PETALING JAYA: Istana Negara has announced the appointment of Datuk Seri Ismail Sabri Yaakob as the ninth Prime Minister of Malaysia, replacing Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin after the latter’s 17 months in office.
Comptroller of the Royal Household for Istana Negara Datuk Ahmad Fadil Shamsuddin said Yang di-Pertuan Agong Al-Sultan Abdullah Ri’ayatuddin Al-Mustafa Billah Shah had decreed Ismail’s Sabri’s appointment following a special meeting of the Malay Rulers yesterday afternoon, which lasted two-and-a-half hours.
