After a week serving as the new Prime Minister, Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin announced today, 9 March, that there will not be a Deputy Prime Minister in his administration
Muhyiddin said he has appointed four senior ministers to assist him whenever he is not around.
He added that there will not be a Deputy Prime Minister during his stint as the premier.
#NSTflash Announcement of Malaysia's Cabinet Line-Up by PM Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin.There will be no Deputy Prime Minister appointed at this time, but the Cabinet will have 4 senior ministers.
It is, by far, the largest single-day increase of confirmed cases in Malaysia since 25 January, the date when patients with coronavirus disease were first recorded in the country.
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