Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin has been officially announced as the president of Parti Pribumi Bersatu Malaysia (Bersatu) today for the 2019-2022 term.
Meanwhile, Perak Menteri Besar Datuk Seri Ahmad Faizal Azumu was announced as Bersatu deputy president for the same period.
Both were the sole candidates contesting for their posts while the party chairman post was not contested by any individuals.
Party election committee chairman Tan Sri Syed Hamid Albar said the three elected vice-presidents are Agriculture and Food Industries Minister, Datuk Seri Dr Ronald Kiandee, Senior Minister (Education) Dr Radzi Jidin and Paya Rumput assemblyman, Datuk Mohd Rafiq Naizamohideen.
"A total of 23,438 delegates cast their votes in divisional meetings nationwide yesterday,” he said in a statement today.
He said from 179 divisions eligible to meet, 177 divisions held their meetings while two divisions failed to convene meetings due to the lack of quorum.
According to him, the election held for the first time also elected the permanent chairman, deputy permanent chairman, and 20 members of the Supreme Council.
Among the Supreme Council members are Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Economy) Datuk Seri Mustapa Mohamed, Deputy Defence Minister Datuk Seri Ikmal Hisham Abdul Aziz, Deputy Works Minister Datuk Eddin Syazlee Shith and Deputy Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Parliament and Law), Datuk Shabudin Yahaya.
Following are the results of the Supreme Council election for the 2019 -2022 term:
Permanent Chairman: Senator Datuk Mohd Suhaimi Abdullah; Deputy Permanent Chairman: Datuk Hashim Suboh; Chairman: - ; President: Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin; Deputy President: Datuk Seri Ahmad Faizal Azumu; Vice-Presidents: Datuk Seri Ronald Kiandee, Dr Radzi Jidin, Datuk Mohd Rafiq Naizamohideen.
Members of Supreme Council: 1. Datuk Seri Ikmal Hisham Abdul Aziz, 2. Abdul Hakim Gulam Hassan, 3. Datuk Zainol Fadzi Paharudin, 4. Datuk Iskandar Dzulkarnain Abdul Khalid, 5. Senator Datuk Razali Idris, 6. Datuk Eddin Syazlee Shith, 7. Datuk Seri Mustapa Mohamed, 8. Wan Saiful Wan Jan, 9. Azlinda Abdul Latif, 10. Mohd Taufik Yaacob, 11. Mohd Rafiq Mohd Abdullah, 12. Datuk Seri Lajim Ukin, 13. Datuk Suhaili Abdul Rahman, 14. Datuk Dr Saharuddin Jamal, 15. Datuk Mohamed Farid Mohamed Zawawi, 16. Mohd Zulkifli Zakaria, 17. Mohd Yazid Mohd Yunus, 18. Datuk Shahbudin Yahaya, 19.Datuk Rosol Wahid, 20.Shamsilah Siru.
-- BERNAMA
Bernama
Sun Aug 23 2020
Muhyiddin and Ahmad Faizal were the sole candidates contesting for their posts while the party chairman post was not contested by any individuals. - Filepic
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