mohd Amin Liew Abdullah — Second Minister of Finance
11. Dato Paduka Hj Erywan Pehin Dato Pekerma Jaya Hj Mohd Yusof — Second Minister of Foreign Affairs and Trade
12. Dato Seri Paduka Hj Suhaimi Hj Gafar — Minister of Development
13. Dato Paduka Dr Hj Mat Suny Hj Mohd Hussein — Minister of Energy and Industry
14. Dato Paduka Hj Hamzah Hj Sulaiman — Minister of Education
15. Abdul Mutalib bin Pehin Orang Kaya Seri Setia Dato Paduka Haji Mohd Yusof — Minister of Communications
16. Major General (Rtd) Dato Paduka Seri Hj Aminuddin Ihsan Pehin Orang Kaya Saiful Mulok Dato Seri Paduka Haji Abidin — Minister of Culture, Youth and Sports
17. Pengiran Dato Seri Paduka Hj Bahrom bin Pengiran Hj Bahar — Deputy Minister of Religious Affairs
18. Datin Hjh Elinda Hj C.A. Mohamed — Deputy Minister at the Prime Minister’s Office
19. Dato Paduka Ahmaddin Hj Abd Rahman — Deputy Minister of Finance
20. Datin Paduka Dr Hjh Romaizah Hj Mohd Salleh — Deputy Minister of Education
21. Dato Paduka Hj Matsatejo Sokiaw — Deputy Minister of Energy and Industry
The following officials also hold ministerial rank:
23. Datin Seri Paduka Hajah Hayati Pehin Orang Kaya Shahbandar Dato Seri Paduka Haji Mohd Salleh — Attorney General
24. Pehin Datu Seri Maharaja Dato Paduka Seri Setia Dr Ustaz Hj Awang Abdul Aziz Juned — State Mufti
All appointments are for a five-year term effective January 30, 2018.
This story was updated on February 08 at 02.14am