KUALA LUMPUR, Dec 12 — Cabinet ministers and deputy ministers have begun arriving at Istana Negara for the swearing-in ceremony of new ministers and deputy ministers following the Cabinet reshuffle announced by Prime Minister Datuk Seri Anwar Ibrahim today.
The new appointees will take their oath of office, loyalty, and secrecy before Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah.
Anwar and Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Ahmad Zahid Hamidi arrived at 2.40pm.
Also spotted were Datuk Seri Mohamad Hasan, Datuk Seri Mohamad Sabu, Datuk Seri Mohamad Khaled Nordin, Anthony Loke, Datuk Armizan Mohd Ali, Fahmi Fadzil, and Datuk Seri Zambry Abd Kadir.
Among those who would be sworn in were Damansara MP Gobind Singh Deo as Digital Minister, Titiwangsa MP Datuk Seri Johari Abdul Ghani (Plantation and Commodities Minister), Kuala Selangor MP Datuk Seri Dr Dzulkefly Ahmad (Health Minister), and Senator Datuk Seri Amir Hamzah Azizan (Finance Minister II).
— Bernama