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Rengit assemblyman and Batu Pahat UMNO division chief Datuk Mohd Puad Zarkashi has been appointed as the new Johor state assembly Speaker today.
Puad’s name was proposed as the new state assembly speaker by the 15th Johor Menteri Besar Datuk Onn Hafiz Ghazi earlier today during the state assembly sitting.
“I would like to bring forward a proposal for Datuk Mohd Puad Zarkashi to be appointed as the speaker for the Johor state assembly.
“I have ensured that he (Puad) would agree to take up the role as speaker,” Onn Hafiz was quoted as saying by The Star.
The proposal was supported by Buloh Kasap assemblyman Datuk Zahari Sarip, who is also state agriculture, agro-based and rural development committee chairman.
Puad, 64, is a UMNO supreme council member and had also previously served as the deputy minister of education between from April 2009 to May 2013.
He had also in the past served as a senator in Dewan Negara between October 2004 and October 2007 and helming the Special Affairs Department (JASA) from March 2015 to April 2018.
Following Barisan Nasional’s convincing win in the Johor state election last month, Puad’s name was one of the two names bandied about to be the next Johor menteri besar to replace Datuk Hasni Mohammad.
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