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Tuesday 7 May 2013

Najib takes oath as prime minister

His next step is to pick his cabinet members.

KUALA LUMPUR: Najib Tun Razak took the oath of office as prime minister before the Yang di-Pertuan Agong Tuanku Abdul Halim Mu’adzam Shah at Balai Rong Seri, Istana Negara at 4.07pm today.

Also present was Raja Permaisuri Agong Tuanku Hajah Haminah.

Najib, 59, accompanied by wife, Rosmah Mansor, repeated history when took the oath before the same king who witnessed the oath taking by his father, Tun Abdul Razak Hussein, in 1970 as the second prime minister of Malaysia.

In yesterday’s general election, Barisan Nasional (BN) was returned to power when it won 133 of the 222 parliamentary seats to form the new federal government.

Also present at the ceremony were former prime minister Abdullah Ahmad Badawi and leaders of BN component parties.

His next step would be to pick his cabinet members.

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