Juhar receives appointment letter as head of Sabah for 3rd term

Juhar receives appointment letter as head of Sabah for 3rd term

Juhar Mahiruddin becomes Yang di-Pertua Negeri for a third term following a revision of the Sabah constitution removing the two-term limit.

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KUALA LUMPUR:
Deputy Yang di-Pertuan Agong Sultan Nazrin Muizzuddin Shah today presented Juhar Mahiruddin the appointment letter as the Yang di-Pertua Negeri of Sabah, for the third term. It takes effect on Jan 1, 2019.

The ceremony was held at Singgahsana Kecil, Istana Negara, and was witnessed by Deputy Prime Minister Dr Wan Azizah Wan Ismail.

Also present were Home Minister Muhyiddin Yassin, Dewan Rakyat Speaker Mohamad Ariff Md Yusof and Inspector-General of Police Mohamad Fuzi Harun.

Juhar, 65, was appointed the 10th Yang di-Pertua Negeri of Sabah on Jan 1, 2011, replacing Ahmadshah Abdullah, and was appointed to the post for a second term on Jan 1, 2015.

The Sabah State Assembly recently passed a bill on an amendment to the Sabah State Constitution on the abolishment of the two-term limit for the post of the Sabah Yang di-Pertua Negeri.

Juhar, a law graduate from Wolverhampton Polytechnic, England, was Sabah State Assembly speaker between 2002 and 2010 and deputy speaker of the Dewan Rakyat from 1990 to 1999.

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