Datuk Seri Ab Rauf Yusoh was sworn in for a second term as Melaka chief minister on Sunday (Nov 15), a day after the Barisan Nasional (BN) and Perikatan Nasional (PN) pact won 24 of the 28 seats in the Melaka state election.
He received his instrument of appointment and took the oaths of office, allegiance and secrecy before the Yang di-Pertua Negeri of Melaka, Tun Dr Mohd Ali Mohd Rustam, at Seri Negeri in Ayer Keroh. BN chairman and Deputy Prime Minister Datuk Seri Dr Ahmad Zahid Hamidi was among those present.
BN and PN named Ab Rauf, the Melaka BN chairman and Tanjung Bidara assemblyman, as their choice for chief minister on Saturday night, after the Election Commission announced the official results.
BN won 21 seats and PN three, while the DAP took the remaining four for Pakatan Harapan.
Ab Rauf, 65, retained Tanjung Bidara with a majority of 8,615 votes, up from a margin of 364 votes in the 2021 state election.
He first became chief minister in 2023, when his predecessor, Sulaiman Md Ali, resigned. He was the Speaker of the Melaka State Legislative Assembly from 2020 to 2021 and a senior member of the state executive council after the 2021 election.