Muhyiddin Cabinet
21stCabinet of Malaysia
2020–2021
Date formed	10 March 2020
Date dissolved	16 August 2021
People and organisations
Head of state	Al-Sultan Abdullah
Head of government	Muhyiddin Yassin
Deputy head of government	Ismail Sabri Yaakob
Totalno. of members	32 ministers and 38 deputy ministers
Member parties	PN BERSATU PAS GERAKAN STAR SAPP BN UMNO (23 seats) MCA MIC PBRS GPS PBB PRS PDP SUPP PBS Independent
Status in legislature	Majority (coalition) (2020–2021) Minority (coalition) (July–August 2021)
Opposition parties	PH DAP PKR AMANAH WARISAN PEJUANG PSB UPKO MUDA Independent
Opposition leader	Anwar Ibrahim(since 18 May 2020)
History
Legislature term	14th Malaysian Parliament
Budget	2021
Predecessor	Seventh Mahathir cabinet
Successor	Ismail Sabri cabinet

TheMuhyiddin cabinet was formed on 10 March 2020, nine days afterMuhyiddin Yassin was appointed as the 8thPrime Minister of Malaysia and dissolved 17 months and 6 days later on 16 August 2021, the day when Muhyiddin submitted his resignations as PM and of this cabinet. It was the 21stcabinet of Malaysia formed sinceindependence. This cabinet was also known as thePerikatan Nasional Cabinet (PN-Cabinet) which combined 15 political parties from thePerikatan Nasional (PN) component parties, withBarisan Nasional (BN) component parties,Gabungan Parti Sarawak (GPS) component parties andUnited Sabah Party (PBS) as allied partners providingconfidence and supply.

Mahathir Mohamad resigned as Prime Minister on 24 February 2020,^[1] marking the end of theseventh Mahathir cabinet, whereMuhyiddin wasMinister of Home Affairs. A combination of factors, including Muhyiddin's decision to pull out his own party (BERSATU) out of thePakatan Harapan (PH) coalition,^[2] the sacking ofMohamed Azmin Ali andZuraida Kamaruddin fromPeople's Justice Party (PKR) for initiating the "Sheraton Move"^[3] and the resignation of nine otherMembers of Parliament (MPs) aligned to Azmin from PKR,^[4] resulted in the ruling coalition losing asimple majority in theDewan Rakyat, leaving itselfhung. However, at the request of theYang di-Pertuan Agong, Mahathir stayed on as interim Prime Minister until a new Prime Minister is appointed.

Following the leadership vacuum, theYang di-Pertuan Agong summoned all MPs to theIstana Negara (National Palace) on 26 and 27 February to gauge their support for a new prime minister. PH initially wanted Mahathir to return, but later namedAnwar Ibrahim to the post^[5] based on Mahathir's promise to pass the baton to Anwar before retracting the nomination for another time.^[6] The proposed return of Mahathir receivedcross community support from BERSATU,Barisan Nasional (BN),Malaysian Islamic Party (PAS),Sabah Heritage Party (WARISAN),Sarawak Parties Alliance (GPS) and other political parties represented in theParliament. However, BN, PAS and GPS opposed the return ofDemocratic Action Party (DAP) to the governing coalition, the same way Mahathir opposed the return of "kleptocrats and traitors" to the same.

On 28 February, the National Palace stated that none of Prime Minister's candidates, namely Mahathir, Anwar, Muhyiddin or the self-nominatedBung Moktar Radin, obtained a simple majority in the Dewan Rakyat to form a government. Therefore, His Majesty gave another chance to leaders of all political parties represented in the Parliament to propose a new Prime Minister on the following day.

As a result, His Majesty has decided to appointMuhyiddin as Prime Minister according to Articles 40(2)(a) and 43(2)(a) of theFederal Constitution following His Majesty's belief thatMuhyiddin could command the majority of the Dewan Rakyat,^[7] Datuk Pengelola Bijaya Diraja (Comptroller of the National Palace) Ahmad Fadil Shamsuddin announced in a palace statement. According to PAS Secretary-GeneralTakiyuddin Hassan, Muhyiddin was supported by 114 MPs representing BERSATU, BN, PAS, GBS and GPS.^[8]SarawakChief MinisterAbang Johari Openg later announced that GPS is not a part of the newly createdPerikatan Nasional (National Alliance) coalition but a party that providesconfidence and supply to Muhyiddin.

Despite Mahathir's claim that he received support from 114 MPs to return to premiership at the night before Muhyiddin's swearing-in, Muhyiddin was sworn in as the eighth Prime Minister^[9] at 10.33 in the morning of 1 March.

On 8 July 2021, the UMNO made an official announcement to withdraw its supports towards the Muhyiddin government,^[10] citing the mismanagement of theCOVID-19, the misuse of Emergency Declaration, and so on.^[11]

On 9 March 2020, Muhyiddin announced hisCabinet of 32 ministers and 38 deputy ministers.^[12] The Cabinet includes six technocrats who was appointed asSenators on 10 March 2020 before taking office.^[13][14] The position ofDeputy Prime Minister was kept vacant as "there is no need to appoint one". Instead, theSenior Ministers will deputise for the Prime Minister in his absence should such necessity arise.^[15]

Until July 2021, the post of Deputy Prime Minister was left vacant since Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin was appointed by the Yang di-Pertuan Agong on 1 March 2020 until he nominatedIsmail Sabri Yaakob for this position on 7 July 2021.^[16]

On 16 August 2021, the Muhyiddin cabinet had dissolved after they handed in their resignation to His Majesty theYang Di-Pertuan Agong.^[17]

  PN (14)  BN (9)  GPS (4)  Independent (2)  PBS (1)^[18]

  PN (21)  BN (13)  GPS (4)^[18]

Under this Cabinet:

• Ministry of Agriculture and Agro-based Industry was renamed asMinistry of Agriculture and Food Industries.
• Ministry of Economic Affairs was returned to the Prime Minister's Department in its original form as economic affairs portfolio.
• A singleMinistry of Education was divided into two separate ministries.Ministry of Higher Education was reinstated.
• Ministry ofEnergy, Science, Technology, Environment and Climate Change andMinistry of Water, Land and Natural Resources were reorganised into three different ministries, namelyMinistry of Energy and Natural Resources,Ministry of Science, Technology and Innovation andMinistry of Environment and Water.
• Ministry of National Unity was established as a result of separation of national unity portfolio from the Prime Minister's Department.
• Ministry of Primary Industries was renamed asMinistry of Plantation Industries and Commodities.

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