Brunei’s Sultan announces government reshuffle

Brunei's Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah arrives for the US-ASEAN Special Summit at the US State Department in Washington, DC, on May 13, 2022. (BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI / AFP)

BANDAR SERI BEGAWAN – Brunei's Sultan Haji Hassanal Bolkiah announced an early reshuffle of cabinet ministers on Tuesday afternoon in a special speech broadcasted nationwide.

The Sultan himself retains the top posts as the country's prime minister, minister of foreign affairs, minister of defense, and minister of finance and economy

Effective from Tuesday, Brunei's Minister of Home Affairs Haji Awang Abu Bakar, Minister of Primary Resources and Tourism Haji Ali, and Minister of Development Haji Suhaimi were replaced.

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The Sultan himself retains the top posts as the country's prime minister, minister of foreign affairs, minister of defense, and minister of finance and economy.

Brunei's government was last reshuffled in January 2018. At that time, veteran ministers including Lim Jock Seng, minister at the prime minister's office and second minister of foreign affairs and trade, and Mohammad Yasmin, minister of energy and industry department at the prime minister's office, were replaced. 

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