Glcs' Reshuffle Sees Return of Politicians at Top Posts
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Headline GLCs` reshuffle sees return of politicians at top posts MediaTitle The Malaysian Reserve Date 12 May 2020 Language English Circulation 12,000 Readership 36,000 Section News Page No 1,4 ArticleSize 439 cm² Journalist DASHVEENJIT KAUR PR Value RM 13,829 GLCs' reshuffle sees return of politicians at top posts Speculations are rife that there ted to helm various GLCs as spe- that he was the second education Nasional Bhd, Khazanah Nasio- will be more appointments in culations are rife that there will minister with a combined portfolio nal Bhd, pilgrim fund Lembaga be more appointments in the near of the education and higher educa- Tabung Haji, Felda and Majlis the near future as the govt future. tion ministries from May 2013. Amanah Rakyat (Mara). seeks to bolster position for The most recent appointment Appointments at GLCs have been However, not long after taking upcoming parliamentary was Datuk Seri Idris Jusoh as a central issue during and after the over the federal administration, sitting on May 18 chairman of the Federal Land 14th General Election when the the PN coalition terminated a slew Development Authority (Felda), Pakatan Harapan (PH) government of appointments made by its by DASHVEENJIT KAUR replacing Tan Sri Mohd Bakke promised and took steps to ensure predecessor. Salleh. that politicians were not appointed On April 1, Tan Sri Muhyiddin THE changes at government-linked The move came after Mohd to head GLCs and related agencies. Yassin took over the chairmanship companies (GLCs) are expected to Bakke tendered his resignation at A month after PH's win in 2018, of Khazanah, exactly one month continue as the Perikatan Nasional Felda to take up his new appoint- former Prime Minister (PM) Tun after being sworn in as the eighth (PN) government seeks to cement ment as chairman of Telekom Dr Mahathir Mohamad spared no PM. New Finance Minister Tengku its position for the upcoming par- Malaysia Bhd. time to reform the nation's admi- Datuk Seri Zafrul Tengku Abdul liamentary session on May 18. Idris, who is Besut MP, was nistration and its GLCs. This resul- Aziz was also appointed to the To date, six politicians from the higher education minister ted in changes at the nation's key board of Khazanah. the government have been appoin- between 2015 and 2018, prior to companies including Petroliam SEE P4 COLS Headline GLCs` reshuffle sees return of politicians at top posts MediaTitle The Malaysian Reserve Date 12 May 2020 Language English Circulation 12,000 Readership 36,000 Section News Page No 1,4 ArticleSize 439 cm² Journalist DASHVEENJIT KAUR PR Value RM 13,829 GLCs' reshuffle sees return of politicians at top posts FROM PI More boardroom changes fol- lowed at state-owned institutions and corporations such as Federal Land Consolidation and Rehabi- litation Authority (Felcra), Social Security Organisation (Socso), Malaysian Palm Oil Board (MPOB), as well as Felda. Tasek Gelugor MP Datuk Sha- budin Yahaya was appointed as Felcra chairman, succeeding Datuk Nageeb Wahab. Machang MP Datuk Ahmad Jazlan Yaakub became the chairman of the MPOB, replacing Mohd.Bakke. Another significant appoint- ment took place at Bursa Malaysia Bhd, which saw Tan Sri Abdul Wahid Omar appointed as non- executive chairman, following the revoking of Datuk Shireen Ann Zaharah Muhiudeen's position over governance issue. Abdul Wahid, who previously chaired Malaysia's largest fund management company Permodalan Nasional Bhd from August 2016 to June 2018, was also a former minis- ter in the Prime Minister's Depart- ment in charge of economic plan- ning from June 2013 to June 2016. Pasir Mas MP Ahmad Fadhli Shaari has been appointed as the chairman of Skills Development Fund Corp or PTPK in early April. It was reported that Umno deputy president Datuk Seri Mohamad Hasan had declined a GLC chair- manship offer, stressing that he wants to focus on party matters instead. Mohamad was widely tipped to chair Tenaga Nasional Bhd, a post which later went to Padang Terap MP Datuk Mahdzir Khalid. Mahdzir's predecessor, Tan Sri Ahmad Badri Mohd Zahir, is now the chairman of the Employees Provident Fund, replacing Tan Sri Samsuddin Osman. Additionally, Sabak Bernam MP Datuk Mohd Fasiah Mohd Fakeh was also speculated to become the chairman of Socso, but local media reported that a clause in its act bars "a member of any legislature" from taking the post. Meanwhile, Simpang Renggam MP Dr Maszlee Malik rejected his appointment as Mara Corp advisory committee chairman. Among names speculated to fill in other chairperson posts include Jelebu MP Datuk Jalaluddin Alias for Uda Holdings Bhd and Cameron Highlands MP Ramli Mohd Nor at Amanah Raya Bhd. 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