MELAKA, Nov 15 — Tanjung Bidara assemblyman Datuk Seri Dr Ab Rauf Yusoh was sworn in as the 13th Melaka chief minister for a second term today.
Ab Rauf, 65, took his oath of office before the Yang Dipertua Negeri of Melaka, Tun Mohd Ali Mohd Rustam, at the Dewan Utama of the Yang Dipertua Negeri’s Office in Jalan Seri Negeri, Ayer Keroh, here, at 12.10pm.
The ceremony was also witnessed by Melaka State Secretary Datuk Salhah Salleh and candidates who won in yesterday’s 16th Melaka State Election.
Also present were Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi, who is also Barisan Nasional (BN) chairman, MCA president Datuk Seri Dr Wee Ka Siong and MIC deputy president Datuk Seri M. Saravanan.
Earlier, Mohd Ali granted an audience to Ahmad Zahid at Istana Melaka in Bukit Beruang, during which the latter submitted the letter of nomination for the chief minister’s post.
The results of yesterday’s state polls saw Ab Rauf retain the Tanjung Bidara state seat with an 8,615-vote majority, defeating Pakatan Harapan (PH) candidate Yunazri Mustamiri in a straight fight.
The BN-Perikatan Nasional (PN) coalition secured a more than two-thirds majority to form the state government, with BN winning 21 seats while PN secured three of the 28 state seats contested.
PH, meanwhile, won four seats.
