Back to list | THE HONOURABLE DATO’ SERI ANWAR IBRAHIM SWORE IN AS A MEMBER OF PARLIAMENT OF THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
📆 15 October 2018 (Monday) ⌚ 10.00 a.m. 📍 House of Representatives, Parliament of Malaysia
The Hon. Dato’ Seri Anwar bin Ibrahim swore in as a Member of Parliament of the House of Representatives before the Speaker of the House, Hon. Datuk Mohamad Ariff bin Md Yusof. The ceremony was witnessed by the Prime Minister of Malaysia, the Hon. Tun Dr. Mahathir Mohamad and the Deputy Prime Minister, the Hon. Dato’ Seri Dr. Wan Azizah binti Wan Ismail.
Recently, the Hon. Dato’ Seri Anwar achieved a landslide victory in the Port Dickson by-election on 13 October after defeating six other contenders who were PAS and independent candidates with a 31,016-vote majority.
The Port Dickson by-election was held after its incumbent Member of Parliament Datuk Danyal Balagopal Abdullah vacated his parliamentary seat on 12 September this year, paving the way for Hon. Dato’ Seri Anwar to stand for election.