{"id":13486,"date":"2022-03-15T18:27:07","date_gmt":"2022-03-15T10:27:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=13486"},"modified":"2022-03-15T18:27:09","modified_gmt":"2022-03-15T10:27:09","slug":"onn-hafiz-sworn-in-as-19th-menteri-besar-of-johor","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/newmalaysiatimes.com\/?p=13486","title":{"rendered":"Onn Hafiz sworn in as 19th Menteri Besar of Johor"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

JOHOR BAHRU, March 15<\/strong> — Machap assemblyman Datuk Onn Hafiz Ghazi was sworn in as the 19th\u00a0Menteri Besar of Johor today following Barisan Nasional\u2019s victory in the\u00a0state election on Saturday.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Onn, 44, took his oath of office before the Sultan of Johor Sultan Ibrahim Almarhum Sultan Iskandar at the Balai Mengadap (Audience Hall) of Istana Bukit Serene here. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Also at the ceremony were the Tunku Mahkota of Johor Tunku Ismail Sultan Ibrahim and Johor BN chairman Datuk Hasni Mohammad.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Photographs of the swearing-in ceremony were uploaded on Sultan Ibrahim\u2019s Facebook account. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the state polls, Onn Hafiz, 44, defeated Azlisham Azahar from Perikatan Nasional (PN), R. Sangaran (MUDA) and Datuk Dr Sharuddin Md Salleh (Pejuang) with a 6,543-vote majority. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Onn Hafiz, who is the great-grandson of UMNO founder and former president Datuk Onn Jaafar, was Johor Tourism, Youth and Sports Committee chairman until the state legislative assembly was dissolved on Jan 22. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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An accounting degree holder from the University of Hertfordshire in the United Kingdom, he was also Defence Minister Datuk Seri Hishammuddin Tun Hussein\u2019s political secretary from 2013 until 2018.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Onn Hafiz\u2019s appointment came as a surprise as, throughout the recent\u00a0election campaign, only Hasni\u2019s name was mentioned by BN as the Johor Menteri Besar candidate.\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Yesterday,  Hasni, who is also Johor BN chairman, suggested that the BN leadership choose a younger leader to lead Johor, saying that the support and position of youths were important in the development of Johor. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Hasni was appointed Menteri Besar on Feb 28, 2020. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Hasni is the third Menteri Besar to be appointed since the 14th general election in 2018 after the late Datuk Osman Sapian and Datuk Dr Sahruddin Jamal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In Saturday\u2019s elections, BN won with more than a two-thirds majority, taking 40 out of the 56 seats contested.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Earlier, the official car carrying Sultan Ibrahim was seen arriving at Istana Bukit Serene at about 2.50 pm.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Newsmen, after obtaining information of a possible swearing-in ceremony, began gathering at the palace grounds at noon. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

NMT<\/a> as reported by Bernama<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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