Six new faces among 10 Negri exco members sworn in

KUALA PILAH: Six new faces were among 10 Negri Sembilan state executive councillors who were sworn in on Thursday (Aug 24) before Negri Sembilan Yang Dipertuan Besar Tuanku Muhriz Ibni Almarhum Tuanku Munawir.

The swearing-in ceremony and presentation of appointment letters began at 10.15am at Istana Besar Seri Menanti here.

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Also present at the ceremony were Tunku Ampuan Besar Tuanku Aishah Rohani Tengku Besar Mahmud and Tunku Besar Seri Menanti Tunku Ali Redhauddin Tuanku Muhriz.

Others present included Undang Luak Sungai Ujong Datuk Klana Petra Datuk Mubarak Dohak, Undang Luak Jelebu Datuk Mendika Menteri Akhirulzaman Datuk Maarof Mat Rashad and Undang Luak Johol Datuk Johan Pahlawan Lela Perkasa Setiawan Datuk Muhammed Abdullah.

Also in attendance were Undang Luak Rembau Datuk Lela Maharaja Datuk Muhamad Sharip Othman and Tunku Besar Tampin Tunku Syed Razman Tunku Syed Idrus Al-Qadri.

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At the ceremony, Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Aminuddin Harun said six of the exco members were new faces while four were reappointed.

The new members are Datuk Seri Jalaluddin Alias (senior exco), Noorzunita Begum Mohd Ibrahim, Datuk Ismail Lasim, Mustapha Nagoor, Datuk Mohd Faizal Ramli and Tengku Zamrah Tengku Sulaiman.

Those reappointed are Teo Kok Seong, Nicole Tan, J. Arul Kumar and S. Veerapan.

The Pakatan Harapan and Barisan Nasional alliance formed the state government after capturing 17 and 14 seats respectively in the Aug 12 state elections, while Perikatan Nasional took five seats.- Bernama