Sarawak new cabinet line-up

KUCHING: Tan Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud is still Sarawak Chief Minister. In announcing his new cabinet line-up on Wednesday Taib did not drop anyone from his post-April 16 state election “temporary cabinet” nor did he name anyone to fill the vacant second deputy chief minister's post, previously held by Tan Sri Dr George Chan who lost in the election.
He instead announced the creation of one new ministry, three elevated as senior minister and seven assemblymen appointed as new assistant ministers
He announced the creation of three senior ministers posts held by Land Development Minister Tan Sri Dr James Masing, Local Government and Community Development Minister Datuk Seri Wong Soon Koh and Social Development Minister Tan Sri William Mawan.

The full list of the Sarawak Cabinet effective 29 September 2011:
Chief Minister: Tan Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud
Deputy Chief Minister: Tan Sri Alfred Jabu
Ministry of Welfare, Women & Family Development
Minister: Datuk Fatimah Abdullah
Assistant ministers:
*Rober Lawson Chuat (welfare)
*Rosey Yunus (Early Childhood Education & Family Development)
Ministry of Industrial Development
Minister: Datuk Amar Awang Tengah Ali Hasan
Assistant Ministers:
Datuk Peter Nansian (Industrial Estate Development)
*Julaihi Narawi (Investment & Promotion)

Ministry of Infrastructure Development & Communications
Minister: Datuk Seri Michael Manyin
Assistant Ministers:
Datuk Daud Abdul Rahman (Infrastructure Development)
Datuk Lee Kim Shin (Communication)

Ministry of Public Utilities
Minister: Datuk Amar Awang Tengah Ali Hasan
Assistant Ministers:
Datuk Dr Stephen Rundi (Electricity & Telecommunications)
Datuk Sylvester Entri (Public Utilities)

Ministry of Social Development
Senior Minister: Tan Sri William Mawan
Assistant Ministers:
Datuk Lee Kim Shin (Sports)
*Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah (Youth Development)
*Liwan Lagang (Culture & Heritage)

Ministry of Rural Development
Minister: Tan Sri Alfred Jabu
Assistant Ministers:
Datuk Francis Harden
*Julaihi Narawi

Ministry of Resource Planning & Environment
Minister: Tan Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud
Second Minister- Datuk Amar Awang Tengah Ali Hasan
Assistant Ministers:
Datuk Mohd Naroden Majais (Resource Planning)
*Datuk Len Talif Salleh (Environment)

Mnistry of Chief Minister's Office
Minister in Chief Minister's Office & Minister of Special Functions: Datuk Amar Adenan Satem
Datuk Daud Abdul Rahman (Islamic Affairs)
Assistant Ministers:
Datuk Mohd Naroden Majais (Bumiputera Entrepreneur Development)
Datuk John Sikie (Native Adat & Penan Affairs)
*Datuk Len Talif Salleh (Promotion of Technical Education)

Ministry of Finance
Minister: Tan Sri Abdul Taib Mahmud
Second Minister – Senior Minister Datuk Seri Wong Soon Koh

Ministry of Modernisation of Agriculture
Minister: Tan Sri Alfred Jabu
Assistant Ministers:
Datuk Mong Dagang (Research & Marketing)
Datuk Sylvester Entri (Farmer's organisation)

Ministry of Land Development
Senior Minister Tan Sri Dr James Masing
Assistant Ministers:
Datuk Gramong Juna
Datuk Abdul Wahab Aziz

Ministry of Government & Community Development
Senior Minister: Datuk Seri Wong Soon Koh
Assistant Ministers:
Datuk Peter Nansian (Community Services)
Datuk John Sikie (Local Government)
*Dr Jerip Susil (Public Health)

Ministry of Housing
Minister: Datuk Amar Abang Johari Openg
Assistant Ministers:
*Abdul Karim Rahman Hamzah
Datuk Francis Hardin

Ministry of Tourism
Minister: Datuk Amar Abang Johari Openg
Assistant Ministers:
Datuk Talip Zulpilip (Tourism)
Datuk Gramong Juna (Local Events & Products)

Note: * indicates new assistant ministers
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