KUALA LUMPUR: Deputy Chief of Navy Laksamana Madya Datuk Ilyas Din was promoted to Laksamana and will assume the post of Chief of Navy, succeeding Datuk Seri Mohd Anwar Mohd Nor who takes over as the new Chief of Armed Forces.
Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Najib Razak, who is also the Defence Minister, pinned the rank on the new chief at the Defence Ministry here yesterday.
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