Ahmad Maslan is new Umno sec-gen

KUALA LUMPUR: Umno has appointed Datuk Seri Ahmad Maslan (pic) as its new secretary-general and Shahril Hamdan as its information chief.

Ahmad Maslan, who is Pontian MP, will be replacing Tan Sri Annuar Musa who was recently appointed as the Federal Territories Minister.

Shahril, who was the party's deputy youth chief, will be replacing Datuk Seri Dr Shamsul Anuar Nasarah, who is now Energy and Natural Resources Minister.

"The president has announced the appointment of Ahmad Maslan as the new secretary-general and Shahril Hamdan as the party's information chief.

"We congratulate the two of them," said Annuar Musa after the party's supreme council meeting at Putra World Trade Center on Thursday (March 12).