{"id":10230,"date":"2021-07-07T19:15:32","date_gmt":"2021-07-07T11:15:32","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=10230"},"modified":"2021-07-07T19:15:33","modified_gmt":"2021-07-07T11:15:33","slug":"ismail-sabri-appointed-deputy-prime-minister","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=10230","title":{"rendered":"Ismail Sabri appointed Deputy Prime Minister"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

KUALA LUMPUR, July 7 — Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob has been appointed Deputy Prime Minister and retains the post of Defence Minister, the Prime Minister\u2019s Office (PMO) said today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In a statement, PMO also said Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin has appointed Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein as Senior Minister (Security Cluster), a post held by Ismail Sabri.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe appointment (of DPM) will help the prime minister to manage the country and meet the people\u2019s needs at a time when the country is facing a health and economic crisis,\u201d it said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hishammuddin, who retains his portfolio\u00a0as Foreign Minister,\u00a0will help the prime minister\u00a0implement\u00a0the National Recovery Plan, it added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah had been informed of these two appointments, which took immediate effect, the statement said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Muhyiddin did not name a deputy prime minister when he announced his Cabinet in March last year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

PMO said the appointments were also aimed at further enhancing the capability of the Perikatan Nasional (PN) government, especially in combating the COVID-19 pandemic in the country.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

It was also hoped that the appointments would enhance the unity among parties in the government and strengthen the PN\u00a0government in terms of an administration that is transparent, free of corruption,\u00a0and of integrity, the statement said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe Prime Minister\u2019s Office conveys its heartiest congratulations to Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri and Datuk Seri Hishammuddin on their appointments,\u201d the statement added.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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