Saifuddin Abdullah is new Communications and Multimedia Minister
BY ALEXANDER WONG
KUALA LUMPUR, March 9 — Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin has announced his new cabinet lineup and Datuk Saifuddin Abdullah has been appointed as the new Communications and Multimedia Minister. The deputy minister is Datuk Zahidi Zainul Abidin. Saifuddin is currently an independent MP of Indera Mahkota, Pahang after he quit PKR along with Datuk Seri Mohamed Azmin Ali and nine other MPs. Prior to his new appointment, he was the Minister of Foreign Affairs. From 2009 to 2013, he was also the Deputy Minister of Higher Education II during Datuk Seri Najib Razak’s administration and between 2008 to 2009, he has also served as the Deputy Minister of Entrepreneur and Co-operatives Development.
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