KUALA KANGSAR, Feb 10 (Bernama) -- Six new Perak state executive councillors, comprising two old and four new faces, took their oaths of office before the Sultan of Perak, Sultan Azlan Shah , at Istana Iskandariah here today.
The four newcomers were Perak MCA Youth head Dr Mah Hang Soon (Chenderiang assemblyman), Perak Umno Youth head Zainol Padzi Paharudin (Sungai Manik), Hamidah Osman (Sungai Rapat) and Mohd Zahir Abdul Khalid (Kamunting).
The other two were former state executive councillors Datuk Ramly Zahari (Manong) and Datuk Saarani Mohamad (KOta Tampan).
They signed their letters of appointment witnessed by Ipoh High Court judge Datuk Zainal Adzam Abdul Ghani.
The number of state executive councillors announced today was way short of the 10 in the previous council.
Ramly, 52, is the most experienced among them, having been a state executive councillor from 1995 until the Barisan Nasional (BN) state governemnt was toppled in the March general election last year.
Ramli, who is state Umno liaison secretary, is a Universiti Malaya graduate, and had served as Manjung district council deputy president and assistant district officer of Taiping and Pengakalan Hulu.
After winning the Manong state seat in 1995 he was appointed a state executive councillor in charge of agriculture and had held various portfolios after that.
Saarani, the Lenggong Umno division head and Perak Umno liaison committee member, had held the post of state executive councillor for Information and Rural Development while Dr Mah, 44, is a cardiologist and a graduate of Universiti Malaya.
Mohd Zahir, 41, as former corporate manager of Universiti Teknologi Petronas ,hold a Bachelor of Economics degree from the University of Wales and a Bachelor of Law degree from the University of Leeds, England.
Hamidah, 48, the only woman in the council, is the Gopeng Umno division Wanita chief and holds a bachelor's degree in accountancy from Universiti Teknologi Mara (UiTM).
-- BERNAMA
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