Member of the Tanjung Bidara State Assembly, Datuk Seri Ab Rauf Yusoh was sworn in as the 13th Chief Minister of Melaka this afternoon.
The swearing-in ceremony for him who is also the Chairman of the Melaka UMNO Liaison Body took place in front of the State Speaker, Tun Mohd Ali Rustam at the Office of His Excellency (TYT), at 3.33pm.
Also present at the ceremony were the Melaka State Secretary (SUK), Datuk Zaidi Johari and Melaka High Court Judge, Datuk Anselm Charles Fernandis who also witnessed the signing ceremony of the Oath of Office of the Chief Minister of Melaka, Loyalty and the Oath of Secrecy.
The ceremony also ended the puzzle of who will replace Datuk Seri Sulaiman Md Ali as the previous chief minister after he resigned from the position he held since March 2020.
Sulaiman, who is the Lendu assemblyman, relinquished the position he held since March 9, 2020 to replace Adly Zahari who failed to gain the trust of a large number of Melaka assemblymen at the time.
Malacca's political turmoil then once again came to a head when four assemblymen withdrew their support for Sulaiman, forcing a State Election (PRN) to be held which saw the Melaka National Front (BN) win comfortably with 21 of the 28 State Legislative Assembly (DUN) seats.
The name of Ab Rauf, 62, was then hotly mentioned to replace Sulaiman's position before he denied it several times.
Ab Rauf holds the position of Member of the Supreme Working Council of UMNO and also Chairman of the Melaka UMNO Liaison Body.
He also contested for the first time on the political stage in the Tanjung Bidara State Assembly (DUN) seat in the State Election (PRN) last November 2021.
Source: Astro Awani
