KUALA LUMPUR, May 13 — Seberang Takir state assemblyman Datuk Ahmad Razif Abd Rahman has been appointed the new menteri besar of Terengganu, succeeding Datuk Seri Ahmad Said who resigned today.
Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Tun Razak, in announcing this in a statement tonight, said Ahmad Razif’s appointment had received the consent of the Sultan of Terengganu, Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin.
“It is hereby announced that the Sultan of Terengganu, Sultan Mizan Zainal Abidin, has consented to the resignation of Ahmad Said as the menteri besar of Terengganu effective May 12, 2014.
“His Royal Highness has consented to the appointment of Seberang Takir state assemblyman (Datuk) Ahmad Razif as the new menteri besar effective from the date of his swearing in before His Royal Highness,” he said.
Ahmad was first appointed the menteri besar on March 23, 2008. He was reappointed in May last year after the 13th general election.
— BERNAMA
