Six people will be appointed senators to enable them to be in the new Cabinet line-up led by Prime Minister Tan Sri Muhyiddin Yassin.
They include two non-politicians, namely the Mufti of the Federal Territories, Datuk Seri Dr Zulkifli Mohamad Al-Bakri, who has been appointed Minister in the Prime Minister’s Department (Religious Affairs) and former CIMB Group Holdings Bhd CEO Tengku Datuk Seri Zafrul Tengku Abdul Aziz as Finance Minister.