The list did not name its candidate for prime minister, and merely named Zahid, Razaleigh and former rural development minister Ismail Sabri to be in charge of the Prime Minister’s Department.
The shadow cabinet is divided into “portfolio committees” named after current cabinet posts.
Notable shadow ministers in the BN list include:
Khairy Jamaluddin – Finance
Hishammuddin Hussein – Defence
Hasan Arifin – Economic Affairs
Reezal Merican Naina Merican – Foreign Affairs
Mahdzir Khalid – Education
Shabudin Yahaya – Islamic affairs
Bung Moktar Radin – Water, Land and Natural Resources
Wee Ka Siong – Transport
Also in the list is former Tabung Haji chairman Abdul Azeez Abdul Rahim, who is now being detained by the Malaysian Anti-Corruption Commission (MACC), who is put in charge of the Entrepreneur Development portfolio.
Announcing the list, Umno secretary-general Annuar Musa said each committee would have two joint chairmen who would also appoint three experts.
“These portfolio committees will also ensure that we have a man-to-man marking system that exists among the opposition parties,” he told reporters at the Putra World Trade Centre (PWTC).
He said one of the first tasks of the new team would be to draft an alternative budget, which comes under the Finance portfolio headed by Khairy.
Asked why Najib Razak was not in the list, Annuar said it was due to a request by the former prime minister.
The following is the full list of the committees and their joint heads:
Home Affairs
Shahidan Kassim, Adham Baba
Defence
Hishammuddin Hussein, Abdul Rahim Bakri, Zakaria Mohd Edris
Human Resources
Ismail Abdul Muttalib
Foreign Affairs
Reezal Mexican Naina Merican
Law
Azalina Othman Said, Ronald Kiandee
Finance
Khairy Jamaluddin Abu Bakar, Arthur Joseph Kurup
Economic Affairs
Hasan Arifin
Entrepreneur Development
Abdul Azeez Abdul Rahim, Ahmad Nazlan Idris
Consumer Affairs and Domestic Trade
Hamzah Zainudin, Ikmal Hisham Abdul Aziz
Primary Industries
Sivarraajh Chandran, Mastura Yazid
International Trade
Ahmad Maslan, Ismail Mohd Said
Rural Development
Annuar Musa, Ahmad Jazlan Yaakub, Arthur Joseph Kurup
Education
Mahdzir Khalid, Idris Jusoh
Women’s Development
Noraini Ahmad, Azizah Mohd Dun
Housing and Local Government
Noh Omar, Halimah Mohamed Sadique
Sports and Youth
Shahar Abdullah, Yasmin Hafez Musa
Tourism and Culture
Nazri Aziz, Jamaluddin Alias
Islamic Affairs (Prime Minister’s Department)
Shabudin Yahaya
Transport
Wee Ka Siong
Communications and Multimedia
Shamsul Anuar Nasarah, Zahidi Zainul Abidin
Agriculture and Agro-based Industry
Tajuddin Abdul Rahman, Mohd Fazirah Mohd Fakeh
Health
Abdul Latif Ahmad, Rosol Wahid
Water, Land and Natural Resources
Bung Mokhtar Radin, Mohd Nijar Zakaria
Works
Saravanan Murugan, Abdul Rahman Mohamad
Energy, Technology, Science and Environment
Ahmad Hamzah, Hasbullah Osman
Federal Territories
Tengku Adnan Tengku Mansor, Rozman Isli