UMNO’s Datuk Saarani Mohamad Is Perak MB After State Assembly Fiasco

He was previously the Perak State Assembly’s opposition leader.

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Datuk Saarani Mohamad is now the new Menteri Besar of Perak after it was consented by Sultan Nazrin Shah.

Bernama reports that the Perak UMNO Liaison Committee Chairman had received the consent from the Sultan after considering that Saarani could gain the trust of most of the State Assemblymen.

He was picked to replace Datuk Seri Ahmad Faizal Azumu who lost out on a majority confidence vote, who resigned along with his entire State Executive Council (Exco) line-up.

The motion of confidence was initiated by Aznel Ibrahim (BN/UMNO-Pengkalan Bharu) and Howard Lee Chuan How (HARAPAN-Pasir Pinji).

Then, speculations surfaced over who will be the next MB with political parties all lining up to meet the Sultan, even PAS, who initially declined to meet the monarch.

Even Faizal Azumu’s future piqued the interest of the media as reports surfaced that he is rumoured to be the next Deputy Prime Minister.

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Who is Datuk Saarani, actually?

Datuk Saraani Mohamad was born on 13 March, 1961 and started out his career as a teacher in 1982 after graduating from Universiti Teknologi Malaysia with a Diploma in Science and Education (Physics and Mathematics).

He later joined UMNO in 1989 and became the Lenggong State Assemblyman from 1999 to 2004 and was also appointed as the Perak State Assembly opposition leader during Pakatan Harapan’s (PH) time.

Saarani also served as a EXCO for the Perak State Government by holding several portfolios including:

Chairman of the Rural Development and Plantation Committee
Chairman of Information and Human Capital Development
Chairman for Rural Development, Entrepreneur Development, Co-operatives and Consumer Affairs

You can watch the swearing-in video below:

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