MALACCA: Tun Mohd Khalil Yaakob’s tenure as the Yang di-Pertua Negeri will be extended for a fourth term.
Malacca Chief Minister Datuk Seri Idris Haron said Khalil is expected to receive his instrument of appointment from the Yang Di-Pertuan Agong Tuanku Abdul Halim Mu'adzam Shah, at the Istana Negara tomorrow.
"The swearing-in ceremony will be conducted at the Dewan Seri Negeri here on Friday," he told reporters after chairing the weekly state exco meeting today.
Khalil was appointed as the sixth Yang Di-Pertua Negeri of Malacca in 2004. He succeeded Tun Syed Ahmad Shahabuddin Syed Mahmud.